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In Pictures • The global game caught on camera
FROM THE EDITOR
Tite, Santos and Enrique lead World Cup casualties
Tributes paid to US journalist Grant Wahl
2023 Calendar
Keir RADNEDGE • THE INSIDER
BOOKS THIS MONTH
GOALS • We’d like to see again
MESSI: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • Argentina’s talisman is crowned world champion and football’s greatest of all time
THINGS WE LEARNED
OPENING THE DOOR FOR AFRICA • In Qatar, Morocco made history not only for themselves but for their entire continent
A to Z
PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT
TEAM BY TEAM group-stage exit
TEAM BY TEAM round-of-16 exit
TEAM BY TEAM quarter-final exit
UNRIVALLED AUTHORITY ON THE GAME OF SOCCER.
FINAL
THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF
SEMI-FINALS
QUARTER-FINALS
ROUND OF 16
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
GROUP E
GROUP F
GROUP G
GROUP H
6 of the best World Cup breakout stars • Danny Lewis picks out the players who made a name for themselves in Qatar
‘Nothing could be trusted. Nothing was real’ • A report from inside Doha on life away from the pitch during the 2022 World Cup
Detained for taking a photo • Journalist Samindra Kunti recounts how he was detained by security for taking a photo in Qatar
In the next issue • World Soccer’s February 2023 edition is our annual awards special, focusing on the players, teams and managers who have helped shape the game over the past 12 months.
Football’s MOST WANTED • Jamie evans and Jared tinslay take a closer look at the players who could be on the move in the January transfer window
Palmeiras cruise to Brazilian league title • Sao Paulo-based club win their 11th national championship, extending their record as the league’s most successful team
SOUTH AMERICAN LEAGUES REVIEW
EURO SEASON REVIEW
The last CHAN? • The 2022 edition of the African Nations Championship, restricted to home-based players, could be the last
International football returns to Iraq • The 25th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup will be played in Basra
2022 AFF Championship • The Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Football Federation’s biennial tournament kicked off its 14th edition in December
Starting from scratch • Football in Laos is being rebuilt after the national team was decimated by a match-fixing scandal
Global diary • Games and dates to pencil in for the month ahead
5 unmissable matches
WORLD CUP 2022
Club Football
Internationals
World Soccer • January 2023 Vol. 63 No. 5
ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA
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