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Lise Klaveness
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Lukaku is absent from Belgium in both opening games
10.56 a.m .:
World Cup favorite Belgium has to do without top attacker Romelu Lukaku at the start of the World Cup in Qatar.
The 29-year-old will be out of action against Canada on Wednesday and Morocco four days later after suffering a hamstring injury, the Belgian side told AFP.
According to this, a comeback against Croatia is only possible on December 1 at the earliest, and he has not yet been able to complete team training with the Red Devils.
Lukaku only made his comeback at Inter Milan in October after suffering a thigh injury, and injured himself again about a week later.
Overall, he only has five appearances and 256 minutes of action this season.
Former Dortmund and current Fenerbahçe striker Michy Batshuayi is likely to be the first representative of the Belgian record goalscorer.
Klaveness calls Infantino's monologue "dangerous"
10.12 a.m .:
Fifa critic Lise Klaveness described the controversial speech by controversial World Association President Gianni Infantino shortly before the start of the World Cup in Qatar as “dangerous”.
"I think he went too far when he reduced justified criticism to Western double standards," the Norwegian association president told CNN.
According to Klaveness, who caused a sensation at the previous Fifa Congress in Qatar with her criticism of the world association and the World Cup host, Infantino's memorable monologue showed that he was under pressure.
Infantino sharply denied allegations against Qatar and Fifa on Saturday.
The 52-year-old spoke of a "one-sided moral sermon" and "pure hypocrisy".
The best teams of the World Cup
9.13 a.m .:
Will defending champion France experience a crash?
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And how good is the German team really?
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No public viewing at Christmas markets
8.48 a.m .: Watching
the World Cup tournament with a scarf and hat at the mulled wine stand – this picture was an integral part of the small conversation about the upcoming World Cup for months.
Christmas market operators are now also rejecting this last piece of fan romance: according to surveys, organizers in Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Nuremberg, Munich, Stuttgart, Dresden, Berlin and other cities are refraining from public broadcasts.
The operator of the Christmas market in front of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, Tommy Erbe, said they wanted to preserve a certain romance.
“Anyone who wants to watch football should go and watch football.” After that, you can always stop by the Christmas market for a glass of mulled wine.
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