The Pitchside Review

🌍 Most Goals Scored in FIFA World Cup History

🇩🇪 Germany — 239
🇧🇷 Brazil — 239
🇦🇷 Argentina — 155
🇫🇷 France — 139
🇮🇹 Italy — 128
🇪🇸 Spain — 108
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England — 108

⚽ Germany and Brazil remain tied at the top of the all-time FIFA World Cup scoring charts with an incredible 239 goals each.

BREAKING: Real Madrid are reportedly considering a sensational €220 million bid for Michael Olise.

According to Marca, Los Blancos could be preparing a record-breaking move to bring the French star to the Santiago Bernabéu.

Big Blow for Ghana: Contrary to initial reports, I can confirm that Thomas Partey's visa petition was denied, as the presiding judge upheld the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada decision, thereby affirming the original ruling. This means Partey will miss the Panama game tomorrow and other subsequent games that would be played in Canada should Ghana proceed in the World Cup. 🇨🇦

Breaking: Thomas Partey has been granted a Canadian visa following a successful court intervention that overturned his initial denial. The decision allows the midfielder to enter the country and join the Ghana Black Stars squad for their 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match against Panama in Toronto.

Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha was shown live on TV that he'd gained over a million Instagram followers after his heroic performance against Spain 🤯❤️

The 40-year-old couldn't believe it 🥹👏

🚨 Mohamed Salah becomes the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 African player on record to register a FIFA World Cup goal involvement on their birthday, since 1966 (Opta) 🌟🇪🇬

Salah assisted Egypt's opening goal against Belgium on his 34th birthday.

Sabri Lamouchi has been sacked by Tunisia after just one game at the World Cup 😳

🚨🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé will in the end NOT attend the final press conference ahead of the opening World Cup game vs Senegal! N'Golo Kanté replaces him.

~lequipe

‼️Virgil van Dijk on hydration breaks!

🗣️ “I DON'T really like the hydration breaks. And for the people watching on television it’s also NOT great.”

“If it’s REALLY HOT, then obviously you need it, but you need to look at it game by game.”

🚨💣 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: The deadline to make Marcus Rashford’s Barcelona loan permanent ends today. ❌