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Nice debut for Toni Kroos after returning back to Germany national teams after retired last several years ago, he made one assist for faster goal scoring by Florian Wirtz the match begin on few second. Another one goal of Germany scoring by Kai Havertz on 49th minutes,
I don't too expected with friendly match although super big match between France vs Germany but both teams will not play on high intention such as official tournament.
Left one match later with friendly match before all players returning to their teams, some players have return awhile after getting injury and last information Harry Kane withdrew for next match against Belgium after getting muscle injury.

Argentina are world Champions after lifting the world cup in Qater, the caught boundaries especially because they're simply on the standards of others. These friendly games becomes interesting when your favorite player at club level is grabbing good standings in football. Argentina are supposed to flog El Salvador like 6 nil but looking from Argentines hand, they missed quite alot of goal scoring opportunities, this is a reason to stand out for.

It was a friendly game between France and Germany but definitely the results would have counted for something and the press would not have hesitated to backlash Germany if they had lost, and also question the preparedness of the team to host the euro competition. It's a good thing that Germany were able to win against a tough opponent like France and also maintain a clean sheet, to mean that is a clear indication that they are ready to host the other nations of the world in this Euro competition.

I do not like that the English coach did not rest Declan Rice in the friendly game, he did not even consider his importance to Arsenal and the series of important games that our club will need him for. That is just bad, I hope the coach rests him in their next game.

I didn't pay attention to friendlies matches while there were official ones running.
Argentina did well in their games against El Salvador by scoring three goals and Brazil were able to score a goal and win against England. Both teams had top players playing except of their captains.
There was also an interesting game between France and Germany with the latter team winning it by two goals, one of it scored since the beginning of the game.

Too soon Walker was replaced. This will be a loss for the club which is trying to be consistent until the end of the season.

Another name besides Ivan Tooney and Watkins, Bowen also needs to prove himself amidst Hary Kane's ankle injury, according to sources.
This England vs Brazil friendly match could be proof for Gordon, who was played as a starter by Gareth Southgate. I'm also waiting for Kobbie Mainoo's debut as a young midfielder if he plays.

Match statistics are still balanced between the two.

Both teams are playing with their best players which shows that both sides are seeing this game as a great opportunity to measure the power of their teams, in the case of Brazil this will be the first big test for the Brazilian coach to see what the Brazil's level currently taking into account that Brazil is not doing well in the qualifying games for the world cup, so they need to improve the team's level a lot, but I'm seeing the same squad as always and I wonder if we will see much improvement in performance of Brazil, so far 15 minutes have been played and Brazil has 80% possession of the ball, while England has only 20% possession of the ball, without Kane and as expected from the England coach was to put the Marcus Rashford on the bench

I don't know why the England coach has put Marcus Rashford on even when he is in a good moment, yet the England coach put Marcus Rashford on the bench. I don't understand why, in my opinion Marcus Rashford is a good player who could put him in the starting 11. but the coach knows what he is doing. On the other side, Brazil's coach opted to put Vinicios, Rodrigo and Raphinha in the attack. These are the best attackers in Brazil today, in my opinion it is a weak attack, I say this because it is clear that Rodrigo and Vinicios at Real Madrid do not score goals constantly, which is why Real Madrid is bringing in mbapp

and Brazil's coach is betting on them even though he sees this scenario, and it's as if Brazil doesn't have better strikers. It is enough to see that Raphinha in Barcelona hardly scores goals, but even so he is the player in Brazil's starting 11, it seems to me that for the Brazil coach what matters is the team in which the player is playing and not the performance that the player is having. In other words, if a player plays for Real Madrid and always sits on the bench, he will still be Brazil's favorite player and will leave the best player in the Brazilian league on the bench.

Among all the list of friendly international games, Argentina had one of the most predictable fixtures. One of the toughest friendly fixture for today is England against Brazil, two very big football teams that have not met in a very long time.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell; Gallagher, Rice, Bellingham; Foden, Watkins, Gordon.
Brazil XI: Bento; Danilo, Bruno, Beraldo, Wendell; Guimaraes, Joao Gomes, Paqueta; Vini Jr., Rodrygo, Raphinha.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/england-brazil-live-stream-score-result-b2517545.html?#post-1576775

Good opponent for England as they prepare for the Euros, with Harry Kane not in the list for this game, this is a good chance for Watkins to try to make himself an option for the England coach before Ivan Tooney gets his chance.

Today there was a match between Argentina and El Salvador, in the match Argentina easily defeated El Salvador by 3-0. I did not see any competition in this match today. I couldn't watch the whole match but I watched the highlights. Cristian Romero in the 16th minute and Enzo Fernández in the 42nd minute and Giovani Lo Celso in the 52nd minute scored 1 goal each. Argentina is a very strong team and can easily beat a team like El Salvador. However, El Salvador played very well as a small team.

UEFA Nations League
Gibraltar - Lithuania
These teams will have two games this Thursday and the next Tuesday in UEFA Nations League, as a relegation play-out match for League C.
Lithuania are normally favourite and better than Gibraltar.
I didn't figure out in the first place why that version of Nations League will resume since it has finished in 2023 and why at that time? I wonder know the logic behind that and behind Nations League itself..

