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ENGLAND star Luke Shaw told Jack Grealish that Manchester City players stand out while on national team duty. Grealish, 27, was speaking to the media ahead of the Three Lions’ huge last-16 tie versus Senegal and he revealed what Shaw had told him about his club teammates.
Jack Grealish and his Man City teammates stand out in England’s campCredit: Getty
Luke Shaw has started all three England games at the World CupCredit: Getty
The attacking midfielder opened up on a video of Phil Foden doing kick-ups that has gone viral online, Grealish said: “Me and Phil do that all the time.
“Luke Shaw said to me ‘when I come away with England you can tell who the City lads are as you always have a ball.’
“It’s true. Me, Phil, even Kyle [Walker] are always wanting a ball, whether it be back home, at the camp, or here.
“At Aston Villa players would be sitting there on their phones, then at City you’re sitting there and balls are flying across the changing room.”
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It appears that Man City players constantly have the ball at their feet and seem football obsessed.
And the never-ending practice seems to be working with Pep Guardiola’s English talents impressing at the World Cup so far.
Grealish scored in the 6-2 hammering of Iran, Foden netted in the win over Wales and John Stones has been excellent at the back alongside Harry Maguire.
Additionally, Walker formed part of the back four that kept a clean sheet versus the Dragons and Kalvin Phillips played 30 minutes in the game.
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England boss Gareth Southgate now faces a selection dilemma for the game against Senegal with so many players on top form.
The positive displays of the City stars will be music to the ears of Guardiola with his team needing to be at their best on the return of Premier League action on Boxing Day.
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MOROCCO’S hottest fan has jetted to Qatar to cheer on her team at the World Cup as they get ready to face off Spain.Ilham hopes the North African side can make history by cruising into the quarter-finals for the first time ever.
Ilham with her pal at Morocco’s clash with Canada on ThursdayCredit: Instagram/ilhm_di
The brunette at Al Thumama Stadium after Morocco’s win against BelgiumCredit: Instagram/ilhm_di
She hopes her team can go all the wayCredit: Instagram/ilhm_di
She had a pitchside seat at Al Thumama Stadium on Thursday as Walid Regragui’s men saw off Canada for a place in the last 16.
The brunette, who works as a real estate agent, posed with a pal in a football top as she beamed and waved a flag following the 2-1 win.
She captioned the Instagram post: “Closer than ever.”
Ilham was also at the stadium just days earlier to watch Morocco’s 2-0 victory over Belgium.
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With her hair half up and half down, she threw a peace sign and she grinned by the pitch.
Ilham has been supporting her team in Doha since the tournament kicked off.
She captioned one post from the city: “Moroccan vibes always win”.
Ilham headed to Morocco’s first clash against Croatia on November 23 at the Al Bayt Stadium.
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She hopes to cheer her side on all the way to the final after Morocco reached the final 16 for only the second time this tournament – their best World Cup performance since 1986.
They will play against Spain on Tuesday at 3pm GMT.
It comes after Poland’s hottest fan who has been dubbed “Miss World Cup” has revealed why she has snubbed this year’s World Cup – and which England player she has her eye on.
Model and football fan Marta Barczok announced she would skip the controversial tournament in Qatar.
The influencer had attended various tournaments in the past including Euro 2016, 2020 and World Cup 2018.
But she told The Sun she would not be going to Qatar due to the country’s human rights record and fears of “corruption”.
Marta said she predicts England will reach the top four.
And she revealed her favourite Three Lions star- Harry Kane.
Marta told The Sun: “I think England will be in the top four, you have a really great squad and of course Harry Kane, who in my opinion is one of the best strikers in the world.
“I watch him live during Tottenham games, I support Spurs and I am on most of the home games.”
The model predicted that France would go to the finals and shared her hopes Poland would reach the semi-finals.
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She said that “looking at the first game I don’t think this will be that easy”.
The estate agent, who is in Doha, said ‘Moroccan vibes always win’Credit: Instagram/ilhm_di
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ALEX SCOTT has worn the “orangest of orange dresses” today for the Netherlands vs USA World Cup match.Fans loved the coincidence and the 38-year-old seemed delighted with the 2-0 half-time score.
