World Cup Diary-part 2-May 29th, 2018 (T minus 16 days)

World Cup Diary-part 2-May 29^th, 2018 (T minus 16 days)

A New addition for the duration of the World Cup.

Diary:

Team News:

-Denmark Manager Aage Hareide stated that he will not pick Bendtner for the World Cup if his injury is serious and not healed by time of departure to Russia.  (Source France Football online)

-An Egyptin Lawyer, Bassem Wahba, has brought on alwasuit against Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos after his foul on Mohamed Salah. The charges are for “physical and psychological damages”.  (Source AS.com online)

-Nigeria have named the unregistered goalkeeper Carl Ikeme as the 24^th player on the World Cup roster in recognition of his battle with acute leukaemia.  (Source AS.com online)

-Nigeria’s Moses Simon has been ruled out of the World Cup after a thigh injury.  (Source AS.com online)

-Miroslav Klose has criticized Sandro Wagner’s reaction following him being cut from the World Cup squad. (Source Sport Bild Online)

-Javier Mascherano earned his 143^rd cap (a new record) in Argentina’s win over Haiti (4-0).

May 29, 2018

Preparatory matches:

Argentina 4-Haiti 0 (Lionel Messi 17 pen, 58, 66, Sergio Aguero 69)

Venue: Buenos Aires, Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera)-Boca Juniors  

Attendance:

Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

Argentina: 23-Wilfredo Caballero; 18-Eduardo Salvio, 17-Nicolás Otamendi, 6-Federico Fazio (16-Marcos Rojo 46) 3- Nicolás Tagliafico (8-Marcos Acuña 70); 14-Javier Mascherano 20- Giovani Lo Celso (7- Ever Banega 74); 15-Manuel Lanzini (13-Maximiliano Meza 58), 10-Lionel Messi , 11-Ángel Di

María (22- Cristian Pavón 58); 9-Gonzalo Higuaín (19- Sergio Agüero 58)

Coach: Jorge Sampaoli

Other Substitutes: 5-Lucas Biglia, 1-Nahuel Guzman, 2-Gabriel Mercado, 4-Cristian Ansaldi, 12-Franco Armani,  21-Paulo Dybala

Team Captain: Lionel Messi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White Vertically striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Haiti: 1-Johny Placide; 3-Mechck Jerome; 4-Ricardo Ade, 5-Arcus Carlens (6- Waldo Vernet 88) , 7- Fabien Borbe (11- Derrick Etienne 46); 8-Zachary Herivaux (16- Bryan Labissiere 68), 13-Mikael Cantave (9-Richelor Solangers

78) 15-Bryan Alceus (21-Brian Chevreuil 67); 17-Jimmy Shammar Sanon (18-Steeven Sabat 46), 20-Duckens Nazon , 22-Alex Christian

Coach: Marc Collat

Booked: Ricardo Ade 16, Mikael Cantave 50

Other Substitutes: 12-Josue Duverger

Team Captain: Lionel Messi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Saeta

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Peru 2 –Scotland 0 (Christian Cueva 37 pen, Jefferson Farfan 47)

Venue: Lima-Estadio Nacional  

Attendance:

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (México)

Perú: 21-José Carvallo; 17-Luis Advíncula (3-Aldo Corzo 87), 15-Christian Ramos, 2-Alberto Rodríguez, 6-Miguel Trauco; 18-André Carrillo (14- Andy Polo 69), 13-Renato Tapia (24-Wilder Cartagena 84), 19-Yoshimar Yotún ( 11-Raul Ruidiaz 69), 20-Édison Flores, 8-Christian Cueva ( 23-Pedro Aquino 79); 10-Jefferson Farfán (7- Paolo Hurtado 80)

Coach: Ricardo Gareca (Argentina)

Other Substitutes: 1-Pedro Gallese, 4-Anderson Santamaria, 5-Miguel Araujo, 12-Carlos Caceda, 16-Sergio Pena, 22-Nilson Loyola, 25-Luis Abram

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: White (Red Diagonal stripe) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Scotland: 1-Jordan Archer; 2-Stephen O'Donnell, 3-Lewis Stevenson, 4-Scoot McKenna, 5-Charlie Mulgrew; 6-Dylan McGeouch (16-Graeme Shinnie 76), 7-Kenny McLean (15-Chris Cadden 87), 8-John McGinn (14- Callum Paterson 63), 9-Matt Phillips (19-Lewis Morgan 72), 10-Scott McTominay; 11-Jamie Murphy (18-Iliver McBurnie 63)

Coach: Alex McLeisch

Other Substitutes: 12-Jon McLaughlin, 13-Jack Hendry, 17-Ryan Christie, 20-Johnny, 21-Scott Bain

Team Captain: Charlie Mulgrew

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Navy Blue Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, Navy Blue Socks

Panama 0-Northern Ireland 0

Venue: Ciudad de Panamá, Estadio Rommel Fernández

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Panama: 12-José Calderón; 13-Adolfo Machado, 4-Fidel Escobar, 23-Felipe Baloy (5-Román Torres 75), 17-Luis Ovalle; 6-Gabriel Gómez (14-Valentín Pimentel 46), 20-Anibal Godoy (10-Ricardo Ávila 46), 11-Armando Cooper (24-Miguel Camargo 46), 8-Edgar Yoel Bárcenas; 22-José Rodríguez (21-Roberto Nurse 59), 18-Luis Tejada (7-Blas Pérez 46)

Coach: Hernán Gómez

Other Substitutes: 9-Gabriel Torres, 16-Abdiel Arroyo, 1-Alex Rodriguez, 2-Michale Amir Murillo, 3-Harold Cummings, 25-Ismael Díaz

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: New Balance

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Northern Ireland: 1-Trevor Carson (12-Bailey Peacock-Farrell 46); 3-Shane Ferguson (19-Ryan McLaguglhin 72) 4-Garet McAuley, 5-Jonathan Evans, 10-Liam Boyce (8-Paul Smyth 72); 13-Corry Evans (16-Jordan Thompson 82), 14-Stuart Dallas (6-Lee Hodson 60), 17-Patrick McNair, 18-Aaron Hughes; 20-Craig Cathcart, 21-Josh Magennis (11-Shane Lavery 87)

Coach: Michael O'Neill

Other Substitutes: 7-Gavin Whyte, 9-Shay McCartan, 15-Luke McCullough, 23-Conor Hazard

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

Note: In bold, teams participating in the World Cup