AFC Asian Cup

The competition started yesterday with the host nation Qatar beating Lebanon by three goals.
Three games were played today with a victory for Australia  against India and a 0 - 0 draw in the other two involving China in one and Syria in the other.
Tomorrow there will be three other games:
- Japan - Vietnam
- United Arab Emirates - Hong Kong
- Iran - Palestine

with so many places available and many teams in a worse state than Brazil, I see Brazil managing to qualify, but there are many things that Brazil needs to correct, I commented on this in a post I made a few days ago and I will add what I have been saying, the problem of Brazil is in the directors, I'll give an example: the current coach is an interim coach, I wonder if he is interim for how long? Is it really normal to have an interim coach for more than 1 year?  I see the press saying that Brazil's current coach is interim until Ancelotti ends his contract with Real Madrid and accepts to be Brazil's coach, but that would mean that Brazil's directors had already reached an agreement with Real Madrid and since the interim coach of Brazil is also coach of one of the Brazilian teams that is in Brasileirao, so it shows that it is possible to be coach of a local and national team at the same time, so why didn't Ancelotti become coach of Brazil at the same time real madrid coach?

The reason is probably because it would be difficult to pay attention to two teams at the same time, so I wonder how much time the interim coach has to work, given that he needs to focus on Fluminense? And the most terrible thing is that Fluminense itself is not a top team, honestly, things that you see in Brazilian football make me laugh, they are things that in a way I can't understand. It seems like it's a big deal for Brazilian football managers, it reminds me a lot of the behavior of corrupt managers in my country

I cannot even imagine that happening!
Brazil is sitting in the 6th position right now after some historical failures made by this team. The good news is there will be a long pause period so the team can recover and restart again with Ancelotti? The next matchday will be in September 2024 so there is time to consolidate the team with other good players in my opinion.
The other good news, there will be 6 teams from South America joining the World Cup and even an additional spot after inter-confederation play-off. They could not be that bad to lose a spot like that.

Yep Triple Kill, the formidable Maracana fortress has fallen + 64 unbeaten games of the world cup qualifying at home finally come to an end + lost three in a row in world cup qualification.
The next will be failed to qualify for the 2026 world cup? It will be a big sin for them, football is a religion there.

Uruguay didn't have hard time knocking Bolivia with 3 goals without receiving any. They moved quickly to the second spot after inflicting 2 defeats to the other top teams Brazil and Argentina. Nice performance and results out there for Uruguay players. I don't think Argentina should worry a lot comparing to Brazil which are 6th right now

Brazil 0 - 1 Argentina. That would be a normal result if the match wasn't played in Maracana.. I read that it is only the second time in history that Brazil lost in this stadium and both in front of Argentina. The previous defeat was almost a century ago? Sad moments there..

Uruguay haven’t just only grown points and move up the log but also confidence, it sits well when a team gets victory in consecutive fixtures that boosts their confidence going into the next match and while checking out the logs, Argentina who sits pretty top might have Brazil to worry about with Uruguay coming so fast behind, Uruguay heads to play Bolivia, an encounter I know Uruguay will come out top.

 All eyes will be fixed on the Brazil vs Argentina because results from the fixture will make the log look so good and open counterparts, Colombia and Venezuela who also won their matches are making the group one that’s eye catchy and it’ll be fun to watch South American football because as they say that’s where football is made.

Uruguay vs Bolivia
The World Cup Qualifier match Uruguay vs Bolivia match has started. The first half ended with Uruguay leading 2-0. The 1st goal was scored in the 15th minute by D. Núñez, and the 2nd goal was scored by G. Villamil in the 39th minute. Possession and Passes are much better than Bolivia in Uruguay. Today it seems that Uruguay will score more goals in the second half. For example, Brazil gave 5 goals to Bolivia. Let's see what the end result is. But today Uruguay will win easily. If Uruguay wins today's match, it will go up to number one in the points table. On the other hand, to retain the top spot in the points table, Argentina needs to win against Brazil today.

I think Argentina gonna win this match even though Brazil are playing home in the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Odds in bookies are quite close to each other but there is an advantage for Argentinians. Brazil around 2.5 and Argentina around 2.9.
Plus 1.5 goal at 1.5. Both teams to score around 2.1. You have the feeling that bookies think Brazil couldn't score or what?
This match should be important for Brazil to return to the first places and to close the gap with Argentina.

Argentina team has all the players but Brazil team lacks good players.  The star of the Brazilian team, Neymar, is injured, so the Brazilian team is very weak. So I do everything I am willing to bet for the Argentina team. Because Argentina you are very good and experienced they will try hard enough to go. Because Argentina team has more points in the points table, so definitely Argentina team can win this match. Because Lionel Messi he will try to win his whole performance team.

An interesting match of the World Cup qualifiers will be between Brazil and Argentina. Brazil is a strong team but not in good form this year. Brazil has played a total of 5 matches in the World Cup qualifiers, Brazil has won only 2 matches and drawn 1 match. Brazil is 5th in the points table with 7 points. Argentina are in great form at the moment, winning every match since the World Cup but losing their last match with Uruguay. Argentina is the top 1 in the points table. A Brazil vs Argentina match is always exciting. I am ready to enjoy the exciting match on 22nd November. It will be very difficult for Brazil to win against a strong Argentina team. Which team do you think will win the Brazil vs Argentina exciting match?

I don't know what's most unexpected. Brazil successive failures or Argentina defeat at home against Uruguay!
Brazil are now 5th in the ranking after losing vs Colombia and Uruguay and the draw against Venezuela. Their results are unacceptable at all! Worst they will face Argentina. I know Argentina lost surprisingly vs Uruguay but they will rebound back for sure. After all, Uruguay isn't a bad team, they have good players and they were precise in Argentina match, shots in the target equal a goal.