World Cup Diary-part 23-June 19th, 2018 (Day 6)

Diary:

Team News:

-England’s Dele Ali will undergo a scan to determine the extent of thigh injury suffered against Tunisia. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Morocco team Doctor, Abderrazak Hifti, has responded to the criticism for slapping Nordin Amrabat after a clash of heads in their match vs. Iran. Hifti claims that they had followed FIFA Procedures “point by point” for such situations. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Brazil have asked FIFA to give reasons why the VAR was not used in a number of disputable events in their match vs. Switzerland, most notably the push Miranda on the Swiss equalizer and the penalty appeal on a foul on Gabriel Jesus. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Former Denmark International goalkeeper Peter Schemiechel stated that England’s Kyle Walker should have been sent off for the elbow on a Tunisian opponent that led to the penalty kick yesterday. He was only booked after protesting his innocence. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Neymar missed today’s training session fro Brazil after he appeared to have been slightly injured from the Match vs. Switzerland. He joined Paulinho and Thiago Silva in their Hotel’s gym. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Former German International Lothar Matthaus has criticized Mesut Ozil’s play during the World Cup. Matthaus wrote that “his body language is negative…He is in the game without joy….as if he does not want to play…doesn’t feel comfortable in the DfB jersey”. (Source Vivaronews online)

-Diego Maradona has now hit out on his former son-in-law Sergio Aguero, whom he believes can’t play full 90 minutes. Maradona said “if he starts again we are going after him for the whole Tournament”. (Source L’Equipe online)

-In Colombia’s match vs. Japan, the Colombian Carlos Sanchez was sent off after just three minutes as he handled a goalward bound Japanese attempt. This is the first sending off of the World Cup.  (Source L’Equipe online)

- Colombia Manager Jose Pekerman did not risk starting James Rodriguez who had been injured of late. He came on as a substitute in the match vs. Japan. (Source L’Equipe online)

- Colombia Manager Jose Pekerman did not risk starting James Rodriguez who had been injured of late. He came on as a substitute in the match vs. Japan. (Source L’Equipe online)

- Peru’s Renato Tapia missed training today as he is still suffering from clash of heads suffered in the Denmark match. He is doubtful for the match vs. France. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Japan became the first Asian side to defeat a South American Nation at the World Cup.  (Source BBC Football Online)

-Japan’s Eiji Kawashima (35 years, 91 days) became Japan’s oldest ever player to appear in a World Cup match. (Source BBC Football Online)

-Jakub Blaszczykowski played in his 100^th match for Poland. (Source BBC Football Online)

-Poland protested Senegal’s second goal by M'Baye Niang as he sprinted back on to the field of play after injury and quickly intercepted a backpass from midfield before scoring. (Source BBC Football Online)

-The Hosts Russia virtually qualified to the next round after their win over Egypt (3-1). Mohamed Salah finally made his appearance for The Egyptians and scored their consolation goal on a penalty kick.

-The German squad had a crisis meeting to resolve their problems ahead of their next match at the World Cup. German captain Manuel Neuer stated that the next two matches are like ‘two finals’. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Vincent Kompany and Thomas Vermaelen are still injured and absent from Belgium’s training sessions.  (Source Footnews.be online)

-Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has arrived in Russia. (Source Reuters UK Online)

- The Men of the Match for today:

Japan’s Yuya Osako (Japan 2-Colombia 1)

Senegal’s M'Baye Niang (Senegal 2-Poland 1)

Russia’s Denis Cheryshev (Russia 3-Egypt 1)

2018 World Cup 2018 matches:

Monday, June 19, 2018:

Group H:

June 19, 2018 (Saransk, Japan 2-Colombia 1)

June 19, 2018 (Moscow, Senegal 2-Poland 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
2	Senegal	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
3	Colombia	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
4	Poland	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0

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

Date: June 19, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group H

Result: Japan 2-Colombia 1

Venue: Saransk- Nizhny Mordovia Arena, Russia         

Attendance: 40,842

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Linesmen: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia), Robert Vukan (Germany), Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Japan): Shinji Kagawa 6 pen; Yuya Osako 73

(Colombia): Juan Quintero 40

Summary of goals:

1:0 (6th minute, Japan):  Japan were awarded a penalty kick after Carlos Sanchez handled in the box trying to stop a goalbound Japanese shot. Shinji Kagawa scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

1:1 (6th minute, Colombia):  Juan Quintero with a low driven free kick.