Scott wore an orange outfit very similar to a traditional Dutch national strip
She admitted she didn’t mean to sport their colours
Scott has 140 appearances for England women – who have a fierce rivalry with the US side.
The Three Lions have just about forgiven Alex Morgan for her tea-sipping celebration when she dumped them out of the semis at the 2019 World Cup.
But today Scott admitted: “I didn’t mean to wear an orange dress today, I came in neutral!”
The orange dress even had white collar and cuffs, reminiscent of a traditional Dutch national team kit.
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One fan on social media asked: “Why has Alex Scott decided to wear orange at the Netherlands USA game?”
Another added: “Thanks for wearing an orange dress for our Dutch game, Alex!
“Greetings from Holland”
And one joked: “BBC are your pundits expected to be neutral in their dress code?
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“If so, Alex Scott didn’t get the memo before putting on the orangest of orange dresses.
Netehrlands were firmly in command of the last-16 clash with USA.
Memphis Depay opened the scoring, sweeping home after a fine passing move.
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THIS is the hilarious moment an INFLATABLE KANGAROO was stuffed through a World Cup security scanner.Australia fans were spotted taking an inflatable of their national animal into a fan park on Saturday.
Australia supporters carry inflatable kangaroos as a national symbolCredit: AFP
And Qatar staff sent the poor creature head first into the x-ray scanner.
News outlet First Edition tweeted footage of the roo being manhandled.
Footy supporters on social media are loving the kanga’s special moment.
One wrote: “Check its pouch.”
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Another added: “Checking for concealed and loaded rainbow flags.”
While one joked: “It will probably have had worse done to it…”
The kangaroo was recognised as an official symbol of Australia when it was included on the nation’s coat of arms in 1908.
Fans will be excited as they enter the Al-Rayyan Stadium tonight.
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The Aussies face Argentina this evening as both teams look to progress to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
Lionel Messi and Co will not be taking the Socceroos lightly at all after they beat Denmark to qualify for the last-16.
The South Americans have put together a good run of results after losing to Saudi Arabia on the opening group match.
And they must be in form if they are to progress past a resilient Australia side, with a solid defence marshalled by Harry Souttar.
This will be the first time since 2006 that Australia have reached this stage of a World Cup, and only the second time in the nation’s history.
Graham Arnold’s men will be hoping to go one step further than 16 years ago however which saw them narrowly lose to eventual winners Italy at this stage. More

A SUPERCOMPUTER has predicted how the knockout rounds of the World Cup will go… and it’s heartache for England.With an exciting group stage having concluded yesterday, the tournament will now begin to reach its business end.

England are tipped to go out in the quartersCredit: Getty
There are set to be plenty more thrills – but the Three Lions are being tipped to go home at the quarter-final stage.
Boffins and brainiacs over at FairBettingSites.co.uk have crunched the numbers to determine the most likely outcomes.
They reckon that the Netherlands will beat the USA this afternoon, with Argentina following suit against underdogs Australia.
Japan defied the odds in the group stage, beating Germany and Spain to go through top of the pile – and they are being backed to add Croatia to their list of scalps in the round of 16.
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But it could be the end of the road for South Korea, who dramatically battled through yesterday – with Brazil expected to beat them on Monday.
England face Senegal tomorrow, with the African side without Sadio Mane, the suspended Idrissa Gueye and potentially coach Aliou Cisse, who is unwell.
The Three Lions are expected to come through unscathed, although France will likely book a quarter-final with Gareth Southgate’s men by beating Poland.
Spain are then backed to take out surprise package Morocco, with Switzerland tipped to end Cristiano Ronaldo’s final World Cup campaign by beating Portugal.
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Argentina are tipped to beat the Netherlands to book a place in the semi-final – where the supercomputer reckons they’ll meet old rivals Brazil after the Selecao take out Japan.
On the other side of the draw England’s campaign is backed to end at the hands of reigning champions France, with Spain knocking out Switzerland in the remaining quarter-final.
Brazil are tipped to overcome Argentina in their mouthwatering semi, booking a place in the final against France – who are backed to eliminate 2010 winners Spain.
This would make for an amazing climax to the tournament, with Brazil dethroning France to bring the trophy back to South America for the first time since they last won it in 2002.
Richarlison and Co are expected to beat France to become world championsCredit: Getty
France could go all the way to the finalCredit: Getty More