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4 years in the past, Karim Benzema watched on from residence as France lifted the trophy. This time round it was purported to be completely different; this time, the newly-crowned Ballon d’Or winner was purported to be entrance and centre of the French marketing campaign.
But soccer has a behavior of merciless twists. Or, on this case, a merciless tear, proper by way of a muscle in Benzema’s left thigh, an harm that may price him his place within the holders’ squad in Qatar. In some methods it appears becoming that the story of Karim’s worldwide profession ought to take one other dramatic flip. It has already been a rollercoaster journey, as we recount on this newest problem.
With all eyes on Qatar, we’ve additionally indulged in some World Cup nostalgia on this problem: Chris Evans tells the story of USA v Iran at France ’98, Ryan Baldi seems to be again at how Ronaldo fired Brazil to the trophy 4 years later, plus we additionally bear in mind a few of the most well-known penalty-shootout moments in World Cup historical past.
Earlier than the match started there have been loads of different trophies handed out throughout the globe, and we’ve obtained experiences from the home competitions of Argentina, the USA, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, plus Flamengo’s victory within the Copa Libertadores.
As for the World Cup, we’ll recount the total story of Qatar 2022 within the January 2023 problem, that includes each match, staff and star participant, plus an EyeWitness report from contained in the host nation. Don’t miss it.
Jamie Evans, Assistant Editor
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CONTENTS
THE WORLD THIS MONTH
Individuals within the information…on and off the pitch
9 The month in numbers
10 Keir Radnedge Tremendous League looms
12 Jonathan Wilson Is Xavi as much as the Barca job?
13 Obituaries
14 Ins & Outs
16 World Cup 2022 squad watch
18 ESM XI September’s Staff of the Month
EYEWITNESS
20 Indonesia The Kanjuruhan Stadium catastrophe
24 England The FA’s Elite Efficiency Plan
30 Catalonia Soccer and Catalan nationalism
FEATURES
34 Participant Biography Karim Benzema
40 Flip Again The Clock USA v Iran at France ’98
44 Flip Again The Clock How Ronaldo fired Brazil to the 2002 World Cup
50 The Lengthy Stroll Charting the historical past of World Cup penalty shootouts
62 Particular Report The Union of European Golf equipment
FACE TO FACE
54 Kasper Hjulmand
56 Carlos Queiroz
58 Roberto Martinez
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
66 NWSL overview
WORLD SERVICE
70 Copa Libertadores Last overview
72 Argentina Primera Division season overview
74 United States MLS Last overview
76 Mexico Liga MX Apertura overview
78 Japan J. League season overview
80 South Korea Ok League season overview
82 Africa CAF Champions League qualifiers
84 India Girls’s Beneath-17 World Cup overview
86 Guadeloupe Outdoors FIFA’s household
88 La Liga 2022-23 squads
90 Serie A 2022-23 squads
92 Outcomes, tables, fixtures
