The Fußball Chatter

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 One of the highest-ranked nations coming into the tournament, England hope to go one better. Suffering heartache in the last Euros, making the final for the first time but lost to Italy on penalties at Wembley. A perennial underachiever in international football, England have won a solitary World Cup in 1966 and have made just three semifinal appearances since then. Since becoming manager in late 2016, Gareth Southgate has successfully made England a competitive outfit. Making the semifinals twice in three tournaments. Criticism against Southage persists over his conservative style of play and in-game management but for Euro 2024, he has made some key decisions. Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Jordan Henderson, Jack Grealish and Marcus Rashford have missed out while Kobbie Mainoo, Adam Wharton, Anthony Gordon and Cole Palmer made the final squad. Harry Kane, Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham are coming off excellent individual seasons. Kane finished top-scorer in the ...

BRAZIL           Nickname: Selecao           Captain: Thiago Silva           Key Player: Neymar           Coach: Tite           Last World Cup Appearance: 2018 (Quarters) Brazil is the nation many associates with the game of football. Historically, they are the gold standard. They have won the World Cup five times, more than any nation on earth and have been to every World Cup since it began in 1930. Pele, Garrincha, Carlos Alberto, Zico, Socrates, Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho have all worn the famous yellow jersey, becoming household names in the game. Since winning the World Cup in 2002, Brazil has been unable to reach the World Cup Final. They only made the semifinals once in 2014, which ended in complete humiliation, losing 7-1 to Germany on home soil. In the last World Cup, Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Belgium. In South America, ...