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The Indian national team's coach, Igor Stimac, hopes to lead his squad to the same extraordinary heights as the Croatian national team attained in the previous two World Cups. The Croatian took to social media to share pictures with the Ballon d'Or winner.

Zlatko Dalic said that Croatia reaching the final of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be "the greatest success in our history," ahead of the semi-final clash with Argentina. "For me, the semi-final match against England (in 2018) was the greatest of all time, and Brazil was second. Tomorrow's match will be the third," Dalic said.

Dimitrios Petratos who played for Australia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup will join the Mariners ahead of the new season and will bring in loads of experience having played in countries like Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Malaysia.

It was quite an eventful night for Manchester City last night as they went on to thrash Leeds United 7-0 in the EPL 2021-22 match. The match was held at the Etihad Stadium where Kevin de Bruyne scored a brace. After the game, the players of the team like de Bryune, Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez and others took to social media and reacted to the same.

Manchester City ended up with a 2-1 win over Aston Villa in the EPL 2021-22 match. Ruben Dias and Bernando Silva scored goals for the team.

Last night at the Allianz Arena, Portugal took on Germany in the Euro 2020. Portugal might have lost the match 2-4 but Cristiano Ronaldo made sure to catch up on his old friend Toni Kroos who plays for Germany. Even Ronaldo's former club Real Madrid shared the photo of the two having a moment. Toni Kroos and Cristiano Ronaldo played with each other for Real Madrid.

Defending champions Portugal suffered their first loss in the Euro 2020 campaign, going down to Germany 2-4 in a high-scoring encounter. For Germany, Kai Havertz, and Robin Gosens scored in addition to the two own goals by Ruben Dias and Raphael Guerreiro, conceded by Portugal in the first half.

Almost all discussion around top players circulate around strikers and midfielders but there's hardly is any discussion around defenders. Oftentimes, their rock-solid presence at the back decides the outcome of a match and with Euro 2020 fast approaching, let us take a look at three such defenders who are to be watched out for.

"I feel like now we have had a bit more experience, players in the biggest games for their club and obviously players who have played in that World Cup have had that experience as well. I feel like we are in a good place. We know there is still a lot of hard work that goes into it. We do not just turn up and win the tournament," he added.

This was also the second time that the Belgian has won the award, making him only the third footballer to achieve this feat, after Arsenal legend Thierry Henry and former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. Phil Foden was named the PFA men's Young player of the year.

Chelsea FC won the Champions League 2020-21 title by beating Manchester City by 1-0. Kai Havertz scored a goal for the Blues. Post this, the players took to social media to express their happiness.

Manchester City will be aiming to lift the first-ever Champions League trophy in their history. A semi-final appearance was their best finish in the competition but after several heartbreaks, Pep Guardiola has eventually led his team to Europe’s showpiece event and will be looking to get his team over the line.