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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

World Cup Diary-part 16-June 12th, 2018 (T minus 2 days)


Diary:




Team News:

-The Spanish National Team Manager Julen Lopetegui has been appointed as the new Real Madrid Manager for the next season. (Source Sky Sports Online

-William Carvalho, Gelson Martins and Bruno Fernandes (on Portugal’s World Cup squad) have dissolved their contract with Sporting CP. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-France and Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann held a press conference to discuss his future.  He did not reveal his future destination only to say that he is concentrating on the World Cup as ‘now is not the time’. (Source L’Equipe com)

- The England National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at St. Petersburg. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Spanish defender Dani Carvajal (injured in the CL Final between Real Madrid and Liverpool) participated in Spain’s training session in Krasnodar. (Source L’Equipe com)

-The Germany National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at Vnukovo. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-France’s Kylian Mbappe left the field after a training collision with Adil Rami. (Source L’Equipe online)

-France’s Djibril Sidibe and Samuel Umtiti have been training apart from the rest of the group as they are recuperating from minor injuries. (Source France Football online)

-Egypt’s Mohamed Salah trained alone as he is still recuperating from injury. (Source L’Equipe online)


-Poland’s Kamil Glik will after all travel to the World Cup. The team doctor Dr. Jacek Jaroszewski stated that after a complete evaluation, he has decided to take him along. Macin Kaminski will stay behind. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Denmark Manager Aage Hareide has rejected the idea that Denmark is totally dependent on Christian Eriksen. He said that this is not a ‘one-man show’. (Source L’Equipe online)

- The Egyptian FA have refused to comment on the recent photo of Mohamed Salah along with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov near Grozny stadium.  When asked about this, Egyptian FA President Elheib Lehieita stated “ask FFA for a comment.” (Source Calciomercato online)

-Argentina’s Nestor Pitana along with Argentinean Linesmen Juan Pablo Bellati and Herman Maidana will referee the opening match of the World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Brazil’s Sandro Ricci will be the fourth official.  (Source Reuters UK online)

-The Nigerian National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at Mineralnye Vody. (Source Daily Telegraph Online)

-Mexican legend has once again attacked National Team Manager Juan Carlos Osorio. Sanchez said, “the coach is Colombian and we do not like his way of setting up the team”. Sanchez continued by saying that he would only like a Mexican to manage the National Team. (Source Spotrt Bild Online)

-The Peru, Costa Rica and Sweden National Teams have arrived in Russia. (Source Vivaro News Online)

Tuesday, June 12, 2018:

Preparatory matches:

Paraguay 2-Japan 4 (Oscar Romero 32, Richard Ortiz 90 / Takashi Inui 51, 63, Federico Santander (own goal) 77, Shinji Kagawa 90)
Venue: Innsbruck-Nuevo Tivoli, Austria
Attendance:
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
Paraguay: 1-Justo Villar (12-Alfredo Ariel Aguilar 15), 4-Fabián Balbuena, 3-Gustavo Gómez (5-Bruno Valdez 55), 6-Richard Ortiz, 13-Junior Alonso, 2-Alan Max Benítez, 8-Ángel Cardozo (11-Ángel Romero 56), 15-Richard Sánchez (10-William Mendieta 78), 21-Óscar Romero (7-Antonio Sanabria 63), 20-Antonio Bareiro (17-Alejandro Romero Gamarra 57), 9-Federico Santander.

Coach: Gustavo Morinigo
Other Substitutes: 22-Gerardo Ortiz, 14-Juan Carlos Escobar, 16-Robert Piris Da Motta
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Red/White Vertically striped Shirts, White Shorts, White and Blue Socks

Japan: 12-Masaaki Higashiguchi (23-Kosuke Nakamura 46); 6-Wataru Endo (19-Hiroki Sakai 46), 3-Gen Shoji, 2-Naomichi Ueda, 21-Gotoku Sakai; 16-Hotaru Yamaguchi, 7-Gaku Shibasaki, 10-Shinji Kagawa, 14-Takashi Inui (11-Takashi Usami 78); 13-Yoshinori Muto (15-Yuya Osako 63) , 9-Shinji Okazaki (8-Genki Haraguchi 74)

Coach: Akira Nishino
Other Substitutes: 4-Keisuke Honda, 1-Eiji Kawashima, 22-Maya Yoshida, 17-Makoto Hasebe, 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 20-Tomoaki Makino, 18-Ryota Oshima.
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Navy Blue Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, Navy Blue Socks




Poland 4-Lithuania 0 (Robert Lewandowski 19, 33, Dawid Kowanicki 70, Jakub Blaszczykowski 82 pen )
Venue: Warszawa-PGE Narodowy
Attendance: 53,803
Referee: Kevin Blom (Holland)
Poland: 22. Łukasz Fabiański (1. Wojciech Szczęsny 46) - 3. Artur Jędrzejczyk (20. Łukasz Piszczek 46), 5. Jan Bednarek (2. Michał Pazdan 53), 4. Thiago Cionek - 18. Bartosz Bereszyński, 10. Grzegorz Krychowiak (19. Piotr Zieliński 77), 6. Jacek Góralski, 13. Maciej Rybus (16. Jakub Błaszczykowski 70) - 7. Arkadiusz Milik, 9. Robert Lewandowski (14. Łukasz Teodorczyk 46), 23. Dawid Kownacki

Coach: Adam Nawalka
Booked: Jacek Góralski 46
Other Substitutes: 12-Bartosz Bialkowski, 11-Kamil Grosicki, 17-Slawomir Peszko, 15-Marcin Kaminski, 8-Karoly Linetty, 21-Rafal Kurzawa
Team Captain: Robert Lewandowski
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks

Lithuania: 1. Džiugas Bartkus - 23. Rolandas Baravykas (20. Valdemaras Borovskis 74), 15. Algis Jankauskas (5. Tomas Mikuckis 90), 4. Edvinas Girdvainis, 8. Egidijus Vaitkūnas - 11. Arvydas Novikovas, 13. Simonas Paulius (14. Vykintas Slivka 58), 19. Modestas Vorobjovas, 18. Ovidijus Verbickas, 22. Fedor Černych (21. Justas Lasickas 26) - 10. Darvydas Šernas (9. Karolis Laukžemis 69)

Coach: Edgaras Jankauskas
Booked: Darvydas Šernas 53
Other Substitutes: 6-Povilas Leimonas, 12-Tomas Svedkauskas, 25-Ernestas Veliulis, 3-Justinas Janusevskis, 2-Simonas Urbys, 16-Ignas Plukas
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel
Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Green Shorts, Yellow Socks
 

Note: In bold, teams participating in the World Cup





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