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Jurgen Klinsmann wants to speak to Iran coach Carlos Queiroz in a bid to calm the situation between them, after the Portuguese took exception to comments the German made about his team.
Former Football Association chairman Greg Dyke says FIFA must be "hoping for the Qatar World Cup to end to get back to normal" following the "corrupt" decision to hold it in the Middle Eastern country.
Carlos Queiroz has called for Jurgen Klinsmann to resign from FIFA's World Cup Technical Study Group and labelled comments he made about Iran "a disgrace to football". Klinsmann, a World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990, claimed while working as a pundit for the BBC that Queiroz's side had "worked the referee" in their 2-0 victory over Wales on Friday. The former Tottenham forward said: "Carlos fits really well with the national team and their culture, he failed in South America with Colombia and then failed to qualify with Egypt, and he came in right before the World Cup with Iran, where he worked for a long time. "It is not by coincidence, it is part of their culture, how they play. "They worked the referee. They work the linesman and fourth official, they are constantly in their ear. There were a lot of incidents we didn't see. This is their culture, they take you off your game." Those comments clearly enraged Queiroz, who took to Twitter on Saturday to respond. "No matter how much I can respect what you did inside the pitch, those remarks about Iranian culture, (the) Iran national team and my players are a disgrace to football," he wrote. "Nobody can hurt our integrity if it is not at our level, of course." Queiroz went on to invite Klinsmann to the team's training camp and meet the players "to learn from them about the country" before concluding: "We just want to follow with full attention what will be the decision of FIFA regarding your position as a member of Qatar 2022 Technical Study Group. "Because, obviously, we expect you to resign before you visit our camp."
It's the second round of games in Groups E and F, with Japan looking to build on their fabulous win over Germany, who themselves know that a defeat to Spain will see them make a group-stage exit at a successive World Cup.
LUSAIL, Qatar: Lionel Messi thumped in a 64th minute goal and Enzo Fernandez added another late in the game to give Argentina a 2-0 victory over battling Mexico in their World Cup Group C match on Saturday and reignite their tournament hopes.Messi, who equalled Diego Maradona’s Argentina record of 21 matches and eight goals at the World Cup, was nowhere to be seen for more than an hour before picking up an Angel Di Maria pass, finding just enough space and rifling in from 20 meters.Substitute Fernandez made sure of the three points when he curled a superb shot into the top corner in the 87th minute.The result restored order for the Argentines in Group C after their shock opening 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia.Argentina, on three points, can guarantee progress with a win over Poland, top on four, in their final game on Wednesday.“Today starts another World Cup for Argentina,” Messi said.
Darragh Maloney dials in from Doha to tell Mikey Stafford and James McMahon all about bearing witness to the Kylian Mbappe show at Stadium 974.
Didier Deschamps hailed "steam train" Kylian Mbappe as France reached the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Poland bolstered their chances on Saturday of reaching the World Cup's last 16 for the first time since 1986 after goals from Piotr Zielinski and Robert Lewandowski killed Saudi Arabia's efforts to advance a game early. Zielinski scored after 39 minutes against the run of play and Lewandowski put the match beyond Saudi Arabia eight minutes from time, while goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny's stunning double save from a penalty in first half stoppage time kept Poland in the match against a Saudi side that was always on the attack.