World Cup Diary-part 21-June 17th, 2018 (Day 4)

Diary:

Team News:

-FIFA has decided to award Paul Pogba’s goal vs. Australia as an own goal to the Australian Aziz Behic. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Former Belgium defender Phillipe Albert has called Roberto Martinez’s decision to discard Laurent Ciman illogical given the risk with the fitness of Kompany and Vermaelen.  (Source RTBF.be Online)

-Senegal’s Saliou Ciss has been injured and will miss the World Cup. His place is taken by Adama Mbengue (Caen). (Source France Football Online)

-In a survey by ‘Marca’ of 160,000 votes, many Spanish fans have asked David De Gea to be replaced as Spain’s number one goalkeeper by Kepa (49% vs 41%). (Source Marca.com Online)

-Australia captain Mile Jedniak called yesterday’s VAR decision that awarded France a penalty kick as the ‘strangest’ moment of his career. (Source Reuters UK Online)

-Jonas Hector is sick with the flu and will miss Germany’s World Cup match vs. Mexico. He is to be replaced in the lineup with Marvin Plattenhardt. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Diego Maradona has criticized Argentina Manger Jorge Sampaoli after the tie with Iceland. Maradona said that after playing like this Sampaoli can not return to Argentina, it’s a shame not to have prepared the match knowing Icelandic players are tall. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Serbia’s Branislav Ivanovic became the most capped player in the History of the Serbian National Team by earning his 104^th cap in the World Cup match vs. Costa Rica. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Fabian Delph will temporarily leave the England base to see the birth of his third child. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Mexico’s Rafael Marquez has now appeared in his fifth World Cup after coming on as a substitute in Mexico-Germany match. He is the third player (after Mexico's Antonio Carbajal and Germany’s Lothar Matthaus to do so). He has appeared in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and now 2018 World Cups. (Source BBC Football online)

-Brazil Manager Tite stated that Switzerland's goal should have been disallowed because of Zuber's push on Miranda in the box. The Brazilians also had an appeal for a penalty kick after Manuel Akanji had fouled Gabriel Jesus in the box, but the appeal was waved off. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Neymar complained of the continuous Swiss fouls on him, He complained that the Swiss were allowed to continue as they wished and the referees did nothing. (Source RTBF,be online)

-Neymar was fouled 10 times yesterday, that was the most by a player since England's Alan Shearer was fouled 11 times in a match in 1998 vs. Tunisia.

-Mexicans jumped in jubilation after winning that the ground was shaken hard enough to set off earthquake detectors. (Source Reuters UK online)

- The Men of the Match for today:

Serbia’s Aleksandar Kolarov (Costa Rica 0-Serbia 1)

Mexico’s Hirving Lozano  (Germany 0-Mexico 1)

Brazil’s Phillipe Coutinho (Brazil 1-Switzerland 1)

2018 World Cup 2018 matches:

Sunday, June 17, 2018:

Group E:

June 17, 2018 (Samara, Cosat Rica 0-Serbia 1

June 17, 2018 (Rostov-On-Danu, Brazil -Switzerland)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Serbia	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
2	Brazil	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
3	Switzerland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4	Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: June 17, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group E

Result: Costa Rica 0-Serbia 1

Venue: Samara- Samara Arena, Russia         

Attendance: 41,432

Referee: Melang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Linesmen: Djibril Camara, El Hadji Smaba (both Senegal), Bamlak Tesema Weyesa (Ethiopia, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Costa Rica): None

(Serbia): Aleksandar Kolarov 56

Summary of goals:

0:1 (56th minute, Serbia):  Aleksandar Kolarov scored from a free kick.

Lineups:

Costa Rica:

1- Keylor Navas (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

16- Cristian Gamboa (Celtic Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)

2- Johnny Acosta (Rionegro Aguilas (Águilas Doradas) / Colombia)
3- Giancarlo González (Bologna Football Club / Italy)

6- Óscar Duarte (Real Club Deportivo Espanyol-Barcelona / Spain)
15- Francisco Calvo (Minnesota United Football Club-Minneapolis, Minnesota / USA)

11- Johan Venegas (Deportivo Saprissa-San Juan de Tibas, San José) (7- Christian Bolaños (Deportivo Saprissa-San Juan de Tibas, San José) 60^th)

20- David Guzmán (Portland Timbers-Portland, Oregon / USA) (9- Daniel Colindres (Deportivo Saprissa-San Juan de Tibas, San José) 73^rd)

