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EXCLUSIVE: Paco Jemez on representing Spain, the team's World Cup hopes & Saudi clash

Paco Jemez was capped 21 times for Spain and played at EURO 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands. Both as a player (for Rayo, Deportivo La Coruna, Zaragoza, plus others) and as a coach, he has had a long career in football. His most recent experience was this season in the Premier League, where he served as Nuno Espirito Santo's main assistant at West Ham.

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EXCLUSIVE: Keith Hackett on refereeing performances in the opening games of World Cup

With 104 matches across three countries, the 2026 World Cup is the most demanding tournament in history. Flashscore sat down with former Premier League official and refereeing authority Keith Hackett to get his observations and views on the officials and their decision-making during the first few games of the tournament.

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EXCLUSIVE: Federico Fazio on Messi's hat-trick & how crucial Rodri is to Spain's hopes

Federico Fazio won Olympic gold with Argentina at Beijing 2008 and represented the Albiceleste at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The former player of Ferro, Sevilla, Tottenham Hotspur, Roma, and Salernitana analyses the World Cup and looks back on his career in an interview with Flashscore.

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria legend Eguavoen confident Africa can shine at 2026 World Cup

Former Nigeria international and coach Augustine Eguavoen claims African teams have a genuine chance of competing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup title.

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EXCLUSIVE: Former Japan coach Troussier 'not surprised' by Asian teams at World Cup

Qatar holding their own against Switzerland; Saudi Arabia shaking up Uruguay, Japan levelling against the Netherlands - the start of the 2026 World Cup has been marked by the outstanding success of AFC (Asian) nations.

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EXCLUSIVE: Gervinho on AFCON glory, playing with Totti & the Arsenal years under Wenger

Some footballers have become iconic, not only for their unmistakable appearance but also for their way of conducting themselves on the pitch. One of these is undoubtedly Gervais Lombe Yao Kouassi, better known as Gervinho. Born on May 27, 1987, in Anyama, a city of 140,000 inhabitants made up of a large number of villages, 15 miles north of the Ivory Coast capital, Abidjan.

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EXCLUSIVE: Roque Junior on why Brazil aren't a World Cup favourite and Neymar's influence

Defender Roque Junior made history with the Brazil national team by becoming World Cup champions in 2002.

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EXCLUSIVE: Aldair on Brazil's struggles, Neymar's return and Totti vs Ronaldo

The opening matches of the World Cup currently taking place across the USA, Mexico and Canada have already delivered unexpected upsets and some high-profile disappointments. To take stock of the complicated debut of Carlo Ancelotti's Brazil and the dynamics of this new World Cup format, Flashscore caught up with a true legend of international football: Aldair Nascimento dos Santos.

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EXCLUSIVE: Otabek Shukurov on Uzbekistan's World Cup debut and a clash with Portugal

Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia and a former Soviet republic. Three and a half decades after independence and following seven failed qualification campaigns, the Uzbek national team achieved the greatest feat in their history by securing a spot at the 2026 World Cup. Otabek Shukurov helped make that dream a reality and shared the story of this achievement with Flashscore.

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EXCLUSIVE: Guillaume Hoarau full of praise for France's record breaker Kylian Mbappe

After a laboured first 45 minutes, Les Bleus produced a top-class second half to secure victory over Senegal. With a decisive Kylian Mbappe and a sparkling attacking display after the break, France sent out an early statement. Former French footballer Guillaume Hoarau, who is Flashscore’s consultant for this tournament, analyses Les Bleus’ opening match.

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EXCLUSIVE: Wes Brown confident about England's World Cup chances but surprised by omissions

Former Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown has spoken on the Three Lions ahead of the start of their World Cup campaign.

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EXCLUSIVE: Kirkland says Rice and Anderson are key to English hopes at World Cup

Chris Kirkland never made it to a major tournament with England. He was close, painfully close, before a broken wrist at Liverpool cost him a place at Euro 2004. But he knows the England environment well: the call-ups, the training camps, the names on the next peg along, and the strange little pressures that build before the football even starts.

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EXCLUSIVE: Henning Berg on Norway's World Cup hopes, Haaland & Man Utd memories

Former Norway international Henning Berg is preparing for a World Cup that, for the first time in a generation, arrives with genuine expectation rather than relief. The ex-Blackburn and Manchester United defender, now in charge of Omonia in Cyprus, sat down with Flashscore to talk Erling Haaland, his Premier League title-winning days, life under Sir Alex Ferguson and a coaching journey that has run from Glasgow to Warsaw to Nicosia.

