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In the NEW episode, number 216, Christopher Harris and co-host Kartik Krishnaiyer cover a range of topics including: • How Hulu has just advanced to the next level for soccer fans, • Our thoughts about the state of the US national team, • The enticing world of soccer stickers, trading cards and NFT, • Plus letters from you, the listeners, in our mailbag section. Listen to the show via the player above or via this link . Launched in 2006, the World Soccer Talk Podcast is the longest running podcast on the planet. Every week, we share the latest news about watching soccer on television and streaming, in addition to discussing what we like and dislike, and featuring your questions and feedback in our Listener Mailbag segment. HEAR MORE: Listen to our archive featuring hundreds of soccer interviews Send in your questions, comments and feedback via e-mail web@worldsoccertalk.com, via Twitter (@worldsoccertalk) or Facebook . We’ll read them out on-air in the next episode. Here are

Wellington (AFP) – Auckland’s Eden Park — the spiritual home of New Zealand rugby — will welcome the round-ball game when it stages the opening match of football’s 2023 Women’s World Cup, FIFA said Thursday. The showcase tournament, which is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will conclude with a final in Sydney, football’s governing body said. FIFA said nine cities had been selected as match venues, five in Australia and four in New Zealand. “The appointment of the nine host cities represents a major milestone for the next FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, as well as for players and football fans across Australia, New Zealand and around the world,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement. The New Zealand cites are Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Hamilton. In Australia, matches will be staged in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. Australia and New Zealand will each host a semi-final, with a full match schedule for the July-August 2023 event to b

Duisburg (Germany) (AFP) – Germany fell to a humiliating 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia on Wednesday, handing the hosts their first World Cup qualifying defeat in 20 years and piling the pressure on coach Joachim Loew. “The disappointment is huge,” said a crestfallen Loew after the final whistle in Duisburg. Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas scored the winner five minutes from time, after Ilkay Gundogan’s penalty had drawn Germany level following 37-year-old striker Goran Pandev’s first-half opener. The four-time world champions have never failed to qualify for football’s biggest tournament, but did not enter the inaugural edition in 1930 and were banned in 1950. However, Loew’s men are already languishing third in the Group J table, three points adrift of leaders Armenia and behind the Macedonians on goal difference. “We had a good basis after the first two games (wins over Iceland and Romania),” added Loew after Germany’s first World Cup qualifying loss since the infamous 5-1 thr

Washington (AFP) – NBA superstar LeBron James has increased his ownership stake in English Premiership club Liverpool via a deal confirmed on Wednesday that makes him a partner in Fenway Sports Group. FSG announced that James and longtime business associates Maverick Carter and Paul Wachter had become partners in the Boston-based global sports, entertainment and real estate platform, along with RedBird Capital. James, 36, previously held a 2% stake in Liverpool, but now will have a bigger share in the Premier League team as well as a stake in Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, a sports management firm, a regional sports cable network and Roush Fenway Racing of the popular NASCAR stock car racing series. FSG took control of Liverpool in 2010. The investment and accompanying transactions value the group at $7.35 billion (6.26 billion euros), and the Boston Globe reported that it is a $750 million (639 million euros)investment. The new investment is expected to allow Liverpool

Duisburg (Germany) (AFP) – Germany fell to a humiliating 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia on Wednesday, handing the hosts their first World Cup qualifying defeat in 20 years and piling the pressure on coach Joachim Loew. Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas scored the winner five minutes from time, after Ilkay Gundogan’s penalty had drawn Germany level following 37-year-old striker Goran Pandev’s first-half opener. The four-time world champions have never failed to qualify for football’s biggest tournament, but did not enter the inaugural edition in 1930 and were banned in 1950. However, Loew’s men are already languishing third in the Group J table, three points adrift of leaders Armenia and behind the Macedonians on goal difference. “That should not have been allowed to happen,” fumed Germany’s stand-in captain Gundogan to RTL after the nation’s first World Cup qualifying loss since the infamous 5-1 thrashing by England in 2001. “It felt as though North Macedonia only got near our goal