5- Celso Borges (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)
10- Bryan Ruiz (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal)
21- Marcos Ureña (Los Angeles FC-Los Angeles, California / USA) (12- Joel Campbell (Real Betis Balompié-Sevilla / Spain) 67^th)

Coach: Óscar Ramirez

Booked : Calvo 22, David Guzmán 56

Other Substitutes:

18- Patrick Pemberton (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense-El Llano, Alajuela)
23- Leonel Moreira (Club Sport Herediano-San Francisco, Heredia)

4- Ian Smith (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping / Sweden)
22- Kenner Guttierez (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense-El Llano, Alajuela)
8- Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)
19- Kendall Watson (Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club-Vancouver, British Columbia / Canada)

17- Yeltsin Tejeda (Football Club Lausanne-Sports / Switzerland)
14- Randall Azofeifa (Club Sport Herediano-San Francisco, Heredia)
13- Rooney Wallace (New York City FC / USA)

Team Captain: Bryan Ruiz

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: New Balance

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Serbia:

1- Vladimir Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)
6- Branislav Ivanovic (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg / Russia)
11- Aleksandar Kolarov (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

3- Dusko Tosic (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)

15- Nikola Milenkovic (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy)

22- Adem Ljajic (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy) (17- Filip Kostic (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany) 70^th)

4- Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)

21- Nemanja Matic (Manchester United Football Club / England)

20- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)

10- Dusan Tadic (Southampton Football Club / England) (2- Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain) 83^rd)

9- Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham Football Club-London / England) (8- Aleksandar Prijovic (PAOK (Panthessalonikio Athlitiko Omilo Konstantinoupolis)- Thessaloniki / Greece) 90^th)

Coach: Mladen Krstajic

Booked: Branislav Ivanovic 60, Aleksandar Prijovic 90+7

Other Substitutes:

12- Predrag Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club / Israel)
23- Marko Dmitrovic (Sociedad Deportiva Eibar / Spain)

5- Uros Spajic (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar / Russia)
13- Milos Veljkovic (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)
14- Milan Rodic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

7- Andrija Zivkovic (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal)
16- Marko Grujic (Cardiff City Football Club / Wales, registered in the English League)
18- Nemanja Radonjic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)

19- Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)   

Team Captain: Aleksandar Kolarov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White  Socks

Man of the Match: Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia)

Date: June 17, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group E

Result: Brazil 1-Switzerland 1

Venue: Rostov-On-Danu- Rostov Arena, Russia         

Attendance: 43,109

Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (Mexico)

Linesmen: Marvin Torrentera, Miguel Hernandez (Both Mexico), John Piti (Panama, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Phillipe Coutinho 20

(Switzerland): Steven Zuber 50

Summary of goals:

1:0 (20^th minute, Brazil):  Phillipe Coutinho scred from a curling long range effort from the left side.

1:1 (50^th minute, Switzerland):  A corner from the right side taken by Shaqiri, was headed in by Steven Zuber. (Replays showed he was slightly pushing Miranda upon jumping).

Lineups:

Brazil:

1- Alisson Ramses Becker (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)
14- Danilo Luiz da Silva (Manchester City Football Club / England)

2- Thiago Emiliano da Silva  (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
3- João Miranda de Souza Filho (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)
12- Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
5- Carlos Henrique Casemiro (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) (17- Fernandinho Luiz Rosa (Manchester City Football Club / England) 59^th)

15- Jose Paulo Bezzera Maciel Junior, Paulinho (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) (8- Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto (Beijing Sinobo Guoan Football Club / China) 67^th)

19- Willian Borges da Silva (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)
11- Philippe Coutinho Correia (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

10- Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
9- Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Manchester City Football Club / England) (20- Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (Liverpool Football Club / England) 78^th)

Coach: Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, Tite

Booked: Casemiro 46

Other Substitutes:

23- Ederson Santana de Moraes (Manchester City Football Club / England)
16- Cassio Roberto Ramos (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)

13- Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
4- Pedro Tonon Geromel (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense / Brazil) 
6- Filipe Luis Kasmirski (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)
22- Fagner Conserva Lemos (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
18- Fred Rodrigues de Paula Santos (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk / Ukraine)

7- Douglas Costa de Souza (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)
21- Taison Barcellos Freda (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk / Ukraine)

Team Captain: Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Switzerland:

1- Yann Sommer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)

2- Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)  (6- Michael Lang (Fußball Club Basel 1893) 86^th)

22- Fabian Schär (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)

5- Manuel Akanji (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)
13- Ricardo Rodriguez (AC (Associazione Calcio) Milan / Italy)

