Soccer Nostalgia: New Addition: World Cup Diary-May 28th, 2018 (T minus 17 days)

A New addition for the duration of the World Cup.

Diary:

Team News:

-Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal, injured during the CL Final, has nevertheless joined the Spanish National Team camp where his fitness will be assessed. (Source France Football Online)

-Australia have recalled Hibernian striker Jamie Maclaren after an injury to Tomi Juric. (Source France Football Online)

-Injured Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah expressed confidence in beng fit in time for the World Cup. (Source BBC Football Online)

-Argentina star Lionel Messi stated that Argentina are not favorites for the World Cup, he also expressed his desire to one day play for Newell’s Old Boys in his native Argentina. (Source France Football Online)

-Denmark’s Nicklas Bendtner might miss the World Cup after suffering a muscle injury. (Source Sport Bild Online)

-Former Argentina midfielder Esteban Cambiasso has joined Colombia’s technical staff for the World Cup. (Source Calciomercato Online)

-Serbia’s 27-man Provisional squad for the World Cup. (Source France Football online)

Full squad:

Goalkeepers:

Vladimir Stojkovic (Partizan)

Pedrag Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel-Aviv/ISR)

Marko Dmitrovic (Eibar/SP)

Aleksandar Jovanovic (AGF/DEN).

Defenders:

Aleksandar Kolarov (AS Roma/ITA)

Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal/SP)

Milan Rodic (Etoile Rouge de Belgrade)

Branislav Ivanovic (Zénith/RUS)

Uros Spajic (Krasnodar/RUS)

Milos Veljkovic (Werder Brême/GER)

Dusko Tosic (Guangzhou RF/CHN)

Matija Nastasic (Schalke 04/GER)

Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina/ITA).

Milieux

Nemanja Matic (Manchester United/ENG)

Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace/ENG)

Marko Grujic (Liverpool/ENG)

Nemanja Maksimovic (Valence/SP)

Dusan Tadic (Southampton/ENG)

Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica/POR)

Mijat Gacinovic (Francfort/GER)

Filip Kostic (Hambourg/GER)

Nemanja Radonjic (Etoile Rouge de Belgrade)

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio/ITA)

Adem Ljajic (Torino/ITA).

Attaquants

Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle/ENG)

Aleksandar Prijovic (PAOK/GRE)

Luka Jovic (Francfort/GER)

-Portugal Manager expressed his dissatisfaction after the (2-2) draw with Tunisia. He said, “the result was not good as wewanted to win…a tie match is never a good result for me…we dominated in the first half….after 2-0 up we made errors and when Tunisia scored we should have been more aggressive” (Source L’Equipe online via RTP)

May 28, 2018

Preparatory matches:

South Korea 2 –Honduras 0 (Heung-Min Son 61, Seon-Min Moon 73)

Venue: Daegu -Daegu Stadium

Attendance: 33,252

Referee:

South Korea: 23-Hyun-Woo Cho, 20-Go Yo-Han (22-Lee Yong), 4-Jeong Seong-Hoon (Ban-Suk Oh ), 2-Kim Young-Gwon, 19-Hong Chul (17-Kim Min-Woo), 11-Lee Chung-Yong (10-Moon Seon-Min), 26-Ju Se-Jong, 25-Jung Woo-Young, 9-Lee Seung-Woo (18- Park Joo-Ho) , 14-Hwang Hee-Chan, 13-Son Heung-Min (12-Kim Shin-Wook)

Coach:

Other Substitutes: 7-Ja-Cheol Koo, 5-Young-Sun Yun, 21-Jin-Hyeon Kim, 6-Kyung-Won Kwon

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Black Shorts, Red Socks

Honduras: 22-Donis Escober, 21-Brayan Beckeles (2-Felix Crisanto) , 3-Henry Figueroa, 5-Ever Alvarado (14-Carlos Sanchez), 16-Johnny Leverón, 8-Alfredo Mejía, 20-Jorge Claros (13-Jhon Benavidez),7-Álexander López (17-Walter Martínez), 10-Mario Martínez (23-Ovidio Lanza), 11-Roger Rojas (6-Iván 'Chino' López) 9-Roman Castillo

Coach:

Booked: Jorge Claros, Roman Castillo

Other Substitutes: 19-Luis Garrido, 4-Marcelo Pereira, 1-Harold Fonseca, 15-Allan Banegas

Team Captain: Carlos Tabora

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Joma

Uniform Colors: Blue/White Vertical striped Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Nigeria 1-DR Congo 1 (William Troost-Ekong 15 / Issam Mpeko 78)

Turkey 2-Iran 1 (Cenk Tosun 6, 50 / Ashkan Dejagah 90 pen)

