Argentine gang hides drugs in “World Cup gold cup”

Argentine gang hides drugs in replica World Cup trophy

Argentine police said today they discovered eight replicas of the World Cup trophy, each containing 1.5 kg of drugs, during a raid on a criminal gang in the La Matanza district of the capital Buenos Aires.RTreport

In addition to the gold cups containing drugs, police also seized 20 kg of marijuana, 10 kg of cocaine, 1,800 doses of cocaine preparations, as well as many weapons and vehicles. Six suspects were arrested after the raid.

Drug gangs in Argentina have become notorious for finding new ways to fool the authorities. They recently used an ambulance to disguise the transport of 100 kg of marijuana.

Lukaku makes history after scoring twice against Tunisia

With 2 goals on the scoreboard for Belgium in the match against Tunisia, the striker currently playing for Man United has surpassed Jan Ceulemans to become the Belgian player with the most goals in the World Cup and EURO (7 goals). In the first match of the 2018 World Cup group stage, this player also contributed 2 goals to Belgium's magnificent 3-0 victory over Panama.

Thus, Lukaku has become the first Belgian player to score 2 braces at the World Cup. Having scored 1 goal at the 2014 World Cup, Lukaku has just equaled Marc Wilmots, who holds the record for most goals scored for Belgium at the World Cup (5 goals).

According to statistics, this tall striker is the 4th player after Sandor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (France, 1958) and Grzegorz Lato (Poland, 1974) to score 2 braces after the first 2 matches of the World Cup group stage. In addition, he is also the first person to score 2 braces in 2 consecutive matches at the World Cup in the past 32 years.

It is known that before Lukaku, the last player to do this was former Argentina star Diego Maradona. At the 1986 World Cup, the "Golden Boy" scored 2 goals when the Tango team faced England and Belgium in 2 consecutive matches.

Finally, since the 2018 World Cup started, Lukaku is the only player to have scored with three different body parts in open play (head, left foot and right foot).

Toni Kroos makes history in German football

In the second match of Group F, Germany came from behind to win 2-1 against Sweden in a dramatic fashion. Despite being behind and playing with one less player after Jerome Boateng's red card, Germany eventually found a way to get back on their feet with Marco Reus' equalizer and Toni Kroos's superb free kick in injury time.

Before scoring, Kroos had 144 touches on the pitch, according to Opta, a record for a German player in a World Cup match since 1966.

FIFA investigates Xhaka & Shaqiri

FIFA has opened an investigation into the controversial celebrations of Switzerland's Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri during their 2-1 win over Serbia. The Serbian Football Federation asked FIFA to intervene after Xhaka and Shaqiri celebrated with the "Eagle" symbol of Albania.

Switzerland's two brightest stars were both born in Albania. This country has long had a bitter conflict with Serbia. Therefore, the celebration of Xhaka and Shaqiri is considered a political reference, violating FIFA regulations. The Serbian Football Federation asked FIFA to punish Xhaka and Shaqiri with a ban of at least 2 matches.

Before the match against Serbia, Brazil received bad news when midfielder Douglas Costa was injured and will definitely be absent.

ESPNCosta has reportedly suffered a recurrence of his thigh injury in Brazil's 2-0 win over Costa Rica. On the afternoon of June 23, doctors conducted a general check-up on Costa and the results were not really positive.

MU, Mourinho discuss signing Nabil Fekir?

MU is rumored to be in talks to sign Nabil Fekir - a deal that Liverpool "backtracked" on at the last minute after having a medical and agreeing on a price (£53 million) with Lyon. The French international has already chosen his shirt number at Liverpool, will sign a 5-year contract with a salary of £140,000/week.

Missing out on Liverpool, will Fekir have a chance with MU?

Liverpool causes a storm, asking to buy Asensio at an exorbitant price

Mundo (Spain) reported that Liverpool made a shocking offer to Real Madrid, the team that crushed them in the C1 final, to buy Marco Asensio.

Liverpool spends a lot of money to buy Asensio.

According to this source, the Premier League representative is very fond of the winger of the Spanish Royal team and is ready to break the English football record, spending 158 million pounds to bring Asensio to Anfield.

And the information added that, in accordance with the pattern of an expensive deal, Real Madrid "will reject the offer in principle", to consider and review before making a real decision.

Kovacic confirms leaving Real

Star Mateo Kovacic has just confirmed that he wants to leave Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. "I want to play more and the right thing to do is to leave Real Madrid. I love football and I want to play. I want to have the opportunity to play for another team. If I don't play football I can't be happy," Kovacic confirmed to Marca.

Kovacic joined Real Madrid in 2015. He arrived at the Bernabeu from Inter Milan for £22.5 million. However, Kovacic was only a reserve player at the Bernabeu. Last season, the Croatian player only made 14 appearances for Real.