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‘Civil War’ as two British teams clash at World Cup

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Doha, State of Qatar

It’s a rarity at the World Cup, but today, two teams belonging to the United Kingdom – England and Wales – is on the card.

A clash between the neighbouring rivals takes place at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium as Wales and England meet in their final FIFA World Cup 2022 Group B encounter.

Wales, on one point after conceding two late goals to lose 2-0 to IR Iran last time out, can only finish above England, on four points, if they beat them by four goals or more.

Should they fail to do so, England will qualify for the round of 16.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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