World Cup Diary-part 41-July 7th, 2018 (Day 24)

Diary:

Team News:

-Sweden’s hotel had to be evacuated after a false fire alarm at 8:30 AM before their match vs. England. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Emil Krafth replaced the suspended Mikael Lustig in Sweden’s lineup vs. England. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Gareth Southgate has kept faith with the same eleven that started against Colombia for their match vs. Sweden . (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Benjamin Mendy missed France training again today due to injury.  (Source L’Equipe online)

-England have reached the semifinals of the World Cup for the first time since 1990.

- Croatia are the first team since Argentina in 1990 to advance with two consecutive penalty kick shoot-outs.

-The Men of the Match for today:

England’s Jordan Pickford (England 2-Sweden 0)

Croatia’s Luka Modric (Russia 2-Croatia 2)

2018 World Cup 2018 matches:

Saturday, July 7, 2018:

Quarter Finals:

July 7, 2018 (Samara, England 2-Sweden 0)

July 7, 2018 (Sochi, Russia 2-Croatia 2) (After Extra Time) (Croatia won 4-3 on penalty kick shoot-out)

Date: July 7, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Quarter Finals

Result: England 2-Sweden 0 

Venue: Samara– Samara Arena, Russia         

Attendance: 39,991

Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)

Linesmen: Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra (both Holland), Antonio Mateu (Spain, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(England): Harry Maguire 30, Dele Alli 59

(Sweden): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (30^th minute, England): Ashley Young’s corner from the left side was headed in by Maguire.

2:0 (59^th minute, England):  Jesse Lingard lofted a cross into the box from the right side that was headed in by Dele Alli on the left side far post.

Lineups:

England:

1- Jordan Lee Pickford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
2- Kyle Andrew Walker (Manchester City Football Club)
5- John Stones (Manchester City Football Club)
6- Jacob Harry Maguire (Leicester City Football Club)
12- Kieran John Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
20- Bamidele Jermaine ‘Dele’ Alli (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London) (17- Fabian Delph (Manchester City Football Club) 77^th)

8- Jordan Brian Henderson (Liverpool Football Club) (4- Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London) 85^th)

7- Jesse Ellis Lingard (Manchester United Football Club)
18- Ashley Simon Young (Manchester United Football Club)

10- Raheem Shaquille Sterling (Manchester City Football Club) (19- Marcus Rashford (Manchester United Football Club) 90+1^st)

9- Harry Edward Kane (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

Coach: Gareth Southgate

Booked: Harry Maguire 87

Other Substitutes:

13- Jack Butland (Stoke City Football Club)
23- Nicolas David ‘Nick’ Pope (Burnley Football Club)

22- Trent John Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool Football Club)
15- Gary James Cahill (Chelsea Football Club-London)
16- Phillip Anthony Jones (Manchester United Football Club)
3- Daniel Lee ‘Danny’ Rose (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

21- Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea Football Club-London)

11- Jamie Richard Vardy (Leicester City Football Club)
14- Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah ‘Danny’ Welbeck (Arsenal Football Club-London)

Team Captain: Harry Edward Kane

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Sweden:

1- Robin Olsen (Football Club København (Football Club Coopenhagen) / Denmark)
16- Emil Krafth (Bologna Football Club / Italy) (18- Pontus Jansson (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 85^th)

3- Victor Nilsson Lindelöf (Manchester United Football Club / England)
4- Andreas Granqvist (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar / Russia)
6- Ludwig Augustinsson (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)
17- Victor Claesson (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar / Russia)
7- Sebastian Larsson (Hull City Football Club / England)
8- Albin Ekdal (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany)
10- Emil Forsberg (RB (RasenBallsport) Leipzig e.V., / Germany) (5- Martin Olsson (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in the English League) 65^th)

9- Marcus Berg (Al Ain Football Club-Abu Dhabi / United Aramb Emirates)
20- Ola Toivonen (Toulouse Football Club / France) (11- John Guidetti (Deportivo Alaves, S.A.D. / Spain) 65^th)

Coach: Jan Andersson

Booked: John Guidetti 87, Sebastian Larsson 90

Other Substitutes:

12- Karl-Johan Johnsson (En Avant de Guingamp / France)
23- Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in the English League)

2- Mikael Lustig (Celtic Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)
14- Filip Helander (Bologna Football Club / Italy)

21- Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse Football Club / France)
13- Gustav Svensson (Seattle Sounders Football Club-Seattle, Washington / USA)
15- Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa 1893-Genova / Italy)
19- Marcus Rohdén (Football Club Crotone S.r.l. / Italy)

22- Isaac Kiese Thelin (Koninklijke Voetbalclub Red Star Waasland-Sportkring-Beveren / Belgium)

Team Captain: Andreas Granqvist

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

Man of the Match: Jordan Pickford (England)

Date: July 7, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Quarter Finals

Result: Russia 2-Croatia 2  (After Extra Time) (Croatia won 4-3 on penalty kick shoot-out)

Venue: Sochi– Fisht Stadium, Russia         

Attendance: 44,287

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Linesmen: Emerson de Carvalho and Marcelo van Gasse (both Brazil), Janny Sikazwe (Zambia, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Russia): Denis Cherysev 31, Mario Fernandes 115

(Croatia): Andrej Kramaric 39, Domagoj Vida 101

Summary of goals:

1:0 (31st minute, Russia):  Denis Cheryshev scored with a long range effort from outside of the box.

1:1 (39th minute, Croatia):  Mario Mandzukic’s cross from the left side was headed in by Andrej Kramaric.

1:2 (101^st minute, Croatia):  Luka Modric’s corner from the right side was headed in by Domagoj Vida.

2:2 (115^th minute, Russia):  Alan Dzagoev’s free kick from the right side was headed in by Mario Figueira Fernandes.

Sequence of penalty kicks:

Russia: 0-0 Smolov (missed), 1-1: Dzagoev, 1-1. Fernandes (missed), 2-2. Ignashevich, 3-3 Kuzyaev

Croatia: 0-1: Brozovic, 1-1. Kovacic (missed), 1-2. Modric, 2-3. Vida, 3-4 Rakitic

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)
13- Fyodor Vasilyevich Kudryashov (Futbol'nyj Klub Rubin Kazan)
11- Roman Sergeyevich Zobnin (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

7- Daler Adyamovich Kuzyaev (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg)
19- Aleksandr Sergeyevich Samedov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva) (21- Aleksandr Yuryevich Erokhin (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg) 54^th)

17- Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva) (9- Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)102^nd)

6- Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev  (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain)  (10- Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar) 66^th)

22- Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba (Futbol'nyj Klub Arsenal Tula) (8- Yuri Aleksandrovich Gazinskiy (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar) 79^th)

Coach: Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov

Booked: Yuri Gazinsky 115

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)

18- Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov (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 (Blue / White) Socks

Croatia:

23- Danijel Subasic (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)
2- Sime Vrsaljko (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) (5- Vedran Corluka (Futbolnyi Klub Lokomotiv Moskva / Russia) 96^th)

6- Dejan Lovren (Liverpool Football Club / England)
21- Domagoj Vida (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)
3- Ivan Strinic (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) (22- Josip Pivaric (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv  / Ukraine) 73^rd)

7- Ivan Rakitic (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)
10- Luka Modric (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
18- Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)   

9- Andrej Kramaric (Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. / Germany) (8- Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 88^th)

4- Ivan Perisic (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) (11- Marcelo Brozovic (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) 62^nd)

17- Mario Mandzukic (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Booked: Dejan Lovren 35,  Ivan Strinic 38, Domagoj Vida 101, Josip Pivaric 114

Other Substitutes:

12- Lovre Kalinic (Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent / Belgium)
1- Dominik Livakovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb) 

13- Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH / Germany)  
15- Duje Caleta-Car (Football Club Red Bull Salzburg / Austria)

19- Milan Badelj (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy)
14- Filip Bradaric (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Rijeka)   

16- Nikola Kalinic (AC (Associazione Calcio) Milan / Italy) (has left the squad)
20- Marko Pjaca (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)  

Team Captain: Luka Modric

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Black/ Blue checkered Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Man of the Match: Luka Modric (Croatia)