2:1 (6th minute, Japan):  Keisuke Honda took a corner from the left side that was headed in by Yuya Osako.

Lineups:

Japan:

1- Eiji Kawashima (Football Club de Metz / France)

19- Hiroki Sakai (Olympique de Marseille / France)
22- Maya Yoshida (Southampton Football Club / England)
3- Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers)

5- Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)
17- Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)
7- Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe Club de Fútbol / Spain) (16- Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka) 80^th)

8- Genki Haraguchi (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V./ Germany)

14- Takashi Inui (Sociedad Deportiva Eibar / Spain)

10- Shinji Kagawa (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) (4- Keisuke Honda (Promotora del Club Pachuca SA CV -Pachuca Club de Fútbol- Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo -Tuzos) / Mexico) 69^th)

15- Yuya Osako (1.FC Köln GmbH & Co. KgaA / Germany) (9- Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City Football Club / England) 85^th)

Coach: Akira Nishino

Booked : Elij Kawashima 90+3

Other Substitutes:

12- Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
23- Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)

20- Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds)
21- Gotoku Sakai (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany)
6- Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds)
2- Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)

11- Takashi Usami (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V./ Germany)
18- Ryota Ohshima (Kawasaki Frontale)

13- Yoshinori Muto (1.Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e.V. / Germany)

Team Captain: Makoto Hasebe

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Colombia:

1- David Ospina (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)
4- Santiago Arias (PSV (Philips Sports Vereniging) Eindhoven / Holland)

23- Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
3- Óscar Murillo (Promotora del Club Pachuca SA CV -Pachuca Club de Fútbol- Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo -Tuzos) / Mexico)
17- Johan Mojica (Girona Fútbol Club / Spain)
6- Carlos Sánchez (Real Club Deportivo Espanyol-Barcelona / Spain)
16- Jefferson Lerma (Levante Unión Deportiva / Spain)
20- Juan Fernando Quintero (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires / Argentina) (10- James Rodríguez (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) 59^th)

11- Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (5- Wílmar Barrios (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires / Argentina) 32^nd)

21- José Heriberto Izquierdo (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) (7- Carlos Bacca (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain) 70^th)

9- Radamel Falcao García (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)

Coach: José Nestor Pékerman (Argentina)

Booked: Willmar Barrios 63, James Rodríguez 86

Sent Off: Carlos Sánchez 3 (handling a goalbound shot)

Other Substitutes:

22- José Fernando Cuadrado (Corporacion Deportiva Once Caldas-Manizales)
12- Camilo Vargas (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

18- Farid Diaz (Club Olimpia- Asunción / Paraguay)
13- Yerry Mina (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

2- Cristian Zapata (AC (Associazione Calcio) Milan / Italy)

8- Abel Aguilar (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

15- Mateus Uribe (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México -Mexico City) / Mexico)

19- Miguel Borja (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo / Brazil) 
14- Luis Fernando Muriel (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)     

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Man of the Match: Yuya Osako (Japan)

Date: June 19, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group H

Result: Senegal 2-Poland 1

Venue: Moscow- Spartak Stadium, Russia         

Attendance: 44,190

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Linesmen: Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain), Taleb Al Marri (Qatar), Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Senegal): Thiago Cionek (own goal) 38, M'Baye Niang 60

(Poland): Grzegorz Krychowiak 86

Summary of goals:

1:0 (38th minute, Senegal):  Idrissa Gueye’s shot took a deflection on Poland’s Thiago Cionek before going in.