Venue: Istanbul-Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu

Attendance:

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Linesmen: Ruslan Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan), Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan)

Turkey: 12-Serkan Kırıntılı, 2-Şener Özbayraklı, 22-Kaan Ayhan, 4-Çağlar Söyüncü, 3-Hasan Ali Kaldırım (6- Ömer Bayram 86), 15-Mehmet Topal (10-Umut Bulut 78), 5-Okay Yokuşlu, 17-Cengiz Ünder (7-Serdar Gürler 46), 20-Emre Akbaba (8-Oğuzhan Özyakup 58), 11-Yusuf Yazıcı (16-Deniz Türüç 65), 9-Cenk Tosun (25-Tarkan Serbest 78)

Coach: Mircea Lucescu (Romania)

Booked: Emre Akbaba 43, sent off: Omer Bayram 90

Other Substitutes: 1-Harun Tekin, 13-Mehmet Zeki Celik, 14-Mahmut Tekdemir, 18-Kenan Karaman, 19-Yunus Malli, 21-Irfan Can Kahveci, 23-Sinan Bolat, 24-Ertugrul Ersoy, 27-Berkay Ozcan

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Iran: 1-Alireza Beiranvand, 23-Rezaeian, 4-Cheshmi, 8-Pouraliganji, 5-Mohammadi, 3-Ehsan Hajsafi (1-Vahid Amiri 58), 7-Masoud Shojaei (9-Omid Ebrahimi 67), 10-Karim Ansarifard (21-Ashkhan Dejagah 71), 18-Alireza Jahanbakhsh (2-Mehdi Torabi 75), 17-Mehdi Taremi (13-Saman Ghoddos 59), 20-Sardar Azmoun (16-Reza Ghoochannejhad 80)

Coach: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal)

Booked: Roozbeh Cheshmi 72

Other Substitutes: 6-Saeid Ezatolahi, 12-Mohamed Rashid Mazaheri, 14-Mohamed Reza Khanzadeh, 19-Majid Hosseini, 22-Amir Abedzadeh, 24-Ali Gholizadeh, 15-Pejman Montazeri

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Italy 2-Saudi Arabia 1 (Mario Balotelli 21, Andrea Belotti 68 / Yahya Al Shehri 72)

Venue: St. Gallen, Kybunpark-Switzerland

Attendance: 10,100

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Linesmen: Bekim Zogaj (Switzerland), Stephane De Almeida (Switzerland)

Italy: 22-Gianluigi Donnarumma, 21-Davide Zappacosta. 19-Leonardo Bonucci, 6-Alessio Romagnoli, 4-Domenico Criscito (2-Mattia De Sciglio 88), 24-Alessandro Florenzi (8-Giacomo Bonaventura 67), 14- Frello Filho Jorge Luiz Jorginho, 16-Lorenzo Pellegrini (20-Simone Verdi 73), 17-Matteo Politano (23-Bryan Cristante 73), 9-Mario Balotelli (11-Andrea Belotti 58), 10-Lorenzo Insigne (25-Federico Chiesa 84)

Coach: Roberto Mancini

Other Substitutes: 1-Salvatore Sirigu, 3-Danilo D'Ambrosio, 5-Mattia Caldara, 7-Simone Zaza, 12-Mattia Perin, 15-Daniele Rugani, 18-Domenico Berardi, 26-Daniele Baselli, 27-Rolando Mandragora

Team Captain: Leonardo Bonucci

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Saudi Arabia: 22-Al Owais, 13-Al Shahrani, 3-Hawsawi (26-Albulayhi 84), 5-Othman Hawsawi (15-Hawsawi 90+4), 2-Al-Harbi, 14-Ateef, 7Al Faraj (16-Al-Mogahwi 90+3), 8-Al Shehri, 27-Kanno (29-Al Dawsari 46), 17-Al Jassam,

28-Abu Radeah Aseri (19-Al Muwallad Al-Harbi 69)

Coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi (Spain)

Other Substitutes:1-Al-Mayoof, 4-Jahfali, 6-Al-Burayk, 9-Bahebri, 10-Al Sahlawi, 11-Al-Khaibri, 12-Al Muwallad, 15-Al Khaibari, 18-Al Abid, 19-Al Muwallad Al-Harbi, 20-Marzouq Al Kuwaykibi, 21-Al-Mosailem, 23-Al-Qarni

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Portugal 2-Tunisia 2 (Andre Silva 22, Joao Mario 34 / Anice Badri 39, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 64)

Venue: Braga-Estadio Municipal

Attendance: 17,220

Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Portugal: 12-Anthony Lopes, 15-Ricardo Pereira (21-Cédric Soares, 72), 3-Pepe (6-José Fonte, 62), 13-Rúben Dias, 5-Raphael Guerreiro (19-Mario Rui, 46), 14-William Carvalho, 23-Adrien Silva (4-Manuel Fernandes, 62), 10-João Mário (8-João Moutinho, 80), 11-Bernardo Silva (17-Gonçalo Guedes, 72), 20-Ricardo Quaresma, 9-André Silva.

