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Hi,
I am interested in your project. I have pasted a sample of an article that I just wrote for a blog, about the FIFA World Cup below:
FIFA 2018
The FIFA World Cup 2018 is being held in Russia this year. The first 15 days of the much awaited and loved world tournament has been a whirlwind of wins and losses, resulting in some of the top countries on the football charts being eliminated.
There remain only 16 hopeful teams from the 32 that began in the competition.
10 European teams advance, while 4 have been eliminated. The South American continent fared better with 4 out of 5 teams and Africa had all of its representatives eliminated. Uruguay, Croatia and Belgium were the top teams that emerged with a 3 out of 3 win in the first round.
The host team, Russia started of the tournament in style scoring 5 goals in their win against Saudi Arabia and adding another 3 in their win against Egypt.
Some of the most dramatic matches were played by teams from Group B, which not only saw Spain and Portugal play out a 3-3 thriller but it ended with 2 wild draws that were decided by goals in second-half injury time! It was also interesting to note that 22% goals of the group stage, were scored in the last 10 minutes or injury time.
Lionel Messi and Argentina’s group stage was a complicated one. A missed penalty and shock draw with Iceland gave way to a wonder goal and late win against Nigeria that saw them through Group D.
In stark contrast to Argentina, Germany seemed to recover from a shocking defeat to Mexico with a last-gasp win against Sweden. Only to lose their standing with another defeat to Korea Republic. This is their first ever group stage exit in history!