2:0 (60th minute, Senegal):  Grzegorz Krychowiak sent a backpass that was intercepted by M'Baye Niang, Szczesny and Bednarek hesitated and Niang went through to score.

2:1 (86th minute, Poland):  A free kick from the left side was headed in by Grzegorz Krychowiak.

Lineups:

Senegal:

16- Khadim Ndiaye (Horoya Athlétique Club-Conakry / Guinea)

22- Moussa Wagué (Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen / Belgium)
6- Salif Sané (Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 e.V. / Germany) 

3- Kalidou Koulibaly (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)
12- Youssouf Sabaly (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux / France)
18- Ismaila Sarr (Stade Rennais Football Club / France)
13- Alfred Ndiaye (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England) (8- Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United City Football Club-London / England) 88^th)

5- Idrissa Gana Gueyé (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

10- Sadio Mané (Liverpool Football Club / England)

9- Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City Football Club / England) (11- Cheikh Tidiane Ndoye (Birmingham City Football Club / England) 62^nd) 

19- M’Baye Hamady Niang (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy) (14- Moussa Konaté (Amiens Sporting Club / France) 75^th)

Coach: Aliou Cissé

Booked : Salif Sané 49, Idrissa Gana Gueyé 72

Other Substitutes:

1- Abdoulaye Diallo (Stade Rennais Football Club / France)
23- Alfred Gomis (SPAL (Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor)-Ferrara, Emilia Romagna / Italy)

4- Kara Mbodji (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Brussels / Belgium)
21- Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
2- Adama Mbengue (Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie / France)

17- Pape Alioune Ndiaye (Stoke City Football Club / England)

15- Diafra Sakho (Stade Rennais Football Club / France)
20- Keita Baldé (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)
7- Moussa Sow (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)

Team Captain: Sadio Mané

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks

Poland:

1- Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

20- Lukasz Piszczek (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) (18- Bartosz Bereszynski (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 83^rd)

4-Thiago Cionek (SPAL (Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor)-Ferrara, Emilia Romagna / Italy)
2- Michal Pazdan (Klub Piłkarski Legia Warszawa Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna)

13- Maciej Rybus (Futbolnyi Klub Lokomotiv Moskva / Russia)

10- Grzegorz Krychowiak (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)
19- Piotr Zielinski (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy) 

16- Jakub Blaszczykowski (Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH / Germany) (5- Jan Bednarek (Southampton Football Club / England) 46^th)

7- Arkadiusz Milik (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)  (23- Dawid Kownacki (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 73^rd)

11- Kamil Grosicki (Hull City Football Club / England)
9- Robert Lewandowski (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

Coach: Adam Nawalka

Booked: Grzegorz Krychowiak 12

Other Substitutes:

12- Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)
22- Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in the English League)

15- Kamil Glik (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)
3- Artur Jedrzejczyk (Klub Piłkarski Legia Warszawa Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna)

6- Jacek Góralski (Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Ludogorets Razgrad / Bulgaria)
21- Rafal Kurzawa (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna)
8- Karol Linetty (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)
17- Slawomir Peszko (Ośrodek Szkolenia Piłkarskiego Lechia Gdańsk)

14- Lukasz Teodorczyk (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Brussels / Belgium)

Team Captain: Robert Lewandowski

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks

Man of the Match: M'Baye Niang (Senegal)

Group A:

June 19, 2018 (Saint Petersburg, Russia 3-Egypt 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	2	2	0	0	8	1	7	6
2	Uruguay	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
3	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5	0
4	Egypt	1	0	0	2	1	4	-3	0

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

Date: June 19, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group A

Result: Russia 3-Egypt 1

Venue: Saint Petersburg- Saint Petersburg Stadium, Russia         

Attendance: 64,468

Referee: Enrique Caceres (Argentina)

Linesmen: Eduardo Dardozo and Juan Zorrilla (Both Paraguay), Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Russia): Ahmed Fathy (own goal) 47, Denis Cheryshev 59, Artem Dzyuba 62

(Egypt): Mohamed Salah 73 pen

Summary of goals:

1:0 (47th minute, Russia):  Roman Zobnin's shot was diverted into the goal by Egypt’s Ahmed Fathy.

