Saturday, June 9, 2018

World Cup Diary-part 13-June 9th, 2018 (T minus 5 days)


Diary:



Team News:

-Liverpool and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah said that he hopes to play in Egypt’s first match in the World Cup vs. Uruguay. He also discussed Sergio Ramos’ foul, by saying “Did Sergio Ramos call me? Yes he sent me a message, but I never told him it was okay…..My response id=s that it’s good when someone who made you cry then makes you laugh… Maybe he could also tell me if I’m going to be ready for the World Cup?”. (Source Cakciomercato Online)

-Colombian defender Frank Fabra will miss the World Cup after a knee injury.  He is likely to be replaced with Farid Diaz (Olimpia). (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Enzo Perez (River Plate) will replace the injured Manuel Lanzini in Argentina’s World Cup squad. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Oualid El Hajjam has been placed on stand-by on Morocco’s World Cup squad as Nabil Dirara is still struggling with injuries.  (Source Reuters UK Online)


Saturday, June 9, 2018:

Preparatory matches:

Hungary 1-Australia 2 (Trent Sainsbury (own goal) 88 / Daniel Arzani 74, Tamas Kadar (own goal) 90)
Venue: Budapest-Groupama Arena
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Hungary: 1-Péter Gulácsi (12-Dénes Dibusz 46), 4-Tamas Kadar, 3-Paulo Vinicius, 2-János Szabó, 14-Gergö Lovrencsics (5-Attila Fiola 73), 15-László Kleinheisler (18-Márton Eppel 66), 10-Krisztián Vadócz, 16-Jozsef Varga, 9-Adám Szalai (13-Dániel Böde 62), 11-Roland Sallai (27-Kevin Varga 84), 17-Roland Varga.

Coach: Georges Leekens (Belgium)
Booked: Jozsef Varga 44, Attila Fiola 78
Other Substitutes: 22-Adam Kovacsik, 28-Bence Toth, 21-Zsolt Korcsmár, 20-Richard Guzmics, 8-Adam Nagy, 26-Dominik Szoboszlai, 23-Dániel Gazdag.
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Australia: 1-Mathew Ryan (12-Brad Jones 46), 5-Mark Milligan, 20-Trent Sainsbury, 16-Aziz Behich, 19-Joshua Risdon, 23-Tom Rogic (22-Jackson Irvine 64), 21-Massimo Luongo (15-Mile Jedinak 46), 13-Aaron Mooy, 11-Andrew Nabbout (9-Tomi Juric 46) (4-Tim Cahill 80), 10-Robbie Kruse (26-Daniel Arzani 73), 7-Mathew Leckie

Coach: Bert van Marwijk (Holland)
Booked: Mathew Leckie 22, Mile Jedinak 76
Other Substitutes: 3-James Meredith, 6-Matthew Jurman, 18-Danny Vukovic, 24-Dimitrios Petratos, 2-Milos Degenek, 30-Jamie Maclaren
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks


Estonia 1-Morocco 3 (Ats Purje 76 / Younes Belhanda 11, Hakim Ziyech 38 pen, Youssef En-Nesyri 72)
Venue: Tallin- A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 4,756
Referee: Ionut Marius Avram (Romanía)
Linesmen: Valentin Gabriel Avram, Cristian Mircea Orbulet (both Romania)
Fourth Official: Veiko Mõtsnik (Estonia)
Estonia:  1-Mihkel Aksalu, 17-Markus Jürgenson (9-Ats Purje 58), 26-Marek Kaljumäe, 2-Madis Vihmann, 18-Karol Mets, 3-Artur Pikk (5-Dmitri Kruglov 84), 19-Gert Kams, 20-Artjom Dmitrijev (16-Ilja Antonov 84), 14-Konstantin Vassiljev, 10-Sergei Zenjov (11-Frank Liivak 85), 8-Henri Anier.

Coach: Martin Reim
Booked: Ats Purje 66, Karol Mets (91
Other Substitutes: 12-Sergei Lepmets, 13-Trevor Elhi, 21-Märten Kuusk, 23-Tristan Koskor, 24-Vladimir Avilov
Team Captain: Mihkel Aksalu
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Morocco: 12-Munir El Kajoui, 5-Medhi Benatia (4-Manuel Marouan Da Costa Trindade 46), 6-Ghanem Saiss, 2-Achraf Hakimi (13-Khalid Boutaib 76), 16-Noureddine Amrabat (21-Sofyan Amrabat 63), 8-Karim El Ahmadi (15-Youssef Ait Bennasser 64), 14-Mbark Boussoufa, 10-Younes Belhanda, 7-Hakim Ziyech (20-Aziz Bouhaddouz 46), 18-Amine Harit (19-Youssef En-Nesyri 46), 9-Ayoub El Kaabi

