You know the situation: You're having a nice holiday and a meal out with your family when suddenly you spot someone from work in the same restaurant ... awkward!Not so for Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba, as the pair looked to be getting on famously at Salt Bae's Turkish steakhouse in Dubai. View this post on Instagram Kings @leomessi @paulpogba #saltbae #salt#saltlife A post shared by Nusr_et#Saltbae (@nusr_et) on Nov 16, 2018 at 4:28pm PST Both France and Argentina were in action on Friday, but neither star player was involved, choosing instead to have a lovely meal cooked for them. View this post on Instagram Legendss @leomessi #saltbae #saltlife #salt A post shared by Nusr_et#Saltbae (@nusr_et) on Nov 16, 2018 at 4:15pm PST View this post on Instagram To salty @paulpogba #saltbae #saltlife #salt A post shared by Nusr_et#Saltbae (@nusr_et) on Nov 16, 2018 at 3:21pm PST Of course they also found time to have a deep conversation...

Tin Jedvaj scored his first career goal for Croatia, then netted his second in stoppage time to give Croatia a 3-2 win over Spain in the UEFA Nations League. With Dejan Lovren's latest outburst towards Sergio Ramos causing a stir, our ESPN FC crew try to make sense of it all. Luis Enrique says losses like the one Spain suffered against Croatia won't put him off trusting younger players. Craig Burley and the FC crew discuss what Croatia's win over Spain means for both teams and examine the permutations for their UEFA Nations League group. Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic will miss the winner-takes-all Nations League game against England at Wembley on Sunday due to injury, manager Zlatko Dalic said on Friday.Rakitic, who plays for Barcelona, came off in the 67th minute of the 3-2 home win over Spain on Thursday which gave Croatia the chance to top League A Group 4 and claim a place in next year's four-team finals."He will go to Barcelona, it's a serious injury. You know that I usually take no risk. If there is a doubt that the injury...

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Shaka Hislop reveals his latest power rankings which see Manchester City on top while Barcelona take a tumble following their loss to Betis. BARCELONA -- FIFA's Head of Football Technology Innovation has told ESPN FC that the organisation are already working on ways to make VAR more efficient for the next World Cup in four years.Johannes Holzmueller says "99.3 percent of all game changing moments were correct" in Russia this summer thanks to VAR but believes there are still ways to improve the use of technology in the game.One thing FIFA are looking into is how they can incorporate player and ball tracking data in an attempt to speed...

The fact that Lionel Messi makes the extraordinary look ordinary at times shouldn't diminish just how brilliant he is.Sporting greatness is a form of anesthetic -- it has a numbing effect. The first time you watch Simone Biles skip across the floor, Roger Federer execute a perfect drop shot or Lewis Hamilton take a corner in the driving rain, you're utterly enchanted. By the hundredth time you see them do it, there's a danger that you will become immune to the sheer wonder, the same way you might if you'd grown up with your bedroom looking out toward the Northern Lights.For that reason, there's a risk that...

La Liga correspondent Sid Lowe and the FC crew weigh in on the drama surrounding Ousmane Dembele at Barcelona and his links to Liverpool. Barcelona general manager Pep Segura has admitted that Ousmane Dembele is struggling to settle but insists the club will stick by the France forward.Dembele, 21, was left out of Barca's squad for last weekend's loss to Real Betis after failing to turn up for training because he had a stomach bug.Sources have told ESPN FC that the club have grown concerned over some of his bad habits and France coach Didier Deschamps said this week that he often has problems with punctuality.Editors' PicksJose Mourinho's Last StandDeliberate isolation. Petty feuds. Constant turmoil. The Manchester United manager wouldn't have it any other way, writes Sam Borden.Kylian Mbappe and the curse of the World CupIs there such a thing as peaking too early? Given all that Kylian Mbappe, just 19, has accomplished, we might soon find out.It's time to fix -- and save -- the Champions LeagueThe biggest problem with the Champions League is that it's trying to be everything to everyone. It's time for the tournament to go rogue.Teammate Gerard Pique...