No charges over racist chants towards Vinicius

play Laurens: Close Atletico’s stadium after racist chants (0:42)Julien Laurens calls for Atletico Madrid’s next home game to be played without a crowd after fans shouted racist chants about Vinicius Junior during Sunday’s Madrid derby. (0:42) 6:59 AM ET Prosecutors in Madrid will not press charges over racist chanting aimed at Vinicius Junior before the … Read more

Why are subs scoring more at 2022 World Cup than ever?

4:30 AM ET DOHA, Qatar — We’re not even through the group stage yet, but there have already been more goals scored by substitutes at the 2022 World Cup than in the whole of the last tournament. 2 Related With one matchday left, the group stage in Qatar has seen players coming off the bench … Read more

Tactical preview: How the United States, Netherlands match up

play Ale Bedoya: USMNT must be more clinical to beat Netherlands (1:42)Ale Bedoya joins ESPN FC Daily to discuss the USMNT’s dramatic victory over Iran. (1:42) 4:34 PM ET Tuesday’s dramatic 1-0 win over Iran was just the ticket for the US, as they finished second in Group B behind England and therefore booked their … Read more

Musiala is the future of German football – Flick

play Ogden: End of an era for Germany (1:31)ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden looks back at a surprise group stage exit for Germany for the second consecutive World Cup. (1:31) 3:14 AM ET Hansi Flick has labelled Jamal Musiala as the future of German football after saying the country has forgotten how to produce successors to … Read more

Germany suffer another group stage humiliation

play Rhind-Tutt: Germany exit a disaster (2:26)ESPN FC’s Archie Rhind-Tutt labels Germany’s World Cup exit as a debacle. (2:26) 4:55 PM ET AL KHOR, Qatar — Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage for the second successive tournament, despite a second-half fightback to beat Costa Rica 4-2 at Al Bayt Stadium … Read more

Wild day sees Japan, Spain survive as Germany exit

play Ogden: End of an era for Germany (1:31)ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden looks back at a surprise group stage exit for Germany for the second consecutive World Cup. (1:31) 6:52 PM ET And just when you thought we achieved peak chaos at the World Cup on Wednesday, we had even ups and downs on Thursday. … Read more

Gakpo, Musah, Fernandez among top young players

play Leboeuf: Cody Gakpo has a bright future (0:14)Frank Leboeuf thinks Dutch winger Cody Gakpo’s World Cup performance shows his star potential after goal against Ecuador. (0:14) 5:00 AM ET The 2022 World Cup is almost at the knockout stages, but which players have impressed so far? 2 Related We’ll ignore the likes of Argentina‘s … Read more

Australia won’t fear Messi: He’s ‘just a human’

play Milos Degenek: Messi is the greatest, but he’s human (0:14)Australia and Columbus Crew defender Milos Degenek talks about his admiration for Lionel Messi before facing Argentina in the round of 16 at the World Cup. (0:14) 8:03 PM ET Australia‘s players can’t hide their admiration for Lionel Messi as they prepare to take on … Read more

Spain: ‘Nothing to celebrate’ despite WC progress

play Marcotti: Morocco aren’t a pushover for Spain (1:50)ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti defends Morocco after Spain finish 2nd in their group and face them in the round of 16. (1:50) 5:50 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — Spain coach Luis Enrique said he had “nothing to celebrate” despite sealing qualification for the knockout rounds of the … Read more