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In Pictures • The global game caught on camera
FROM THE EDITOR
THEWORLD THIS MONTH
HEROES & VILLAINS
The question without an answer
BOOKS THIS MONTH
Orban’s place at the European Championship shows that football and politics remain inseparable
REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP
ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE • Appointments, sackings and loans OUT
OBITUARIES
FOOTBALL’S COMING TO ROME • Italy restore their place at Europe’s top table with second-ever Euros victory
THINGS WE LEARNED
A TO Z
PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT
TEAM BY TEAM group-stage exit
TEAM BY TEAM round-of-16 exit
TEAM BY TEAM Quarter-final exit
FINAL
SEMI-FINALS
QUARTER-FINALS
ROUND OF 16
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
GROUP E
GROUP F
STAY INFORMED STAY INSPIRED.
Messi finally wins his first major international trophy
TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT
TEAM BY TEAM
Tokyo Games gets green light • But drama of Rio 2016 is unlikely to repeated
United States the team to beat • The world champions are eyeing a first-ever World Cup/gold medal double
Mr 22
World Service • Exclusive reports from our worldwide network of correspondents
The month in numbers • The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month…
Big dreams for tiny Caribbean island • Full FIFA membership could help transform the Dutch Caribbean island’s fortunes
USA beat Mexico to win Nations League trophy • Hosts lift inaugural title after feisty clash with their arch-rivals
Colon make history with first-ever title • Historic victory for Santa Fe club, while Boca Juniors legend Carlos Tevez is ready to leave Argentina
Football returns to Libya • Both the national team and the domestic league have returned to some semblance of normality in 2021 after years of turbulence
Asia’s World Cup candidates whittled down to final 12 • The usual candidates will battle it out for the four automatic spots in Qatar
Global diary • Games and dates to pencil in for the month ahead
NEW! From the publishers of WorldSoccer • World Soccer Presents
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
COPA AMERICA 2021
Club Football
Internationals
World Soccer • August 2021 Vol. 61 No.12
Michael Owen
World Soccer • Global football intelligence