Super Eagles, double-headed eagles and Brazil stumble to a win – World Cup Football Daily

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Paolo Bandini and Philippe Auclair to look back at day nine of the 2018 World Cup, starting with Brazil’s last-gasp 2-0 win over Costa Rica, Neymar’s tears, Coutinho’s run from deep and the end of a dream for the central Americans.

The game of the day saw Switzerland beat Serbia 2-1, with both goalscorers marking their contributions with double-headed eagle celebrations, a politically-charged needle directed at their Serbian opponents – it remains to be seen whether they will face punishment for that.

In part two we speak to Nigerian football expert Aanu Adeoye about his country’s 2-0 win over Iceland; both goals coming in the second half after the Super Eagles failed to get a single strike off at goal before the break. We talk about how much better this is for Nigeria than for Argentina, who are now reliant on the other game in the group going their way.

We finish up by taking a look at the three games coming up tomorrow, including a chat with Mexican football expert Tom Marshall about El Tri’s chances against South Korea, their increased prospects of qualifying out of Group F following their opening win over Germany and the fine imposed on them by Fifa after their fans sang homophobic chants.

Back tomorrow!

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