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EXCLUSIVE: Srna backs Spurs' Vuskovic for stardom as Croatia prepare for England

Shakhtar Donetsk legend and current sporting director Darijo Srna has backed Tottenham prospect Luka Vuskovic to become one of the defining defenders of European football, telling Flashscore the teenager already plays with the assurance of a 25-year-old ahead of Croatia's World Cup meeting with Thomas Tuchel's England.

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EXCLUSIVE: Austria's Kevin Danso relishing 'biggest dream' of playing at World Cup

Austria are back, and they're not just at the World Cup to make up the numbers. Central defender and leader, Kevin Danso, lays out the ambitions of a squad dreaming of being a dangerous outsider, exclusively to Flashscore.

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COLUMN: Ex-Netherlands coach Frans Hoek on Oranje's 'top-level' battle with Japan

Frans Hoek is something of a World Cup expert, having been an assistant coach specialising in goalkeeping (he prefers the term goalplayer) and set-pieces for the Netherlands at the 2014 and 2022 editions, and for Saudi Arabia at the 2018 editions. For this year’s tournament, he’s analysing his home country’s matches in an exclusive column for Flashscore.

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EXCLUSIVE: Hussein Ali on Iraq's World Cup return, facing Mbappe and his roots in Sweden

Hussein Ali is part of the young generation that has ended Iraq's 40-year absence from the World Cup, and he intends to make it count. The Sweden-raised right-back, now impressing in Poland's Ekstraklasa with Pogon Szczecin, sat down with Flashscore to discuss a brutal group alongside France, Norway and Senegal, the challenge of facing Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, and his decision to represent Iraq.

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EXCLUSIVE: Faustino Asprilla on Colombia at the World Cup, Luis Diaz & James Rodriguez

Faustino Asprilla is one of the most charismatic figures in the history of Colombian football. The former striker, nicknamed 'Tino', spoke with Flashscore ahead of the South Americans’ World Cup opener about the current state of the national team under Nestor Lorenzo and the ongoing debates surrounding superstar James Rodriguez.

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EXCLUSIVE: Daley Blind praises new Ajax boss Michel: 'Learned a lot from him'

In an exclusive interview with Flashscore, Girona defender Daley Blind sang the praises of his former boss and newly appointed Ajax manager, Míchel, calling the Spaniard someone he "really likes to work with."

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EXCLUSIVE: Denilson backs experienced Ancelotti to lead Brazil to World Cup glory

Speaking to Flashscore, former Brazil midfielder Denilson analysed the new era led by Carlo Ancelotti, expressing confidence in the Italian coach's work and highlighting the importance of a strong start against Morocco in a competition where, as he reminded us, "there's no room for mistakes."

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EXCLUSIVE: Pato hails Ancelotti as 'best in the world', calls Brazil contenders

In an interview given to Flashscore just hours before Brazil open their World Cup campaign, Alexandre Pato named Brazil as one of the main contenders for the title. For the former Brazilian striker, the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti is a decisive added value: "He has won everything, he's the best in the world."

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EXCLUSIVE: Haiti's Jean-Kevin Duverne on reaching the World Cup, facing Brazil and more

Haiti have waited 52 years to return to the World Cup. And it's Jean-Kevin Duverne, central defender for the Rouge et Bleu, who sums up better than anyone what this qualification means - for him, for his family, for an entire nation.

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EXCLUSIVE: Daley Blind on the Netherlands' World Cup chances & heartbreak in 2014 & 2022

In an exclusive interview with Flashscore, former Ajax and Manchester United player Daley Blind discussed the heartbreaking exits he suffered with the Netherlands at the 2014 and 2022 World Cups, and gave his thoughts on his nation's chances at this year's edition of the tournament.

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EXCLUSIVE: Grafite backs Endrick to shine at World Cup, 'confident' Brazil can reach final

The Brazilian national team play their World Cup opener on Saturday, against Morocco at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Under the command of Carlo Ancelotti, the Brazil squad will take to the field surrounded by an atmosphere that combines huge expectations from the fans with a hint of outside scepticism.