🇧🇷🇳🇴 Before taking the penalty last night, Neymar asked Nyland: "Where do you want me to put it? Where do you want it?"
The goalkeeper replied: "Off the post."
The Brazilian called him something in response.
Neymar scored, walked up to Nyland and pointed at himself and said 'NOT WITH ME. DON'T TRY THAT WITH ME.'
30 seconds later, Brazil were eliminated from the World Cup.
Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean has created L’Haitiana, a series of special-edition hand-stitched football jerseys for the Haiti national football club, and the designs are as much a statement about identity and history as they are about clothing.
Already the winner of Group A, Mexico will play again at Azteca Stadium on Tuesday in a round-of-32 match against an opponent to be determined.
Mexico’s previous best group-stage performance was two wins and one draw, achieved in 1986 and 2002, both featuring Javier Aguirre, the first as a midfielder and the second as El Tri’s coach.
Mexico already qualified for the next round, gave coach Javier Aguirre an opportunity to rotate his squad and left-back Mateo Chavez, one of five players brought into the starting line-up from their previous fixture, showed superb composure to net his first international goal just after half-time.
Teenager Gilberto Mora, another player given his first start of the tournament, impressed in midfield and supplied the pass that led to Mexico’s second goal, which was scored by Julian Quinones in the 61st minute.
Aged 17 years and 253 days, Mora became the sixth-youngest player in history to start a men’s World Cup match and the youngest player to do so for Mexico, while at age 40, the respected goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, was brought on as a late substitute.
Ochoa is in his sixth World Cup campaign, matching Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi, although he has only appeared in four of them as he was an unused squad member at the 2006 and 2010 tournaments.
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@BBCSport Ollie Watkins was asked about the criticism of Jeremy Doku for saying he wants to leave the Belgium camp for the birth of his first child.
Doku's wife Shireen is due to give birth during the second week of July. His intention to be with her has brought criticism from some.
🚨 BREAKING: Scotland's duck has arrived! 🦆🏴
Mexico had theirs, now Scotland fans have a duck backing them at the World Cup. 🏆 https://t.co/EyA9O9NGDs
Tyla went live earlier and was asked how much she earned from her World Cup involvement and performance. She revealed that she wasn’t paid as much as people might think, saying she received $150,000 for featuring on the track and another $300,000 for performing at the event. According to Tyla, her management team wasn’t happy with the deal and felt she deserved a much bigger payout, especially as a two-time Grammy winner. She added that they believed no other African artist could match her level right now, but she ultimately accepted the offer because she did it for the love of the game.
Isma Koné has been 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 after breaking his leg at the World Cup. 🙏🇨🇦
The Canadian midfielder has reunited with his teammates. Will he be able to play in the tournament? That's a big ask.
🇨🇼🧤 What a story this is.
At 37 years old and playing in the second tier of American football, Eloy Room has just produced one of the greatest goalkeeping displays this World Cup has seen.
The Curaçao captain made 15 saves in only his second-ever World Cup appearance, helping his country earn the first World Cup point in their history thanks to a 0-0 draw against Ecuador. A true national hero. ❤️
The perfect ending followed too. After collecting his Man of the Match award, Room ran straight to the stands to embrace and kiss his wife. Trophy in hand, emotions pouring out, and a moment neither he nor Curaçao will ever forget. 🥹🏆
Today, football won. ❤️⚽️