Paris (AFP) – Germany suffered a stunning 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, while defending champions France edged Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 and England beat a Poland side missing the injured Robert Lewandowski. Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas secured a famous victory for North Macedonia in Duisburg, scoring five minutes from time to give his country a second win from three Group J matches. Veteran striker Goran Pandev, 37, put the visitors in front just before half-time but Ilkay Gundogan levelled from the spot after Leroy Sane was fouled in the area. Timo Werner missed a glorious chance after coming off the bench, and Elmas condemned the four-time world champions to a first defeat in qualifying for the global showpiece since 2001 when he steered in a cut-back from Arijan Ademi. Germany are level alongside North Macedonia in a section led surprisingly by Armenia, who won for the third time in as many games thanks to two late goals in a 3-2 vict

London (AFP) – Harry Maguire thundered home a late winner as England beat Poland 2-1 on Wednesday to seize control of their World Cup qualifying group with three wins from three. Captain Harry Kane gave Gareth Southgate’s men a first-half lead from the penalty spot but they faded at an empty Wembley and were punished when Jakub Moder struck after a defensive howler from John Stones. England looked likely to drop their first points of the campaign before Manchester United defender Maguire saved Stones’s blushes with five minutes remaining after an assist from the Manchester City man. The nervy win means England top Group I with nine points after comfortable wins earlier in the international window against San Marino and Albania. Only the team that finishes top of the group are guaranteed a place at the World Cup finals in Qatar next year. “We were very good in the first half, we were in control of the game and to concede a goal like we did can hit the team,” Southgate told ITV. 

Paris (AFP) – Qualifying for the 2022 World Cup got underway in Europe over the last week, with plenty of shock results, lop-sided victories and controversies. Here, AFP Sport takes a look at five talking points from the opening three rounds of qualifiers: New low for Germany — Four-time world champions Germany slumped to a loss even more embarrassing than the 6-0 thrashing they suffered against Spain last November — an almost unthinkable 2-1 home defeat by North Macedonia. With Joachim Loew’s 15-year stint as coach set to end after Euro 2020 later this year, questions will be raised over whether he can even last that long. Germany have never failed to qualify for the World Cup, although they did not enter the inaugural edition in 1930 and were banned from competing in 1950. But they are now languishing third in Group J, three points adrift of Armenia and behind North Macedonia on goal difference. Teams protest for human rights — Several teams, including Germany, the Netherlan

Vilnius (AFP) – Stefano Sensi struck after the break with captain Ciro Immobile adding a second from the penalty spot late to maintain Italy’s perfect start to their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 Group C win in Lithuania on Wednesday. The four-time world champions missed out on the World Cup finals in 2018.  But coach Roberto Mancini extended their unbeaten run to 25 consecutive games to match 2006 World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi’s run without defeat.  Both are five short of two-time World Cup winning coach Vittorio Pozzo’s record mark of 30. Sensi came off the bench at half-time breaking through immediately as Italy made it three wins from three after beating Northern Ireland and Bulgaria, both with a 2-0 scoreline. Immobile wore the captain’s armband for the injury-hit Italians, starting up front alongside Stephan El Shaarawy and Federico Bernardeschi. Brazil-born defender Rafael Toloi made his Italy debut with Atalanta midfield teammate Matteo Pessina also g

Sarajevo (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann scored the only goal of the game in the second half as reigning world champions France ground out a 1-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday. Griezmann headed in Adrien Rabiot’s cross on the hour in Sarajevo to give the holders their second away win in four days following their 2-0 success in Kazakhstan at the weekend. After being held 1-1 at home by Ukraine in their opening game on the road to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, France are now in a strong position at the top of qualifying Group D. They sit on seven points, four points ahead of Ukraine who were held to a 1-1 draw by Kazakhstan in Kiev, and five clear of Finland who have a game in hand. The campaign restarts in September when France are due to host Bosnia, but now their attention can turn to the delayed Euro 2020 in June. Coach Didier Deschamps will hope his team looks sharper by the time that tournament comes around, with Les Bleus in a group with Ge

Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Spain defeated Kosovo 3-1 on Wednesday in a World Cup qualifier overshadowed by a pre-match diplomatic dispute. Goals from Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres and second-half substitute Gerard Moreno put Spain on top of Group B in the race to qualify for the 2022 finals in Qatar. The political controversy stemmed from the description of Kosovo as a “territory” by the Spanish Football Federation when it published Spain’s fixtures in a group also containing Sweden, Greece and Georgia. The description was not appreciated in Kosovo, the former Serbian province of 1.8 million people which declared its independence in 2008. In response, the Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK), said in a statement that “Kosovo is an independent state” and threatened not to play the match if it was not allowed to use its national anthem and flag. Most western powers recognise Kosovo’s statehood but Serbia and its leading international allies China and Russia do not. Nor does Spain, or Greec

London (AFP) – Harry Kane became England’s all-time leading penalty scorer on Wednesday as Gareth Southgate’s side beat Poland 2-1 to make it three wins out of three and seize control of their World Cup qualifying group. The England captain’s 10th international goal from a spot-kick was cancelled out in the second half by Jakub Moder after a defensive howler from John Stones. But England regained the lead with five minutes left on the clock when Harry Maguire smashed home after central defensive partner Stones headed a corner back across goal. The nervy win at an empty Wembley means England top Group I with nine points after wins earlier in the international window against San Marino and Albania. Only the team that finishes top of the group are guaranteed a place at the World Cup finals in Qatar next year. The visitors, who have not beaten England since 1973, were missing injured Bayern Munich sharpshooter Robert Lewandowski and were depleted following a coronavirus outbreak in t

Berlin (AFP) – Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos said Wednesday “it was not a good thing” that the 2022 World Cup is taking place in Qatar as the German national team again protested conditions in the Gulf state for the third straight qualification match. “I think the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar was not a good thing for several reasons,” said Kroos in his podcast ‘Einfach mal Luppen’ (Just lob it), which he co-hosts with his brother Felix. “The first reason is the conditions of the workers… then the fact that homosexuality is penalised and punished in Qatar… and also that it is not a football country,” added the 31-year-old midfielder. “Many workers work without a break, in temperatures that can reach 50 degrees (Celsius). “They sometimes suffer from a lack of food or drinking water, which is madness in those temperatures. “They have no medical coverage and there is a certain amount of violence against these workers. “These are points which are completely unac

Budapest (AFP) – Chelsea cruised into the semi-finals of the women’s Champions League on Wednesday after brushing aside Wolfsburg 3-0 to make the last four 5-1 on aggregate, while Barcelona got past Manchester City 4-2 thanks to a three-goal first-leg lead. Pernille Harder gave Chelsea the lead against her former team in Budapest — where both legs were played — with a 27th-minute penalty and four minutes later Sam Kerr effectively put the tie out of the Germans’ reach. Fran Kirby made it a perfect afternoon for the Blues with nine minutes left, completing an impressive display against last year’s finalists. “I think it probably ranks as my favourite win in charge,” said Chelsea manager Emma Hayes, who has been Blues boss since 2012. “I’ve faced that opponent so many times and felt humiliated and lost, and I always thought they were the benchmark for women’s football alongside Lyon. “It is a really, really proud day for English football… I’ve waited nine years for today.” City ha

Berlin (AFP) – Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has sharply criticised 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar in the wake of several European teams protesting about conditions in the Emirate state. “I think the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar was not a good thing for several reasons,” said Kroos in his podcast ‘Einfach mal Luppen’ (Just lob it), which he co-hosts with his brother Felix. “The first reason is the conditions of the workers… then the fact that homosexuality is penalised and punished in Qatar… and also that it is not a football country,” added the 31-year-old midfielder. “Many Qatari workers, but also foreigners, work without a break, in temperatures that can reach 50 degrees (Celsius). “They sometimes suffer from a lack of food or drinking water, which is madness in those temperatures. “They have no medical coverage and there is a certain amount of violence against these workers. “These are points which are completely unacceptable.” Kroos comments came af

