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England's Mount meets three-year-old niece for the first time
7.21 a.m .: In terms of
sport, Mason Mount experienced a mixed World Cup evening in the 0-0 win against the USA – personally it was all the better for the 23-year-old from Chelsea late Friday evening in Qatar.
Mount first met his niece, now three years old, the daughter of Mount's older sister Stacey, around the game in Al-Rajjan.
This shared a photo of the soccer star and the child on social networks.
'After three and a half years I finally got to see my little brother and Poppy met her Uncle Mason for the first time.
What a day," wrote Mount's sister, who lives in Australia, where strict entry rules have been in place for the past few years due to the corona pandemic.
"I can't express how proud I am to be a big sister," added Sister Stacey.
Mount is a regular for the Three Lions.
Messi level with Maradona
7.05 a.m .:
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi scored his eighth World Cup goal in the 2-0 win against Mexico on Saturday and drew level with national icon Diego Maradona.
The 35-year-old had already caught up with Maradona after World Cup appearances (21).
However, Gabriel Batistuta was more successful than the two most famous footballers in the country with ten goals.
In the list of World Cup record scorers, the 2014 world champion Miroslav Klose still leads with 16 goals ahead of the Brazilian Ronaldo (15).
Gerd Müller (14), Just Fontaine (13) and Pelé follow with twelve goals.
The currently most successful World Cup player who is still active is Thomas Müller with 10 goals.
Like God in France
7.00 a.m .:
France has qualified as the first team for the knockout stages.
The win against Denmark showed that Les Bleus have geared their entire system towards key player Kylian Mbappé - to the point where even the strikers help defend while Mbappé waits for his moment up front.
Danial Montazeri reports from Doha on how national coach Didier Deschamps had to combine the French virtues of the 2018 World Cup and the 2021 European Championship for the current system.
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