Warm-Weather Workshop: Baraclough’s Back-Three Meets Dussuyer’s Transition Trap
Northern Ireland have crossed to the Bay of Gibraltar looking for calm and clarity. Thursday’s friendly in Cádiz with Guinea now carries wei...
Frederic Lumiere
Slovenia turn Cyprus friendly into Nations League dress rehearsal in Ljubljana
Slovenia host Cyprus in Ljubljana today in a friendly that doubles as a key checkpoint for coach MatjaĹľ Kek as he finetunes his squad ahead ...
Frederic Lumiere
Structure vs. Stability: Manirakiza, Nopo Turn Friendly into High-Stakes Audit
Burundi face Equatorial Guinea today at 16:00 UTC in a friendly that doubles as a live audit for two programmes searching for rhythm before ...
Frederic Lumiere
Honda’s Cambodia set high-tempo benchmark in Phnom Penh test against Bhutan
Cambodia face Bhutan in Phnom Penh this evening, a home friendly that will test how far K. Honda’s rebuild has progressed before the autumn ...
Frederic Lumiere
Embolo sparks, bench seals: Switzerland’s ruthless rotation sinks Jordan 4-1
Switzerland 41 Jordan, a friendly only in name as Murat Yakin ran a full audit of his World Cup pool and Jamal Sellami was left measuring th...
Frederic Lumiere
Super subs Janković and Sekulić punish blunt Bulgaria for Prosinečki
Montenegro left Plovdiv with a 10 win that validated Robert Prosinečki's bench depth. Balša Sekulić scored in the 68th minute to punish Bulg...
Frederic Lumiere
Belgium’s 3-4-2-1 Blueprint Silences Croatia as Tielemans, De Cuyper Shine
Result: Belgium beat Croatia 20 in Rijeka on Tuesday, giving Rudi Garcia a useful friendly benchmark as he settles his 3421. Zlatko Dalić ma...
Frederic Lumiere
Morocco Showcase Qualifier-Ready Depth with 4-0 Thrashing of Madagascar
Morocco beat Madagascar 40 on Tuesday in Rabat, a fully controlled friendly that underlined H. Regragui’s depth options ahead of the summer ...
Frederic Lumiere
Lucescu's halftime overhaul earns Romania a 1-1 rescue in Tbilisi test
Georgia and Romania finished level at 11 in Tbilisi, a result that keeps both W. Sagnol and M. Lucescu in evaluation mode with one competiti...
Frederic Lumiere
Neco Williams’ final cross tees up Koumas to salvage Wales-Ghana draw at 90+3
Wales 11 Ghana, the equaliser arriving in the 90+3rd minute to rescue Craig Bellamy’s unbeaten start in Cardiff while Otto Addo left with th...
Frederic Lumiere