Budapest (AFP) – Chelsea cruised into the semi-finals of the women’s Champions League on Wednesday after brushing aside Wolfsburg 3-0 to make the last four 5-1 on aggregate. Pernille Harder gave Chelsea the lead against her former team in Budapest — where both legs were played — with a 27th-minute penalty and four minutes later Sam Kerr effectively put the tie out of the Germans’ reach. Fran Kirby made it a perfect afternoon for the Blues with nine minutes left, completing an impressive display against last year’s finalists. Later on Wednesday Manchester City will attempt to overhaul a 3-0 first leg deficit when they take on Barcelona in England. On Thursday Bayern Munich will aim to protect a 3-0 lead of their own against Rosengard in Malmo, with Chelsea awaiting them in the last four should they succeed as expected. The remaining last eight fixture, an all-French clash between Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, will be played on April 18 after a wave of Covid-19 cases at Lyon forced

Lausanne (AFP) – Five substitutes will be allowed at this summer’s Euro 2020, UEFA announced on Wednesday, as football continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, European football’s governing body said the decision to allow five subs at the delayed tournament had been taken as “the rule is already in place for the World Cup qualification matches that will run from March 2021 to March 2022.” “The reasons for the five-substitutions rule remain valid against the background of national and international football calendars affected by the Covid-19 pandemic,” the statement continued. UEFA added that the rule would also be in place for the Nations League finals in October and its relegation “play-outs” in March next year. The move to increase the number of substitutes from three to five has already been implemented in the Champions League and Europa League, as well as domestic competitions around the continent. It came about due to the tight scheduling of the 20

Lausanne (AFP) – UEFA announced on Wednesday it had ended its 30-percent spectator limit in stadiums, potentially allowing host nations to choose their own restrictions at this summer’s continent-wide European Championship. The measure had been in place since last year in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic but travelling supporters are still barred from attending. “Such a cap is no longer needed and… the decision on the number of permitted spectators should fall under the exclusive responsibility of the relevant competent local/national authorities,” European football’s governing body said. “In view of the ongoing travel restrictions and in order to enact reasonable and responsible policies to minimize Covid-19 related risks, the Executive Committee decided to confirm the decision of 1 October 2020 insofar that visiting fans are not allowed to attend UEFA competition matches. “This is valid until prior to the club competition finals taking place in May 2021,” it added. Earlier

Johannesburg (AFP) – After 539 days, 150 matches and 331 goals, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying has been completed, bar one match. Sierra Leone and Benin did not play in Freetown on Tuesday because the visitors challenged Covid-19 test results that would have ruled out five of their squad. The fixture has been rescheduled for the May 31-June 15 international window with Sierra Leone trailing Benin by three points in Group L and needing a victory to overtake them and qualify.  Here, AFP Sport looks at five talkings points ahead of the 24-team finals in Cameroon next January with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah set to be star attractions.  Almost perfect Former champions Tunisia performed best of the 48 teams who started the group phase, collecting 16 points of a possible 18 and winning Group J at a canter. The Carthage Eagles were particularly impressive against north African neighbours Libya, winning 4-1 at home and 5-2 away. Seif

London (AFP) – Joe Montemurro who guided Arsenal to the 2019 Women’s Super League title is to step down at the end of the season the Australian coach said on Wednesday. The 51-year-old has been in charge since 2017 and described the spell as “the highlight of my coaching career.” Arsenal said Montemurro was leaving “to recharge and dedicate more time to spending with his family (he is married with two children).” “This has been the hardest professional decision of my life, as I absolutely love this job and this club, the club I have supported all my life,” he said in a statement. “I’m hugely grateful to the club for their unrelenting support during my time here and in understanding and respecting my decision.” Montemurro said he hoped he could sign off with them finishing in a Champions League place. They are presently three points behind third-placed Manchester United with a game in hand and a considerably superior goal difference as the clubs vie to secure Champions League qua