Coach: Herve Renard (France)
Booked: Noureddine Amrabat 54
Other Substitutes: 1-Yassine Bounou, 22-Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti, 11-Faycal Fajr, 21-Mehdi Francois Carcela Gonzalez, 24-Oualid El Hajjam, 3-Hamza Mendyl
Team Captain: Medhi Benatia
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks



Serbia 5-Bolivia 1 (Aleksandar Mitrovic 4, 23, 68, Adem Ljajic 19, Branislav Ivanovic 42 / Jhasmany Campos 48)
Venue: Graz-Stadion Graz-Liebenau, Asutria
Attendance:
Referee: Chris Jäger (Austria)
Serbia:  1-Vladimir Stojkovic (12-Predrag Rajkovic.80); 6-Branislav Ivanovic, 15-Nikola Milenkovic, 3-Dusko Tosic (2-Antonio Rukavina 67), 11-Aleksandar Kolarov; 21-Nemanja Matic (4-Luka Milivojevic 46), 20-Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (16-Marko Grujic, 63); 10-Dusan Tadic (18-Nemanja Radonjic 85), 22-Adem Ljajic, 17-Filip Kostic; 9-Aleksandar Mitrovic (8-Aleksandar Prijovic 70)

Coach: Mladen Krstajic
Booked: Nikola Milenkovic 9
Other Substitutes: 5-Uros Spajic, 23-Marko Dmitrovic, 14-Milan Rodic, 7-Andrija Zivkovic, 13-Milos Veljkovic, 19-Luka Jovic
Team Captain: Aleksandar Kolarov
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Bolivia: 23-Guillermo Vizcarra; 2-Carlos Áñez, 4-Luis Haquim, 16-Ronald Raldes, 22-José Sagredo; 20-Ronaldo Sánchez (11-Luis Alí, 63), 8-Erwin Saavedra (17-Alexis Ribera 57), 6-Danny Bejarano (13-José Vargas, 80), 14-Leonel Justiniano (13-Rodrigo Rodríguez 75), 10-Jhasmani Campos (18-Rodrigo Vargas 69); 7-Juan Carlos Arce (9-Leonardo Vaca 51)

Coach: César Farías
Booked: Carlos Áñez 53
Other Substitutes: 1-Carlos Lampe, 5-Gustavo Olguin
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Marathon
Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks
 

Sweden 0-Peru 0
Venue: Gothenburg-Gamla Ullevi
Attendance:
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Sweden:  1-Robin Olsen; 2-Mikael Lustig (16-Emil Kraft 69), 3-Victor Lindelöf, 4-Andreas Granqvist, 6-Ludwig Augustinsson; 17-Viktor Claesson, 7-Sebastian Larsson (13-Gustav Svensson 90), 8-Albin Ekdal (15-Oscar Hiljemark 81), 10-Emil Forsberg (19-Markus Rohden 84); 9-Marcus Berg, 20-Ola Toivonen (22-Isaac Kiese Thelin 75)

Coach: Jane Andersson
Other Substitutes: 5-Martin Olsson, 21-Jimmy Durmaz, 23-Kristoffer Nordfeldt, 18-Pontus Jansson, 11-John Guidetti, 14-Filip Helander, 12-Karl-Johan Johnsson, 24-Ken Sema.
Team Captain: Sebastian Larsson
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

Peru: 1-Pedro Gallese; 17-Luis Advíncula, 2-Alberto Rodríguez (4-Anderson Santamaría 80), 15-Christian Ramos, 6-Miguel Trauco; 18-André Carrillo (14-Andy Polo 83), 13-Renato Tapia (23-Pedro Aquino 73), 19-Yoshimar Yotún, 8-Christian Cueva (20-Edinson Flores 75); 10-Jefferson Farfán, 9-Paolo Guerrero.

Coach: Ricardo Gareca (Argentina)
Booked: Christian Ramos 67
Other Substitutes: 21-José Carvallo, 3-Aldo Corzo, 12-Carlos Cáceda, 11-Raúl Ruidíaz, 5-Miguel Araujo, 7-Paolo Hurtado, 24-Wilder Cartagena, 22-Nilson Loyola.
Team Captain: Paolo Guerrero
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro
Uniform Colors: Red (White Diagonal stripe) Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks



Denmark 2-Mexico 0 (Yussuf Poulsen 71, Christian Eriksen 74)
Venue: Brondbyvester-Brondby Stadion
Attendance: 16,376
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)
Denmark:  1-Kasper Schmeichel, 6-Andreas Christensen, 4-Simon Kjaer, 17-Jens Stryger Larsen, 14-Henrik Dalsgaard, 10-Christian Eriksen (2-Michael Krohn-Dehli 90),  8-Thomas Delaney (19-Lasse Schöne 61), 7-William Kvist (18-Lukas Lerager 61), 9-Nicolai Jørgensen (12-Kasper Dolberg 46), 23-Pione Sisto (11-Martin Braithwaite 46), 20-Yussuf Poulsen (15-Viktor Fischer 82)

