Daily Archives: June 17, 2018

‘Proud and disappointed’: van Marwijk reacts to narrow France loss

SYDNEY (17 June 2018) – Bert van Marwijk has declared himself “proud but disappointed” of his Socceroos side after they fell 2-1 to France in their opening game of the FIFA World Cup™. After holding out the much more fancied opponents for the entire first half and then pegging them back just four minutes after…

Griezmann hits historic VAR penalty as France squeeze past Australia

SYDNEY (17 June 2018) – Antoine Griezmann scored the first VAR-assisted penalty awarded in the history of the World Cup as title hopefuls France need a late Paul Pogba goal to beat a gutsy Australia side 2-1 on Saturday. The Atletico Madrid star wrote his name into the history books after he went down under…