World Cup Diary-part 7-June 3rd, 2018 (T minus 11 days)

A New addition for the duration of the World Cup.

Diary:

Team News:

-England Manager Gareth Southagte admitted that he had started Raheem Sterling against Nigeria in an attempt to help him recover from a difficult week for the player. (Source Daily Mail Online)

- Vincent Kompany could potentially miss the World Cup after his injury against Portugal yesterday.  (Source RTBF.be Online)

-Nigeria Manager Gernot Rohr’s 23 man squad for the World Cup.  (Source UK Reuters Online)

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba), Francis Uzoho (Deportivo Coruna)

Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes), Leon Balogun (Brighton & Hove Albion), Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag), Elderson Echiejiole (Cercle Brugge), Brian Idowu (Amkar Perm), Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa), Abdullahi Shehu, William Ekong Troost (both Bursaspor)

Midfielders: Oghenekaro Etebo (Las Palmas), John Obi Mikel (Tianjin Teda), Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City), Joel Obi (Torino), John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva), Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor)

Forwards: Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai), Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), Victor Moses (Chelsea), Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow), Simeon Nwankwo (Crotone)

-Russia Manager Stanislav Cherchesov’s 23 man squad for the World Cup.  (Source France Football Online)

Full squad:

Goalkeepers:

Igor Akinfeïev (CSKA Moscou)
Vladimir Gabulov (Club Bruges/BEL)
Andreï Lunev (Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg)
 

Defenders:

Sergeï Ignachevitch (CSKA Moscou)
Igor Smolnikov (Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg)
Fiodor Koudriachov (Rubin Kazan)
Vladimir Granat (Rubin Kazan)
Andreï Semionov (Akhmat Grozny)
Ilia Koupetov (Spartak Moscou)
Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscou)
 

Midfielders:

Youri Jirkov (Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg)
Alan Dzagoïev (CSKA Moscou)
Alexandre Samedov (Spartak Moscou)
Alexandre Golovine (CSKA Moscou)
Alexandre Ierokhine (Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg)
Denis Cherichev (Villarreal/SP)
Roman Zobnine (Spartak Moscou)
Youri Gazinsky (Krasnodar)
Daler Kuzïaev (Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg)
Anton Mirantchouk (Lokomotiv Moscou)
 

Strikers:

Fiodor Smolov (Krasnodar)
Artem Dziuba (Arsenal Tula)
Alexeï Mirantchouk (Lokomotiv Moscou)

-Australia’s 23 man squad for the World Cup.  (Source France Football Online)

Full squad:

Goalkeepers : Mathew Ryan (Brighton/ENG), Daniel Vukovic (Genk/BEL), Brad Jones (Feyenoord/HOL).

Defenders : Aziz Behich (Bursaspor/TUR), Milos Degenek (Yokohama Marinos/JAP), Matthew Jurman (Suwon Bluewings/CDS), James Meredith (Millwall/ENG), Josh Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers/AUS), Trent Sainsbury (Grasshopper Club Zurich/SWI).

Midfielders: Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa/ENG), Jackson Irvine (Hull City/ENG), Robbie Kruse (VfL Bochum/GER), Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers/ENG), Mark Milligan (Al Ahli/ARS), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town/ENG), Tom Rogic (Celtic/SCO).

Strikers : Tim Cahill (Millwall/ENG), Tomi Juric (FC Lucerne/SwI), Mathew Leckie (Hertha BSC/GER), Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City/AUS), Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds/JAP), Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle Jets/AUS), Jamie MacLaren (Hibernians/SCO)

-Denmark Manager GerAage Hareide’s 23 man squad for the World Cup.  Niklas Bendtner has missed the cut due to injury. (Source RTBF.be Online)

Full squad:

Goalkeepers : Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City/Eng), Frederik Rønnow (Brøndby IF/Den) et Jonas Lössl (Huddersfield Town/Eng).

Defenders : Simon Kjaer (Séville/sp), Mathias 'Zanka' Jørgensen (Huddersfield Town/eng), Andreas Christensen (Chelsea/eng), Jens Stryger Larsen (Udinese/Ita), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Mönchengladbach/ger), Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford FC/eng) et Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town/eng).

Midfielders : Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur/eng), Thomas Delaney (Werder Brême/ger), William Kvist (FC Copenhague/Den), Lasse Schöne (Ajax/Holl), Lukas Lerager (Bordeaux/Fra) et Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo La Corogne/sp).

