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Jose Mourinho’s biggest bust-ups: Martial, Ozil, Casillas and more

After Jose Mourinho refused to answer a question about Man United’s title chances, the FC crew question his demeanour during their preseason tour.

Jose Mourinho has allowed Manchester United’s Anthony Martial to travel to Paris, as his wife is soon to give birth to their second child.

Jose Mourinho has cut a terse figure in preseason but run-ins with players isn’t new: from Anthony Martial to Mesut Ozil, Kaka to Iker Casillas. In fact, it’s hard to find a superstar with whom the Special One hasn’t picked a fight…

We run through 10 of his most memorable bust-ups.

10. Kaka (Real Madrid)

Kaka was famously one of the nicest and most mild-mannered superstars in football, so when he says a relationship between himself and a coach was “complicated,” you can take that as his version…

Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne pick England apart as Belgium win bronze

Thomas Meunier scored early and Eden Hazard ensured the win as Belgium defeated England 2-0 to claim 3rd place in the World Cup.

The FC crew felt this World Cup proved Belgium belongs with the world’s best teams while England still have work to do to become elite.

Former Cameroon defender Lauren and the Kwese crew feel Belgium’s performance in Russia will translate to even more success at Euro 2020.

Eden Hazard and Belgium secured a 3rd-place finish by defeating England 2-0.

ESPN FC’s Kasey Keller and Alexis Nunes look back on Belgium and England’s World Cup journey after the Red Devils claimed third place.
Belgium got off to a dream start with Thomas Meunier scoring after just four minutes to fire the Red Devils to an early lead.
While Belgium probably should have grabbed a second before half-time, they ultimately weren’t punished, as England’s second-half  fightback proved fruitless before Eden Hazard clinched the bronze with a well-taken goal on the counter.
Positives
Belgium have 10 different goal scorers at a single World Cup. Excellent start to grab an early lead. Eden Hazard was — again…

Belgium’s golden generation miss best chance to win World Cup

It’s the curse of the Golden Generation. They don’t always win the big ones, do they? Portugal’s Golden Generation – the one of Luis Figo et al, for whom the term was coined – fell at the very last hurdle in Euro 2004; England’s, the team of Rooney, Lampard and Gerrard, couldn’t make it out of the round of 16 and the group stage in 2010 and 2014 respectively; and now Belgium’s has fallen to a French team that is possibly yet to reach its peak.

Belgium’s best players – Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne…

Paul Pogba, Neymar, Philippe Coutinho one yellow card away from missing semifinal

5 July 2018
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Episode 22 of Project Russia chronicles ESPN’s Charlie Gibson’s travels all over the country to cover the World Cup round of 16 matches.
The World Cup quarterfinals get under way on Friday, but for some players an appearance in the semifinals could cruelly be taken away.
Yellow cards are only wiped after the quarterfinals, so it means that any player shown their second yellow of the tournament in the next match will be ruled out of a potential semi.
France have four players on one booking, including Paul Pogba, right-back revelation Benjamin Pavard and striker Olivier Giroud. Uruguay, however, have only Rodrigo…

Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens fire Belgium off to a winning start vs. Panama

A sublime Dries Mertens volley and two Romelu Lukaku goals gave Belgium a straightforward 3-0 victory over Panama.

Shaka Hislop gives his verdict on how impressive Romelu Lukaku and Belgium were to dispatch Panama and avoid an early World Cup slip-up.

FIFA World Cup: Dries Mertens (47′) Belgium 1-0 Panama
Belgium huffed and puffed in a goalless first half before finally blowing Panama’s door down in the second with three goals.
Belgium found the breakthrough in the 47th minute through a stunning volley from Dries Mertens and doubled the advantage inside of 70 through the head of Romelu Lukaku, following a lovely move and outside-of-the-boot pass from Kevin De Bruyne.
Lukaku made it three just six minutes later, chipping Panamanian goalkeeper Jaime Penedo after being sent in alone by Eden Hazard via…

Belgium’s Kevin De Bruyne destroys Adnan Januzaj in training tackle

Going into the World Cup, Belgium were probably looking to Kevin De Bruyne to pull the strings in their midfield and unlock defences with his near-flawless passing technique and vision.
However, it looks like the Red Devils might be preparing to start the Man City playmaker as an enforcer instead — especially if he’s going to be flying into tackles like this against Panama, Tunisia and England over the coming days.
Stevig tackeltje op training, toch? ?? pic.twitter.com/jkdchklFLi— Enzio Houwaart (@EnzioHouwaart) June 14, 2018

The unfortunate stooge on the receiving end of De Bruyne’s emphatic reducer was…

Belgium’s Eden Hazard must stay cool amid World Cup provocation – Kevin De Bruyne

Fresh off Belgium’s 4-1 win over Costa Rica, the FC crew highlight their concerns about Roberto Martinez’s side and assess how far they can go.

From the group stage to the final, find out who ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti has lifting the World Cup trophy in Russia.

Steve Nicol and Shaka Hislop react to the selections for the Ultimate World Cup XI, as chosen by the fans and ESPN FC experts.
Belgium playmaker Kevin De Bruyne has urged teammate Eden Hazard to remain calm, saying he expects the Chelsea winger to be targeted aggressively by opponents at the World Cup.
Hazard limped off with a dead leg after a series of heavy tackles in Belgium’s 4-1 win over Costa Rica in Monday’s warmup game.
“If you are good, then people try to kick you,” De Bruyne told reporters. “You need to calculate what is coming. You try to stay calm as much as possible. Sometimes that isn’t easy, but you just…

Yaya Toure wrong to say Pep Guardiola has ‘problems with Africans’ – De Bruyne

Yaya Toure claims he will play for 1 pound a week to prove Pep Guardiola wrong, but Steve Nicol thinks his antics will make top clubs stay away.
Kevin De Bruyne has dismissed accusations from former Manchester City teammate Yaya Toure that Pep Guardiola “often had problems with Africans.”
Toure, 35, was released by the City boss at the end of the season after making just one Premier League start and criticised the coach and accused him of “being cruel to him.” But De Bruyne said he has seen nothing to suggest that Guardiola has an issue with black players and believes that City’s title-winning season showed he made the right decision in…

Belgium’s Vincent Kompany, Kevin De Bruyne hit exquisite volleys in training – whose is better?

He may be primarily thought of as a defender, but it would seem Vincent Kompany may just be primed as Belgium’s secret goal-scoring weapon going into the World Cup.
Indeed, the centre-back shared a video of two audacious volleys being scored during Tuesday’s training session — one by him, one by Kevin De Bruyne — and invited his fans to deliberate on whose was the better goal.
Close up. Vinny or Kevin ?? #Belgium pic.twitter.com/fUqf3x9NZQ— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) May 29, 2018

Two exquisite strikes, but the effortless nature of De Bruyne’s technique seal the deal for us.
With fearsome firepower…

How many current Man City stars would make it into the club’s all-time XI?

ESPN FC’s Craig Burley explains why he’s not a fan of the comparison between this season’s Man City side and Arsenal’s 2003-04 ‘Invincibles’.

Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany thank Manchester City as Premier League champions celebrate the title with a parade.
The CIES Football Observatory has produced its verdict on the Top Performing players in the major leagues of Europe in 2017-18. Although it is hardly surprising to see so many Manchester City players, it remains quite an eye-opener to find that three of the top five and no fewer than six of the top 10 are from the Etihad.

With Ederson, Kyle Walker and Young Player of the Year Leroy Sane all absent from the list, City could realistically have occupied even more spaces in the top 20.

While experts…

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