Sesko VAR Handball, Foden Axed & Mbappé Meltdown — 37 Days to Go | World Cup Central

World Cup Central's May 5 bulletin — 37 days to kick-off: Man United beat Liverpool 3-2 but Benjamin Sesko's winning goal is mired in VAR handball controversy — Clattenburg confirms it was illegal and should have been disallowed. Tuchel officially drops Phil Foden from England's May friendlies vs Wales and Latvia, a sharp escalation from previous warnings. L'Équipe exclusive: Mbappé is increasingly isolated in the Real Madrid dressing room — late to team meals, clashing with staff — raising France squad-cohesion alarms 38 days out. Norway make their historic World Cup return for the first time since 1998, led by Haaland's 16 qualifying goals. Quick hits: France 19% Polymarket favourites, Scaloni monitors Romero for May 11 squad, de la Fuente names Ferran Torres Spain's third captain.

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World Cup Central — May fifth. VAR chaos rocks the Premier League, Foden is officially axed, and Mbappé's dressing room is in meltdown.

Man United beat Liverpool three-two — but the winning goal is already under fire. 1 Benjamin Sesko's opener deflected off his fingers before entering the net, with VAR choosing to let it stand.

1 Mark Clattenburg was clear: that goal was simply illegal, and VAR failed to act. Liverpool's World Cup stars Salah and Van Dijk were denied three vital points.

2 Tuchel has dropped Foden from England's May friendlies against Wales and Latvia. No longer a warning — this is a genuine axing, with thirty-seven days to the World Cup.

3 L'Équipe reports Mbappé is increasingly isolated at Real Madrid — late to team meals, clashing with staff. Thirty-eight days before France's opener, the squad cohesion concerns are real.

4 Norway return to the World Cup for the first time since ninety-eight. Haaland scored sixteen qualifying goals — matching Lewandowski's record — as Norway went sixteen games unbeaten. A genuine dark horse.

Quick hits: 5 Polymarket rates France at nineteen percent. 6 Scaloni monitors Romero ahead of Argentina's May eleventh squad call. 7 And de la Fuente names Torres as Spain's third captain.

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