Strikers : Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord/Holl), Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta Bergame/Ita), Pione Sisto (Celta de Vigo/sp), Viktor Fischer (FC Copenhague/Den), Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig/ger), Martin Braithwaite (Bordeaux/Fra) et Kasper Dolberg (Ajax/Holl).

-Neymar scored on his first match after injury, in Brazil’s win over Croatia. He estimates to be at 80% capacity. (Source Fracne Football online)

-Peru’s Paolo Guerrero scored twice in his first match back since his suspension was lifted as Peru defeated Saudi Arabia (3-0).

-Australian Tim Cahill will particpate in his fourth World Cup.

-Jibril Rajoub, the President of the Palestinian Federation, has requested Lionel Messi to not play in Argentina’s friendly vs. Israel. (Source France Football online)

Sunday, June 3, 2018:

Preparatory matches:

Brazil 2-Croatia 0 (Neymar 69, Roberto Firmino 90)

Venue: Liverpool-Anfield Stadium, England

Attendance: 70,025

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Brazil: 1-Alisson – 14-Danilo, 2-Thiago Silva, 3-Miranda (13-Marquinhos 65), 12-Marcelo (6-Filipe Luis 60) – 15-Paulinho, 5-Casemiro, 17-Fernandinho (10-Neymar 46) – 19-Willian (21-Taison 82), 9-Gabriel Jesús (20-Roberto Firmino 60), 11-Philippe Coutinho (18-Fred 82)

Coach: Tite

Booked: Fernandinho 40

Other Substitutes: 4-Geromel, 22-Fagner, 16-Cássio, 7-Douglas Costa, 23-Ederson

Team Captain: Gabriel Jesus

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Croatia: 23-Danijel Subasic – 2-Sime Vrsaljko (13-Tin Jedvaj 87), 5-Vedran Corluka (24-Duje Caleta Car 52), 6-Dejan Lovren, 21-Domagoj Vida –18-Ante Rebic (20-Marko Pjaca 64), 7-Ivan Rakitic (14-Filip Bradaric 83), 10-Luka Modric (8-Mateo Kovacic 58), 19-Milan Badelj (11-Marcelo Brozovic 61), 4-Ivan Perisic – 9-Andrej Kramaric.

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Booked: Andrej Kramaric 13, Ivan Perisic 38, Ivan Rakitic 78

Other Substitutes: 17-Mario Mandzukic, 16-Nikola Kalinic, 3-Ivan Strinic, 12-Lovre Kalinic, 22-Josip Pivaric, 15-Matej Mitrovic

Team Captain: Luka Modric

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Red/White Checkered Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Costa Rica 3-Northern Ireland 0 (Johan Venegas 30, Joel Campell 46, Francisco Calvo 66)

Venue: San José- Estadio Nacional

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Costa Rica: 1-Keylor Navas (23-Leonel Moreira 34), 2-Johnny Acosta, 3-Giancarlo González (19-Kendall Waston 73), 5-Celso Borges (17-Yeltsin Tejeda 63), 6-Oscar Duarte (15-Francisco Calvo 46), 8-Bryan Oviedo, 9-Daniel Colindres, 11-Johan Venegas (22-Ronald Matarrita 69), 12-Joel Campbell, 16-Cristian Gamboa (4-Ian Smith 62), 20-David Guzmán.

Coach: Óscar Ramírez

Other Substitutes: 24-David Ramirez, 13-Rodney Wallace, 10-Bryan Ruiz, 21-Marco Urena, 18-Patrick Pemberton, 14-Randal Azofeifa

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer:

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Northern Ireland: 1-Trevor Carson (23-Conor Hazard 73), 4-Gareth McAuley, 5-Jonathan Evans, 6-Lee Hodson (2-Conor McLaughlin 60’), 10-Liam Boyce (9- Shay McCartan 39), 13-Corry Evans (16- Jordan Thompson 85’), 14-Stuart Dallas, 17-Patrick McNair, 18-Aaron Hughes, 20-Craig Cathcart (15- Luke McCullogh 73’), 21-Joshua Magennis (19-Ryan McLaughlin 60’)

Coach: Michael O’Neill

Other Substitutes: 3-Shane Ferguson, 7-Gavin Whyte, 12-Bailey Peacock-Farrell, 8-Paul Smyth, 11-Shane Lavery

