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Granit Xhaka played all 90 minutes of Switzerland’s final warm-up match before the World Cup, but they were defeated 2-0 by Ghana in Abu Dhabi.
Our midfielder led his side out at the ZSC Stadium but didn’t end up facing his Gunners teammate Thomas Partey, who remained on the bench for the Black Stars throughout.
Thomas saw his team run out victors thanks to goals from Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu and Bristol City striker Antoine Semenyo, which came within four minutes of each other midway through the second half as the Swiss began to tire in the 30-degree heat.
Post-match, our duo embraced on the field and had a quick chat before going their separate ways to continue their preparations for the group stage.
Both will get their tournaments underway in a week’s time, with Granit taking on Cameroon on Thursday, November 24, before Thomas faces Portugal a few hours later.
Meanwhile, Takehiro Tomiyasu was an unused substitute as Japan were beaten 2-1 by Canada in Dubai.
Still working his way back from the hamstring injury that saw him sit out our final few matches before the World Cup break, Tomi watched on as the Canadians recovered from Yuki Soma’s opener to win thanks to strikes from Steven Vitoria and a last-minute penalty from Lucas Cavallini.
Our defender will hope to be fit enough to play his part in the Samurai Blues’ opening game, which comes on Wednesday, November 23 against Germany.
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Throughout the next few weeks, we’ll be keeping you up to date on what our Gunners stars have been getting up to with our World Cup Wrap-Ups.
Take a look at the first edition, which sees our players arrive in Qatar and get settled into their new surroundings before the action kicks off.

Aaron Ramsdale has been discussing some of his clubmates heading to the World Cup, and described William Saliba as “a man-mountain.” “He glides across the pitch, he doesn’t seem to sprint,” he told ESPN. “He gets his big arm across people. 
“He’s got everything honestly and he’s showing it on the pitch. He’s keeping some of the best strikers in the league quiet at the minute and all the credit goes to him.”
Matt Turner also came in for praise from his fellow goalkeeper: “The way I describe him, he is Tigger. He wants to say yes to everything. He has the classic American attitude where he says yes, he wants to do things. He wants to try things, he’s always happy, smiling.”
And on potentially facing him at the tournament, Aaron added: “He’s fighting a losing battle at the minute because there’s probably six or seven English lads in the dressing room. I think even the foreigners are giving him a little bit as well! But that would be special if both of us are at either end or he’s playing, or I’m playing.
“It will be a great game and I’ll be able to watch him of course as a friend. But for that 90 minutes, we want to win. I want him to have a good game, but at the end of the day, we want the win in that group.”

Following a training session in Doha, members of the England team including Bukayo Saka invited some migrant construction workers for a kickaround on the pitch, as a thank for the role they played in helping to build the stadia and infrastructure ahead of the tournament.
Off the pitch, Bukayo has also been showing off his basketball skills at the team hotel:

When the machine tells you you’re good, you’re good.

😂 @BukayoSaka87
Gabriel Martinelli has been catching the eye during Brazil’s training sessions, as this video proves:

Bonito gol de Martinelli. Logo em seguida fez um mais bonito batendo de esquerda #gebrasil pic.twitter.com/GouWPA5XKN
Meanwhile both of our Brazilian stars shared images of them gearing up for the tournament, which they’ll start against Serbia on Thursday:

Preparação 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/MKTJh0qgfY
Apenas pensamento positivo. 💭🙏🏾#doperi#gratidão#alomae#écopa pic.twitter.com/SWiYWBpIeY

Matt Turner has revealed he is feeling 100 per cent after suffering a groin injury a few weeks ago, which saw him miss the Europa League games against PSV Eindhoven and FC Zurich.
“I’m 100 percent, no limitations, smashing balls again, all good,” he told reporters. “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I actually was like on the border of tears. I know that sounds a bit soft, but I’ve never had to do that before. I’ve never had to really listen to my body and feel like maybe it wasn’t the right move to push through something.
“I’ve pushed through many injuries in my career, many little nicks that might have held someone else out, that’s never been my M.O. So to go against everything that was ingrained in me and look out for myself was challenging, and that can be hard in professional sports.”
Meanwhile, the rest of our representatives have been working hard, getting themselves ready for the tournament which kicks off on Sunday.

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