2:0 (59th minute, Russia): Mario Fernandes’ quick pull back from the right side was struck in by Cheryshev.

3:0 (62th minute, Russia):  A long lofted ball into the box was chested by Dzyuba who turned  and scored.

3:1 (73rd minute, Egypt):  Egypt were awarded a penalty kick after Mohamed Salah was fouled in the box by Zobnin. Mohamed Salah scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

Russia:

1- Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)
2- Mario Figueira Fernandes (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

3- Ilya Olegovich Kutepov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)
4- Sergey Nikolayevich Ignashevich (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)
18- Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg) (13- Fyodor Vasilyevich Kudryashov (Futbol'nyj Klub Rubin Kazan) 86^th)

8- Yuri Aleksandrovich Gazinskiy (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar)
11- Roman Sergeyevich Zobnin (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)
19- Aleksandr Sergeyevich Samedov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

17- Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)
6- Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev  (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain) (7- Daler Adyamovich Kuzyaev (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg) 74^th)

22- Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba (Futbol'nyj Klub Arsenal Tula) (10- Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar) 79^th) 

Coach: Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov

Booked : Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov 84

Other Substitutes:

20- Vladimir Borisovich Gabulov (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium)
12- Andrey Yevgenyevich Lunev (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg)

14- Vladimir Vasilyevich Granat (Futbol'nyj Klub Rubin Kazan)
5- Andrey Sergeyevich Semenov (Futbol'nyj Klub Akhmat Grozny)

23- Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg)

9- Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)
21- Aleksandr Yuryevich Erokhin (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg)

16- Anton Andreyevich Miranchuk (Futbolnyi Klub Lokomotiv Moskva)
15- Aleksey Andreyevich Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Team Captain: Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Egypt:

23- Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly Sporting Club-Cairo)
7- Ahmed Fathy (Al Ahly Sporting Club-Cairo)
2- Aly Gabr (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)
6- Ahmed Hegazy (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)
13- Mohamed Abdelshafy (Al Fateh Sports Club-Al-Hasa / Saudi Arabia)
17- Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) (22- Amr Warda (Atromitis Asteras Chalandri Athina / Greece) 63^rd)
8- Tarek Hamed (Zamalek Sporting Club-Meet Okba, Giza)
10- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool Football Club / England)

19- Abdalla El-Said (KuPS (Kuopion Palloseura)- Kuopio / Finland)

21- Mahmoud Hassan 'Trezeguet' (Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü / Turkey) (14- Ramdan Sobhy (Stoke City Football Club / England) 67^th)

9- Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly Sporting Club-Cairo) (11- Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim 'Kahraba' (Al Ittihad Football Club-Jeddah / Saudi Arabia) 81^st)

Coach: Héctor Raul Cúper (Argentina)

Booked: Mahmoud Hassan 'Trezeguet' 56

Other Substitutes:

1- Essam El-Hadary (Al Taawoun Football Club-Buraidah / Saudi Arabia)
16- Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly Sporting Club-Cairo)

20- Saad Samir (Al Ahly Sporting Club-Cairo)
12- Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly Sporting Club-Cairo)

15- Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek Sporting Club-Meet Okba, Giza)

3- Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)

5- Sam Moursy (Wigan Athletic Football Club / England)
18- Mahmoud Abdel Razek 'Shikabala' (Al Raed Saudi Football Club-Buraidah / Saudi Arabia)
4- Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC-Los Angeles, California / USA)

Team Captain: Ahmed Fathy

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Man of the Match: Denis Cheryshev (Russia)