Coach: Aage Hareide (Norway)
Other Substitutes: 13-Mathias Jørgensen, 5-Jonas Knudsen, 16-Jonas Lössl, 3-Jannik Vestergaard, 22-Frederik Ronnow, 21-Andreas Cornelius.
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Mexico: 13-Guillermo Ochoa, 5-Héctor Moreno (21-Edson Álvarez 46), 2-Hugo Ayala, 16-Héctor Herrera (4-Rafael Márquez 46), 23-Jesús Gallardo, 3-Carlos Salcedo, 18-Andrés Guardado (8-Marco Fabián 46), 6-Jonathan Dos Santos (7-Miguel Layún 60), 17-Jesús Corona, 10-Giovani Dos Santos (22-Hirving Lozano 57), 19-Oribe Peralta (14-Javier Hernández 60)

Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio
Booked: Miguel Layún 70
Other Substitutes: 12-Alfredo Talavera, 11-Carlos Vela, 20-Javier Aquino, 9-Raúl Jiménez, 1-José Corona, 24-Érick Gutiérrez
Team Captain: Héctor Herrera
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks


Tunisia 0-Spain 1 (Iago Aspas 85)
Venue: Krasnodar- Krasnodar Stadium, Russia
Attendance: 33, 116
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Holland)
Tunisia: 16-Aymen Mathlouthi, 4-Yassine Meriah, 2-Syam Ben Youssef (18-Bassem Srarfi 90), Ali Maâloul (5-Oussama Haddadi 58), 11-Dylan Bronn, 13-Ferjani Sassi, 7-Saif-Eddine Khaoui (14-Mohamed Ben Amor 62), 17-Ellyes Skhiri, 9-Anice Badri (3-Yohan Benalouane 78), 8-Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, 23-Naïm Sliti (19-Saber Khalifa 70)

Coach: Nabil Maaloul
Booked: Ferjani Sassi 89, Srarfi 90+2
Other Substitutes: 15-Ahmed Khalil, 10-Wahbi Khazri, 1-Farouk Ben Mustapha, 22-Mouez Hassen, 6-Rami Bedoui, 21-Hamdi Naguez, 20-Ghailan Chaalali
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Spain: 1-David de Gea, 15- Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Piqué, 18-Jordi Alba (17-Iago Aspas 76), 12-Álvaro Odriozola (4-Nacho 46),22- Isco (11-Lucas Vázquez 46), 5-Sergio Busquets, 10-Thiago Alcantara (8-Koke 46), 9-Rodrigo (19-Diego Costa 60), 6-Andrés Iniesta, 21-David Silva (20-Marco Asensio 60)

Coach: Julen Lopetegui
Booked: Nacho 86
Other Substitutes: 23-Pepe Reina, 16-Nacho Monreal, 14-César Azpilicueta, 2-Dani Carvajal, 13-Kepa Arrizabalaga, 7-Saúl
Team Captain: Sergio Ramos
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Black Socks



France 1-USA 1 (Kylian Mbappe 78 / Julian Green 44)
Venue: Lyon-Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Groupama Stadium)
Attendance: 58,241
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Linesmen: David Mcgeachie, Graeme Stewart and Fourth Official: Don Robertson (All Scotland)
France:  1-Hugo Lloris; 22-Benjamin Mendy (21-Lucas Hernández, 66), 19-Djibril Sidibé (2-Benjamin Pavard, 74), 5-Samuel Umtiti, 4-Raphaël Varane; 13-N’Golo Kante, 14-Blaise Matuidi (12-Corentin Tolisso,58), 6-Paul Pogba; 9-Olivier Giroud (11-Ousmane Dembélé, 58), 7-Antoine Griezmann (18-Nabil Fekir, 69), 10-Kylian Mbappé (8-Thomas Lemar, 87)

Coach: Didier Deschamps
Other Substitutes: 23-Alphonse Areola, 16-Steve Mandanda, 3-Presnel Kimpembe, 15-Steve Nzozi, 17-Adil Rami, 20-Florian Thauvin
Team Captain: Hugo Lloris
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

USA: 12-Zack Steffen; 18-Shaq Moore (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 74), 5-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 3-Matt Miazga (14-Erik Palmer-Brown, 57), 21-Tim Parker, 17-Antonee Robinson (19-Jorge Villafaña, 82); 4-Tyler Adams, 20-Wil Trapp, 6-Weston McKennie; 16-Julian Green (8-Joe Corona, 70), 7-Bobby Wood (13-Josh Sargent, 74)

Coach: Dave Sarachan
Booked: Shaq Moore 68,  Weston McKennie 79
Other Substitutes: 1-Bill Hamid, 11-Tim Weah, 15-Eric Lichaj, 23-Rubio Rubin
Team Captain: Wil Trapp
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: White (rows of Blue and Red Horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note: In bold, teams participating in the World Cup





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