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Can Spain be knocked out? Points Table, qualification scenarios

Can Spain be knocked out? Points Table, qualification scenarios

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3 min readUpdated: Jun 26, 2026 02:20 PM IST FIFA World Cup 2026 Group H Scenarios: Entering the last two days of group-stage action, Group H has retained one of the most thrilling scenarios for knockout qualification ahead of the third-round matches. While qualification has been largely straightforward elsewhere in the expanded 12-group, 48-team format this edition, the Round of 32 spots from Group H are still fairly open for all four teams, involving two former champions, an unlikely first-timer and an underdog with giant-killing capabilities. Spain, Uruguay, Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia will confront their final league-stage matches, knowing that an outright win could seal a knockout spot. It has largely been made possible due to the stoic resistance of World Cup debutants Cape Verde, who held both Spain and Uruguay to 0-0 and 2-2 draws, respectively. In the final round, Spain (4 points) take on Uruguay (2 points) while Cape Verde (2 points) take on Saudi, who also drew with Uruguay for a vital point. FIFA World Cup 2026: Group H Standings ahead of …

Arsenal keep alive faint title hopes with 1-0 win over Chelsea | Football News

Arsenal keep alive faint title hopes with 1-0 win over Chelsea | Football News

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Arsenal defeated London rivals Chelsea 1-0 for their first win in four Premier League games on Sunday as a headed goal by stand-in striker Mikel Merino boosted their faint hopes of catching up with runaway leaders Liverpool. Merino scored in the 20th minute when he stooped to flick his looping header over Robert Sanchez in theChelsea goal after a Martin Odegaard corner. The Spanish midfielder, who has led Arsenal’s attack in the absence of injured colleagues in recent weeks, came close to a second goal in the 60th minute but his side-footed volley was kept out by a fine save by Sanchez. Story continues below this ad Chelsea were also missing firepower up front with top scorer Cole Palmer absent through injury while centre forward Nicolas Jackson remains sidelined, also due to injury. Without them, Chelsea struggled to threaten Arsenal’s backline. The closest they came to an equaliser was in the 37th minute when defender Marc Cucurella hammered an angled volley at David Raya only for the ball to squeeze through the Arsenal goalkeeper’s hands …

‘Today is the last time that we’ll play a game before 72 hours’: Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti slams LaLiga | Football News

‘Today is the last time that we’ll play a game before 72 hours’: Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti slams LaLiga | Football News

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With Real Madrid having to play a LaLiga match against Villarreal on Saturday getting just a 66-hour rest period after their gruelling Champions League pre-quarterfinal clash against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday which went to a penalty shootout, manager Carlo Ancelotti said that this was the last time the Los Blancos play a match without having a 72-hour rest period. “I think today is the last time that we’ll play a game before 72 hours,” he said. “We won’t do it again, without 72 hours of rest. We asked LaLiga to change the time of the game twice, and they didn’t do anything. But this is the last time. I don’t understand it. The minimum is 72 hours, money, television rights are prioritised, not the players’ recovery. Money is prioritised, not the players’ rest,” Ancelotti said in a press conference after the Villarreal match which Real won 2-1. Madrid’s game at Villarreal game kicked off at 6:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT) on Saturday. Madrid had played a Champions League game against Atletico on Wednesday that …

Focus is to change his mind: Ruben Amorim on Manchester United co-owner’s recent criticism of select players | Football News

Focus is to change his mind: Ruben Amorim on Manchester United co-owner’s recent criticism of select players | Football News

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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said that the team will be focusing on changing the mind of co-owner Jim Ratcliffe who in a recent interview had criticized some players of the current squad, saying they were not good enough and were overpaid. “If we’re being honest, in this moment everybody — me, all the players — we are underperforming this season. We can always change that, so I include myself in that part of ‘underperforming’,” Amorim told reporters. “You are talking about players like Casemiro, for example, that won everything (with Real Madrid) and we know that these kind of players can play so much better. So that is the focus and he was honest on that. The focus is to change his mind and to change all the people’s minds,” he added. Story continues below this ad Ratcliffe, however, had showered Amorim with praise saying that the Portuguese was “outstanding young manager” who would be at the club for a long time. “It’s a little bit the character, we are quite similar. I always …

Callum Hudson-Odoi scores late goal as Nottingham Forest deals heavy blow to Manchester City’s top 4 hopes | Football News

Callum Hudson-Odoi scores late goal as Nottingham Forest deals heavy blow to Manchester City’s top 4 hopes | Football News

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Nottingham Forest’s Callum Hudson-Odoi dealt a major blow to Manchester City’s top 4 hopes as his 83rd minute strike helped his club move closer to a Champions League spot next year. With the win, Forest stayed firm at the 3rd place with 51 points while current 4th placed City have Chelsea breathing down their necks with the Stamford Bridge outfit having one game in hand. The winger picked up a glorious diagonal pass from Morgan Gibbs-White before running into the box and beating City goalkeeper Ederson at his near post from a tight angle. In a game of few chances, Pep Guardiola’s City team came closest when Nico Gonzalez’ long-range shot scraped the outside of the post, while Hudson-Odoi saw a curled effort pushed onto the post by Ederson. Story continues below this ad Forest was deducted points last season for breaching the league’s financial rules and avoided the drop by just six points. This term it has faced more sanctions: A near $1 million fine for an inflammatory social media post and a stadium …