France’s Karim Benzema Is Out of World Cup due to a thigh injury.The whole French  team shares Karim’s disappointment and wishes him a speedy recovery

Following Saudi Arabia another surprise by Japan

A  fast start by Germany throwing Japan back in the opening minutes. A brilliant counter-attack by Japan . Maeda finished the attack with a goal but it was ruled out as offside.

On 34 ‘,Gundogan converts the penalty to give Germany a 1-0 lead.Although Germany started second half on a stronger note,they could not succeed.  

Musiala sets up Gundogan for the shot. Gundogan obliges and shoots from the edge of the box, hitting the left post of Gonda’s goal.

Japan keeper Shuichi Gonda has been immense in the second half, making crucial saves to keep his country in the match.

On 75’GOAL done- Ritsu Doan scores to equalise for Japan. Minamino’s cross was saved by Neuer but he could not hold on to it. Doan was there to score from the rebound.

On 83’ GOAL done – Takumi Asano beats Neuer at his near-post with a brilliant finish to give the lead to Japan. What a comeback by the Asian team.

Finally game finished with a score of Germany 1- Japan 2.

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US vs WALES MATCH- Post match report

The US was dominating from the start. They had a chance of corner in the 5th minute which Wales excellently defended. In the 36th minute, the USA achieved the first goal.US team created good chances around the corner. Christian Pulisic made a brilliant pass. Timothy Weah put the ball into the back of the net.

After that Gareth Bale in the 82nd minute of the game, Bale had scored an equalizer from the penalty spot. The goalkeeper has no chance in front of the powerful shot.

Even though the US was leading in the first half of the game, they conceded in the second half, finishing the game in a draw and ending at 1-1.

Tim weah- And it was a wonderful team goal as well. USA’s first world cup goal in 8 years.

Tim weah is an American professional soccer player who played for United States National team.He is the son of George Weah,a leading celeberated  foot ball player.After  retirement,turned to politics and became the President of Liberia in 2017.His son Tim weah was the star player in US team and scored a goal against wales.

Tim would have been eligible to play for Liberia or Jamaica, where his mother hails from, as well as France. But raised in New York, he had always wanted to play for USA.. Weah stated that his decision to represent the United States “wasn’t hard at all” and was based on his love of the country and his teammates.

 Weah Rating is 74. His potential is 81 and his position is RM. He is 22 years old from United States and playing for LOSC Lille in the France Ligue 1 (1). Timothy Weah FIFA 23 has 3 Skill moves and 3 Weak Foot, he is Right-footed and his workrates are High/Med.

Defeat against Saudi Arabia is Argentina’s first defeat in 36 matches and the first time it loses a game where Messi scores a goal since 2009

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia in a Group C clash at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Tuesday (November 22) ended in a stunning change in the direction of World cup Games.

In the 10^th minute , Lionel Messi steps up and calmly slots  his 92nd goal for Argentina to the right of Saudi goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Owais which is also his 7^th world cup goal.

After the first half, It could have been 4-0, with Argentina having three goals ruled out for offside, but Saudi Arabia are just about still in it at the break. 

But things drastically changed during the second half unexpectedly.

In the 48th min,  Saleh Al-Shehri is onto a long ball over the top, surges past Christian Romero and tucks away a lovely left-footed finish across Emi Martinez into the far corner. A fantastic goal for Saudi Arabia

 In the 53^rd minute another stunning goal from Salem Al-Dawsari for  Saudi Arabia.

Now Argentina should win and outscore  the next two games with Mexico and Poland for qualification. Losing to either Mexico or Poland would almost end Argentina’s hopes of making it to the knockout rounds Argentina has lost its opening fixture in the World Cup for the 6^th time. In 1990 world cup similar situation happened, when the Diego Maradona-led side lost to Cameroon 1-0, before bouncing back to make it to the final.

Now let us see the words of Lionel Messi

“It’s a very heavy blow, a defeat that hurts, but we must continue to have confidence in ourselves. In five minutes of mistakes that we made, we went 2-1 down, and then it was really tough and we lost organization and started punting the ball. There are no excuses. We had not been in this situation for a long time. Now we must show that this is a true group”.