00:08Unlike the United States, England doesn't have a world leader with the same political clout at
00:13FIFA like President Trump, as if the English would deny the right to appeal Gerald Kwanzaa's
00:18two-match red card suspension, which he picked up in their victory over Mexico. The English had
00:23argued, like the United States, that proper VAR protocol was ignored in determining that a
00:28defender should have been shown a red card. Despite that, England got good news as right-back Rhys
00:33James made his return to training ahead of their knockout match against Norway. His return is timely
00:38as England are short at right-back with the suspensions of Kwanzaa and the pre-tournament
00:43injury to Tino Liveramento. And Thomas Tuchel has a couple other injury concerns as centre-back
00:48Margey picked up a slight hamstring strain against Mexico and could miss their quarter-final match.
00:54Meanwhile, Declan Rice is also affected with his hamstring and lower back while also suffering
00:59with illness. The English will be hoping both can recover in time to start against the Norwegians
01:04on Saturday. And with mounting criticism over the performance of the referees at the tournament,
01:09FIFA has indicated it heard the noise. As a result, it has responded by introducing a reserve VAR
01:15official on-site at all stadiums for the remaining matches. The reserve VAR official was first introduced
01:22for France's win over Morocco yesterday. Speaking about France, their captain Kylian Mbappe is
01:27continuing to write history as he set a new record for the most World Cup knockout stage goals.
01:33His 12 knockout goals have come in 14 matches, ahead of Brazilian Ronaldo with 8 from 10 matches,
01:39while Lionel Messi with 7 from 14 and Harry Kane, 6 from 8 matches, are the only active players on
01:46the
01:46list. Mbappe also became the first player in the last 60 years to be involved in 10 goals
01:51at two separate World Cups. And we have seen the last of Sadio Mane on the international scene,
01:57as the Senegalese captain has retired from international play. However, the 34-year-old
02:02did not rule out serving Senegalese football, confirming his journey with the national team
02:06would not end with his retirement, as he desired to pass on his experience to future generations.
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