![Germany players covered their mouths as they posed for their team group photo before their opening World Cup match against Japan [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8118.png&w=415&q=85&f=webp "Germany players covered their mouths as they posed for their team group photo before their opening World Cup match against Japan [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]")
![Croatia’s Luka Modric trains with the new Al Hilm ball at Al Erssal Training Site 3, Doha, Qatar, on December 11, 2022 [Molly Darlington/Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8117.png&w=415&q=85&f=webp "Croatia’s Luka Modric trains with the new Al Hilm ball at Al Erssal Training Site 3, Doha, Qatar, on December 11, 2022 [Molly Darlington/Reuters]")
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