Paris (AFP) – Plans to radically reform the UEFA Champions League are set to be confirmed in April, despite a delay caused by certain leading European clubs looking for more say over commercial rights. An announcement had been expected at an executive committee meeting of European football’s governing body on Wednesday, but UEFA said no official decision would be taken before April 19. A statement late on Tuesday from the powerful European Club Association (ECA) revealed it had been behind the setback. The ECA, whose chairman is Andrea Agnelli, also the chairman of Juventus, said it “unanimously agreed that it was not yet in a position to formally endorse key changes… for the period post 2024 in isolation”. “If European football is to meet the challenges it currently faces,” the statement added, “the foundations for ECA and UEFA’s future relationship also need to be given due consideration at the same time.” According to sources close to the negotiations, certain leading clubs wa

Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa sacked coach Molefi Ntseki on Wednesday, three days after losing in Sudan and failing to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The decision was announced at a press conference in Soweto by South African Football Association chief executive Teboho Motlanthe. South Africa finished third in Group C behind Ghana and Sudan to continue a poor record in the competition.  Since 2008, Bafana Bafana (The Boys) have played in six Cup of Nations qualifying competitions and reached the finals only twice. Ntseki was a controversial appointment to succeed England-born Stuart Baxter, who resigned in 2019 soon after taking South Africa to the Cup of Nations quarter-finals in Egypt. The 51-year-old assisted Baxter, then took over the national side despite never having been in charge of a senior team.   Former forward Benni McCarthy, who coaches South African Premiership club AmaZulu, has been mentioned as a possible successor to Ntseki. McCarthy, whose 32

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Wednesday that the European champions had no interest in signing Borussia Dortmund’s highly-coveted forward Erling Braut Haaland. The Bavarians and a host of other European clubs including Real Madrid have been linked with a move for the 20-year-old. Haaland’s departure could be hastened if Dortmund miss out on next season’s Champions League. Dortmund are four points behind Eintracht Frankfurt in the final qualifying spot for the competition with eight games left of the Bundesliga campaign. “Where do these rumours come from? I don’t know anything about them,” Rummenigge told newspaper Bild when asked if Haaland was a target for Bayern. “I can say just one thing: we have the best footballer in the world in that position. Robert Lewandowski has a contract until 2023,” he added. Rummenigge said the 32-year-old Poland forward, voted FIFA’s best male player of 2020, was far from retirement. “I’m convinced. Wi

London (AFP) – Sergio Aguero is “irreplaceable in the souls, in the hearts, in the minds of our fans,” Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said of the club’s record goalscorer who is to leave at the end of the season. Aguero joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2011, three years after the club was taken over by Abu Dhabi owners, and will leave after 10 trophy-laden years, with 257 goals in 384 games so far. Guardiola said 32-year-old Aguero’s goals tally could be surpassed one day, but what he means to the club was unique. “Sergio is irreplaceable,” said Guardiola. “I could say in terms of numbers he can be replaceable, it’s not easy when you see more than 360 games played and more than 250 goals, the amount of titles (he has won). “So it’s the legend, the best striker this club has ever had for this century through the years, but is irreplaceable in the souls, in the hearts, in the minds of our fans, of our people, of the players that played alongside him and all the manage

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Gareth Bale has praised Wales caretaker coach Robert Page for keeping the team focused despite off-the-field distractions and securing a “massive win” over the Czech Republic in a 2022 World Cup qualifier. Manchester United forward Daniel James’s goal secured a 1-0 win over the Czechs on Tuesday. The victory moved Wales up to third place in Group E, one point behind the Czech Republic in second and four adrift of leaders Belgium, having played one game fewer than both. It was a much-needed tonic for Wales whose main coach Ryan Giggs remains away from the team due to his arrest on suspicion of assaulting a woman last year. Giggs denies the allegations and has been bailed until May 1. As if that wasn’t enough of a distraction, players Hal Robson-Kanu, Rabbi Matondo and Tyler Roberts were axed from the squad on Monday for staying up too late and breaking a curfew at the team hotel. Matondo and team-mate Ben Cabango were also racially abused online f

