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2026 World Cup, Day 6: France vs. Senegal; Iraq vs. Norway; Argentina vs. Algeria; Austria vs. Jordan
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first few days of this World Cup, contrary to my own expectations. The crowds have been lively, the games have been fun, and the fever is catching all around this vast country. It’s early days still, barely halfway through the first set of group stage games, but so far … so […]
Not all heroes wear Cape Verdes
Monday belonged to the draws: 0-0, 1-1, 1-1, 2-2. At first glance, that may not look very appealing. Few things are more un-American than a draw (a tie, if you will). It’s like kissing your sister, as the oldtimers’ joke goes. And yet, we were entertained. Ironically, it was the one without any goals at […]
Official: Real Madrid sign Marc Cucurella from Chelsea
Despite a “positive first talk” between Marc Cucurella and new Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso, the former didn’t feel like staying in Stamford Bridge in a season where the Blues failed to fetch a spot in an European competition. The Spanish left-back joins Real Madrid, Alonso’s former club, in their first landmark signing post-re-signing José Mourinho. […]
The Daily Hilario: Monday
Whoa Full power Oldest
2026 World Cup, Day 5: Spain vs. Cape Verde; Belgium vs. Egypt; Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay; Iran vs. New Zealand
Day 4 may not have been as entertaining as all the goals may lead us to believe — an average of nearly five scored per game, 19 total — but the Netherlands vs. Japan game lived up to its billing, certainly in the second half. And for a brief, hot minute, Curaçao had history in […]
Moisés Caicedo’s Ecuador suffer narrow defeat in first 2026 World Cup match
The last time Moisés Caicedo was in Philadelphia, he was on the winning side of last summer’s Club World Cup quarterfinal. Today’s visit may leave him with slightly less nice memories, and perhaps with a few haunting nightmares of crossbars being hit. Ecuador, one of the more popular picks to surprise at the tournament after […]
Real Madrid, Chelsea reach €55+5m agreement to sign Marc Cucurella — reports
Here’s a bit of a shocker for ya: Real Madrid are set to sign Marc Cucurella from Chelsea, as per an exclusive little “here we go” from Fabrizio Romano this afternoon. Oh my! Romano claims that a “verbal agreement is in place between all parties”, including the player himself who has been quite adamant in […]
2026 World Cup, Day 4: Germany vs. Curaçao; Netherlands vs. Japan; Côte d’Ivoire vs. Ecuador; Sweden vs. Tunisia
Day 3 was the first day with a full slate of games, four in total, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. For once, it paid to be on the West Coast, with the game starting at noon and then every three hours after that. Perfect timings. But, by and large, all four were worth staying up late (or getting up […]
The Daily Hilario: Sunday
Here we go Candidate Failed
Marc Cucurella had positive first chat with Xabi Alonso
Xabi Alonso is not yet officially working in his capacity as the new Chelsea manager — his start date is only July 1 — but he’s reportedly visited Cobham to check out his new digs already. And he’s also had a few chats with a few players as well, among them Marc Cucurella, who’s been […]
2026 World Cup, Day 3: Qatar vs. Switzerland; Brazil vs. Morocco; Haiti vs. Scotland; Australia vs. Turkey
Day 2 is in the books, and it belonged to Mauricio Pochettino’s US Men’s National Team, who produced one of their best ever performances in an absolute 4-1 beatdown of Paraguay. Paraguay had conceded just ten goals in their entire 18-game qualification campaign in South America, but they folded like a house of cards against […]
The Daily Hilario: Saturday
First Sealed First
The Daily Hilario: Friday
Good Rejected Back
2026 World Cup, Day 2: Canada vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina; USA vs. Paraguay
Day 1 is in the books, and for a while, it looked like it might feature more red cards than goals. But then late game exploded to life with three second-half goals seeing Korea come from behind to beat the Czech Republic. I felt the Czechs could’ve started playing a bit earlier than the last […]
Marc Cucurella not thinking about anything else other than the World Cup
Marc Cucurella has been the focus of recent transfer rumors linking him with a potential summer departure from Chelsea, but for our left back, that’s all just noise and distraction and unnecessary worry at the moment. He’s fully focused on his first World Cup (he was not selected in 2022) and on delivering another trophy […]
Chelsea, Axel Disasi agree ‘exit would suit all parties’ — report
One of the last remaining card-carrying members of Chelsea’s Bomb Squad is veteran defender Axel Disasi, who’s been surplus to requirements for two of the three years he’s been on the books, and has been trying to engineer an exit for at least the last 18 months. So far, he’s only managed two half-season loans, […]
2026 World Cup, Day 1: Mexico vs. South Africa; South Korea vs. Czech Republic
USA 1994 was the first World Cup I was old enough to truly follow — a treasured family heirloom is the commemorative Italia 1990 Coca-Cola can my mother brought back from her visit to Venice that summer, but I was like eight at the time and have no real memory of the tournament itself. But […]
The Daily Hilario: Thursday
New chapter Stepping down Signing
Pedro Neto scores for Portugal; Reece James starts for England
Portugal and England both played their final preparatory matches for the World Cup last night, with both teams walking away with credible victories, 2-1 over Nigeria and 3-0 over Costa Rica, respectively. The win was especially notable in England’s case as Thomas Tuchel rolled out what very much seemed like his first-choice lineup “concept” for […]
Sam Rak-Sakyi among four Chelsea youngsters on released list
The Premier League published their annual list of players released (or set to leave for free at the end of their contracts) from each club yesterday, which included the confirmation that four Academy youngsters are heading out the door at the end of the month. Chelsea’s list was actually among the shortest of any team. […]
The Daily Hilario: Wednesday
Drama Involved Hmm
Valentín Barco scores for Argentina; Nicolas Jackson sees red for Senegal
Argentina, on their tour of NCAA college football’s greatest settings, took on Iceland for their second and final preparatory match ahead of the World Cup, at Auburn University. And though the second half belonged to Lionel Messi, the first half belonged to (soon-to-be) our very own Valentín Barco, who scored one and set up another […]
Chelsea’s ‘list of untouchables’ includes seven players — report
Chelsea face yet another critical summer transfer window, the ninth in the reign of BlueCo, who seem no closer to actually executing on their grand promises of winning and competing for trophies. They’ve said a lot of big words and wrote a lot of big checks on a lot of massive contracts (certainly in length, […]
The Daily Hilario: Tuesday
Expensive Only Hmm
Malo Gusto picks up assist in France win; Marc Cucurella starts for Spain; Jorrel Hato sits for the Netherlands
The day undoubtedly belonged to former Chelsea Academy prospect Michael Olise, who scored all three goals for France in their 3-1 warm-up (and send-off) friendly win against Northern Ireland last night in Lille. But Malo Gusto also had a pretty decent game after coming on at the half, collecting the assist on the third goal […]
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