Coach: Fernando Santos

Other Substitutes: 22-Beto, 2-Bruno Alves

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Tunisia: 40-Moez Hassen, 21-Hamdi Naguez, 3-Yohan Ben Alouane, 4-Yassine Meriah, 5-Oussema Haddadi (12-Ali Maaloul, 46), 17-Elyes Skhiri, 13-Farjani Sassi, 24-Anice Badri (9-Ahmed Akaichi, 87), 23-Naim Sliti (18-Bassem Srarfi, 76), 7-Seifeddine Khaoui (2-Fakhredine Ben Youssef, 46),11- Saber Khalifa (20-Ghaylan Chaaleli, 67)

Coach: Nabil Maaloul.

Other Substitutes: 1-Farouk Ben Mustapha, 16-Aymen Balbouli, 8-Syam Ben Youssef, 6-Rami Bedoui, 15-Bilel Moheni, 25-Ahmed Khalil, 27-Mohamed Wael Larbi

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer:Uhlsport

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

France 2-Republic of Ireland 0 (Olivier Giroud 40, Nabil Fekir 44)

Venue: Saint Denis-Stade de France

Attendance:

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

France: 16-Steve Mandanda; 19-Djibril Sidibe (2-Benjamin Pavard 83),17- Adil Rami, 5-Samuel Umtiti (3-Presnel Kimpembe 64), 22-Benjamin Mendy (21-Lucas Hernandez 63); 12-Corentin Tolisso (6-Paul Pogba 77), 15-Steven Nzonzi, 14-Blaise Matuidi, 18-Nabil Fekir (7-Antoine Griezmann 64), 9-Olivier Giroud, 10-Kylian Mbappé (11-Ousmane Dembele 77)

Other Substitutes: 1-Hugo Lloris, 8-Thomas Lemar, 13-N’Golo Kante, 20-Florian Thauvin, 23-Alphonse Areola

Team Captain: Blaise Matuidi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Republic of Ireland: 1-Colin Doyle; 2-Seamus Coleman, 21-Kevin Long (25-Shaun Williams 80), 5-Shane Duffy, 17-Derrick Williams (3-Matt Doherty 82); 19-Jonathan Walters (18-David Meyler 59), 8-Callum O’Dowda (24-Graham Burke 70), 4-Declan Rice, 14-Alan Browne (22-Harry Arter 59), 11-James McClean; 9-Shane Long (6-Alan Judge 70)

Coach: Martin O’Neill (Northern Ireland)

Booked: James McClean 21, Harry Arter 69

Other Substitutes: 7-Gregory Cunningham, 10-John Egan, 12-Darragh Lenihan, 15-Daryl Horgan, 16-Conor O’Malley, 20-Enda Stevens, 23-Shane Supple

Team Captain: Seamus Coleman

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: New Balance

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

Mexico 0-Wales 0

Venue: Pasadena, California-Rose Bowl Stadium, USA

Attendance: 82,345

Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)

México: 1-José de Jesús Corona; 24-Édson Álvarez, 4-Hugo Ayala, 2-Oswaldo Alanís (26-Jurgen Damn 46), 23-Jesús Gallardo; 16-Héctor Herrera (6-Jonathan Dos Santos 60), 21-Jesús Molina (3-Carlos Salcedo 46), 25-Erick Gutiérrez (8-Marco Fabían 74); 17-Jesús Manuel Corona (10-Giovani Dos Santos 69), 14-Javier Hernández (19-Oribe Peralta 59), 20-Javier Aquino

Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio

Booked: Erick Gutiérrez 72

Other Substitutes: 9-Raul Jiménez, 11-Carlos Vela, 13-Guillermo Ochoa, 22-Hirving Lozano

Team Captain: Héctor Herrera

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Wales: 1-Wayne Hennesey; 2-Chris Gunter (19-Connors Roberts 46), 6-Ashley Williams (15-Tom Lockyer 21), 5-Chris Mepham, 4-Ben Davies; 10-Aaron Ramsey, 8-Andy King,16-Jose Ledley (18-David Brooks 46), 7-Harry Wilson (23-George Thomas 64); 9-Sam Vokes (13- Declan John 46), 11-Tom Lawrence (20-Matthew Smith 80)

Coach Ryan Gibbs

Booked: Aaron Ramsey 66