Spain And Portugal Will Jointly Bid To Host 2030 FIFA World Cup
Spain and Portugal will jointly bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Spain and Portugal will jointly bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Before a friendly match between Portugal and Spain on Wednesday, the football associations of the two countries signed an agreement to share the competition.
President of the Football Association of Spain (FEF) Luis Rubiales said, ‘This agreement is an important step for the football associations of both countries.
Few things can be more exciting than the opportunity to hold a World Cup and we cannot think of a better partner from Portugal. We join hands with the Portuguese Union. ‘
2026 World Cup Host
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is to be played in Qatar, while the 2026 World Cup will be hosted by Canada, the US and Mexico. The hosting rights for the 2030 World Cup will be decided by FIFA in 2024 and the bidding process to host the event will begin in 2022.
Previously, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Syria have also indicated to participate in the bidding process to get the rights to host the 2030 World Cup. Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile are also in the running to host the event.
Giroud became second highest goalscorer for France playing 100th match
Oliver Giroud became the second player to score the most goals for France. He achieved this feat during a 7–1 win over Ukraine in a friendly match of France on Wednesday. Giroud (24th and 33rd minutes) scored two goals, taking his international goals tally to 42.
There could not have been a better second chance for Giroud to achieve this feat, as he was playing his 100th match for France. He is only the seventh footballer to have played 100 matches for France.
Left behind michael platini
In terms of most goals, he left behind the legendary Michael Platini of France and Juventus, who have 41 goals in 72 matches. Now only Thierry Henry is ahead of Giroud, who has scored 51 goals in 123 matches for France.
The 17-year-old Eduardo Camavinga (ninth minute) also scored in this match against Ukraine, making him the youngest player to score goals for France since 1941.
Also for Ukraine were scored by Korentin Tolisso (65th minute), Kaylin Mbapae (82nd minute) and Antony Grezman (89th minute), while Vitaly Mykolenko (39th minute) scored for Ukraine.
Match draws between Portugal and Spain
The friendly football match played between Portugal and Spain in Lisbon in the presence of spectators ended in a goalless draw. Around 2500 spectators were present on the ground to watch the match.
Ramos Record
During the match against Portugal, Sergio Ramos became the Spaniard to spend the most time on the field in an international career. Ramos has spent 13340 minutes on the field for Spain so far. He left Iker Casillas (13336 minutes) behind. It took Ramos more than 15 years to achieve this feat.