11- Valon Behrami (Udinese Calcio- Udine / Italy) (17- Denis Zakaria (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany) 70^th)

10- Granit Xhaka (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)
14- Steven Zuber (Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. / Germany)

23- Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City Football Club / England)

9- Haris Seferovic (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal)  (7- Breel Embolo (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany) 79^th)

15- Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna Football Club / Italy)

Coach: Vladimir Petkovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Booked: Stephan Lichtsteiner 31, Fabian Schär 64, Valon Behrami 67

Other Substitutes:

21- Roman Bürki (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)
12- Yvon Mvogo (RB (RasenBallsport) Leipzig e.V., / Germany)

20- Johan Djourou (Antalyaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
4- Nico Elvedi (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)
3- François Moubandje (Toulouse Football Club / France)
16- Gelson Fernandes (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)   
8- Remo Freuler (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo / Italy) 

19- Josip Drmic (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)
18- Mario Gavranovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb / Croatia)

Team Captain: Stephan Lichsteiner

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Man of the Match: Phillipe Coutinho (Brazil)

Group F:

June 17, 2018 (Moscow, Germany 0-Mexico 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
2	Germany	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: June 17, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group F

Result: Germany 0-Mexico 1

Venue: Moskva (Moscow)- Luzhniki Stadium, Russia         

Attendance: 78,011

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Linesmen: Reza Sokhandan, Mohammadreza Mansouri (both Iran), Mohamed Abdullah Hassan (United Arab Emirates, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Germany): None

(Mexico): Hirving Lozano 35

Summary of goals:

0:1 (35^th minute, Mexico): On a breakaway, Javier Hernandez does a one-two with Guardado, he then released Hirving lozano on the left side, he pulled back and struck a shot past Neuer's near post.

Lineups:

Germany:

1- Manuel Neuer (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
5- Mats Hummels (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
18- Joshua Kimmich (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
2- Marvin Plattenhardt (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V.-Berlin) (23- Mario Gómez (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.) 79^th)
17- Jerome Boateng (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

6- Sami Khedira (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (11- Marco Reus (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 60^th)

7- Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)

8- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
10- Mesut Özil (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)
13- Thomas Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
9- Timo Werner (RB (RasenBallsport) Leipzig e.V.) (20- Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH) 86^th)

Coach: Joachim Löw

Booked: Thomas Müller 83, Mats Hummels 84

Other Substitutes:

22- Marc-André ter Stegen (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)
12- Kevin Trapp (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)

4- Matthias Ginter (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)
3- Jonas Hector (1.FC Köln GmbH & Co. KgaA)
16- Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)
15- Niklas Süle (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

19- Sebastian Rudy (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
14- Leon Goretzka (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen) 
21- Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City Football Club / England)

Team Captain: Manuel Neuer

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Mexico:

13- Guillermo Ochoa (Royal Standard de Liege / Belgium)
3- Carlos Salcedo (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)
15- Héctor Moreno (Real Sociedad de Fútbol-San Sebastian / Spain)
2- Hugo Ayala (Sinergia Deportiva, SA de CV (Club Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León-Tigres))

7- Miguel Layún (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)
23- Jesús Gallardo (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

16- Héctor Herrera (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal)

18- Andrés Guardado (Real Betis Balompié-Sevilla / Spain) (4- Rafael Márquez (Club de Fútbol Atlas (Zorros), Atletico Club – Guadalajara) 74^th)

11- Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC-Los Angeles, California / USA) (21- Edson Álvarez (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México -Mexico City) 58^th)

22- Hirving Lozano (PSV (Philips Sports Vereniging) Eindhoven / Holland) (9- Raúl Jiménez (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal) 66^th)

14- Javier Hernández (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)

Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio (Colombia)

Booked: Héctor Moreno 40, Héctor Herrera 89

Other Substitutes:

12- Alfredo Talavera (Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club, S.A. De C.V.-Toluca –Diablos))
1- Jesús Corona (Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, Atletico Club-(Cementeros)- Ciudad de México -Mexico City))

5- Erick Gutierrez (Promotora del Club Pachuca SA CV -Pachuca Club de Fútbol- Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo -Tuzos)

6- Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy-Los Angeles, California / USA)
10- Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy-Los Angeles, California / USA)
20- Javier Aquino (Sinergia Deportiva, SA de CV (Club Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León-Tigres))
17- Jesús Manuel Corona (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal)

8- Marco Fabián (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)
19- Oribe Peralta (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México -Mexico City)

Team Captain: Andrés Guardado Rafa Marquez assumed captaincy 74th minute)

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Man of the Match: Hirving Lozano (Mexico)