London (AFP) – Declan Rice on Tuesday said England players could consider boycotting social media in the future if the current abuse of Premier League stars is not resolved. Former Arsenal and France star Thierry Henry left all of his platforms earlier this week after saying enough had not been done to tackle racist abuse across social media sites. A host of Premier League players including Manchester United duo Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial and Chelsea’s Reece James have been subjected to vile online taunts. Calls for social media companies to take stronger action against internet trolls have so far produced an underwhelming response in the eyes of many Premier League players. Ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Poland, West Ham midfielder Rice said the England team had yet to discuss the issue as a group but he hinted they could be forced to take action if the situation doesn’t improve. “I think something definitely has to be done. There has been way too much

Los Angeles (AFP) – The NFL’s regular season will be expanded to include 17 games from 2021, a much-anticipated move that follows the league’s record-breaking media rights deals announced earlier this month. A statement from the National Football League said each team will now play 17 regular season games and three preseason games for the first time, the first change to the season’s structure since 1978. A 17-game season had been on the cards since the 2020 collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association. On March 18, the NFL announced a raft of media rights deals expected to generate more than $100 billion over the next 11 seasons, which included an agreement with Amazon Prime Video for rights to Thursday night games. “This is a monumental moment in NFL history,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “The CBA with the players and the recently completed media agreements provide the foundation for us to enhance the quality of the NFL ex

Johannesburg (AFP) – Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau won and Ethiopia were trailing when a match was abandoned as all three teams secured places Tuesday at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, raising the number of qualifiers to 22. Ethiopia were losing 3-1 to already-qualified Ivory Coast in Abidjan on 80 minutes when the Ghanaian referee collapsed and the visiting team refused to continue because the fourth official was an Ivorian. The Ivorian was a pre-match replacement after the original referee from Ghana withdrew, leading to his compatriot being promoted from fourth official to match referee. Referee Charles Bulu was carried off and received treatment at the national stadium before being taken to hospital. His condition was not immediately known. Madagascar, who needed maximum points to overtake Ethiopia in Group K, were surprisingly held 0-0 by bottom team Niger in Toamasina and finished third. The in-form Ivorians quickly built a two-goal advantage as Willy Boly scored and Franck

London (AFP) – Gareth Southgate has warned England not to underestimate Poland in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier after Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski was ruled out with a knee injury. Lewandowski is widely regarded as one of the world’s top forwards and would have posed a threat to England’s 100 percent start to the qualifying campaign. Poland’s record goalscorer will miss the Group I clash at Wembley with a knee ligament strain that is expected to sideline him for a month. Adding to Poland’s problems, Mateusz Klich, Lukasz Skorupski, Kamil Piatkowski and Grzegorz Krychowiak all recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Krychowiak is now expected to feature after a subsequent negative test on Tuesday. Poland’s troubled preparation could leave them vulnerable against an England side who are heavy favourites to win the group after opening the campaign with victories against San Marino and Albania. But England boss Southgate is determined not to let his players get c

Johannesburg (AFP) – Mauritania won and Ethiopia were trailing in an abandoned match as they secured places Tuesday at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, raising the number of qualifiers to 21 for the 24-team tournament.  Ethiopia were losing 3-1 to already-qualified Ivory Coast in Abidjan after 80 minutes when the Ghanaian referee collapsed and the visiting team refused to continue under the fourth official, an Ivorian. The Ivorian was a late pre-match replacement after the original referee from Ghana withdrew, leading to his compatriot being promoted from fourth official to match referee.    Referee Charles Bulu received treatment at the national stadium before being taken to hospital. His condition was not immediately known. Madagascar needed maximum points to overtake Ethiopia in Group K, but the Indian Ocean side were held 0-0 by Niger in Toamasina. In Abidjan, the Ivorians quickly built a two-goal advantage as Willy Boly scored and Franck Kessie converted a penalty. Getaneh K