Team captain: Jonny Evans

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

Peru 3-Saudi Arabia 0 (Andre Carillo 20, Paolo Guerrero 41,64)

Venue: Saint Gallen, AFG Arena, Switzerland

Attendance: 41,558

Referee: Feday San (Switzerland)

Peru: 1-Pedro Gallese, 17-Luis Advincula (3-Aldo Corzo, 63), 4-Anderson Santamaría, 15-Christian Ramos (5-Miguel Araújo, 46), 6-Miguel Trauco (23-Pedro Aquino, 61), 13-Renato Tapia, 19-Yoshimar Yotún, 18-André Carrillo, 8-Christián Cueva (16-Sergio Peña, 76’), 20-Edison Flores (7-Paolo Hurtado, 70), 9-Paolo Guerrero (10-Jefferson Farfán, 65)

Coach: Ricardo Gareca (Argentina)

Booked: Pedro Aquino 71, Renato Tapia 90

Other Substitutes: 21-Jose Carvallo, 12-Carlos Cáceda, 11-Raul Ruidíaz, 2-Alberto Rodríguez, 24-Wilder Cartagena, 14-Andy Polo, 22-Nilson Loyola.

Team Captain: Paolo Guerrero 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

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

Note: In another source, Nilson Loyola is shown to have replaced Miguel Trauco instead of Pedro Aquino.

Saudi Arabia: 1-Abdullah Al-Mayoof, 6-Mohammed Al-Burayk, 25-Motaz Hawsaw, 26-Ali Albulayh, 2-Mansour Al-Harbi (13-Yasir Al Shahrani, 46), 15-Abdullah Al Khaibar (11-Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri, 69), 7-Salman Al Faraj (17-Taiseer Al Jassam, 46’), 19-Fahad Al Muwallad (20-Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi, 77), 16-Hussain Al-Mogahwi, 29-Salem Al Dawsari (10-Mohammed Al Sahlawi, 61) , 9-Hattan Bahebri (18-Nawaf Al Abid, 68)

Coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi (Spain)

Booked: Hussain Al-Mogahwi 59

Other Substitutes: 3-Osama Hawsawi, 21-Yasser Al-Mosailem, 28-ohannad Aseri, 5-Omar Hawsawi, 4-Mohammed Jahfali, 23-Assaf Al-Qarni, 8-Yahya Al-Shehri, 12-Saeed Al-Mowalad, 22-Mohammed Al-Owais, 14-Abdullah Otaif, 27-Mohammed Kanno

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks

Spain 1-Switzerland 1 (Alvaro Odriozola 29 / Ricardo Rodriguez 62)

Venue: Villarreal -Estadio La Cerámica

Attendance: 18,350

Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)

Spain: 1-David De Gea, 12-Alvaro Odriozola (4-Nacho 70), 3-Gerard Piqué, 14-Cesar Azpilicueta,18-Jordi Alba (16-Nacho Monreal 78), 8-Koke, 10-Thiago Alcantara, 21-David Silva (20-Marcos Asensio 58), 6-Andres Iniesta (7-Saúl Niguez 54), 17-Iago Aspas (11-Lucas Vázquez 46), 19-Diego Costa (9-Rodrigo Moreno 58)

Coach: Julen Lopetegui

Booked: Saúl Niguez 57

Other Substitutes: 23-Pepe Reina, 13-Kepa Arrizabalaga, 24-Jesus Vallejo, 26-Yeray, 25-Rodri

Team Captain: Gerard Piqué

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Black Socks

Switzerland: 1-Yann Sommer; 2-Stephan Lichtsteiner (6-Michael Lang 62), 22-Fabian Schär (20-Johann Djorou 46), 5-Manuel Akanji, 13-Ricardo Rodríguez (3-Francois Moubandje 78); 11-Valon Behrami (16-Gelson Fernandes 62), 17-Denis Zakaria; 23-Xherdan Shaqiri, 15-Blerim Dzemaili (7-Breel Embolo 46), 14-Steven Zuber; 9-Haris Seferovic (19-Josip Drmic 46)

Coach: Vladimir Petkovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Booked: Steven Zuber 89

Other Substitutes: 18-Mario Gavranovic, 8-Remo Freuler, 21-Roman Burki, 12-Yvon Mvogo, 4-Nico Elvedi, 26-Edmilson Fernandes

Team Captain: Stephan Lichtsteiner

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Note: In bold, teams participating in the World Cup