Thursday, June 21, 2018

World Cup Diary-part 25-June 21st, 2018 (Day 8)





Diary:

Team News:

-Referee Mark Geiger has denied the accusations that he had asked for Cristiano Ronaldo’s jersey at halftime in yesterday’s Portugal-Morocco match. (Source BBC Football online)

-Former England Captain David Beckham has predicted a final of England vs. Argentina for the Woeld Cup. (Source AS.com Online)

-Australia were beneficiary of a VAR decision to award their penalty kick in the match vs. Denmark. The VAR review showed that Denmark’s Yussuf Poulsen had handled Mathew Leckie’s header. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Denmark Manager Aage Hareide criticized the VAR decision by saying that Assistant Referees are ‘taking the charm out of Football.’ (Source BBC Football online)

-Australia’s Andrew Nabbout was injured on the right shoulder in today’s match vs. Denmark. He is out of the World Cup. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Brazil Manager Tite defended the under-fire Neymar and said he is not worried about his recovery.  (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Schone has replaced the injured Kvist in the Danish lineup for their match vs. Australia. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Peru’s Renato Tapia has been ruled out of the match vs. France due to his injury from a clash of heads vs. Denmark in their first match. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Peru Manager Ricardo Gareca has made a number of changes for Peru’s match vs. France. Jefferson Farfan and Renato Tapia are out to be replaced by Pedro Aquino and Paolo Guerrero.  (Source L’Equipe Online)

-England’s injured Dele Alli, as expected, missed training today.  (Source Daily Mail online)

-France Manager Didier Deschamps has decided to start with Blaise Matuidi and Olivier Giroud (replacing Dembele and Tolisso). France will play in a 4-2-3-1 formation. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Denmark’s Yussuf Poulsen was booked in today’s match vs. Peru. He will therefore miss Denmark’s last match in the Group vs. France due to accumulation of yellow cards. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Spain captain Sergio Ramos stated that, “I respect Maradona because he is one of the greatest players of all-time. He was a star but I can also say that Argentinean Football knows that Maradona is light years away from the number one that is Messi”. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Tunisia Manager Nabil Maaloul stated that the “Belgian defense is slow. The players are big but are lacking speed, we will profit…if we manage to cut the link between De Bruyne and Hazard all the game plan of the Belgians will crumble. We will isolate these two players and play offensively..we could win”.  (Source Footnews.be Online)

-Morocco’s Mehdi Carcela claimed that he was disgusted by their loss vs. Portugal as they played better. He questioned the refereeing and even claimed that the referee wanted the Portuguese defender Pepe’s jersey . (Source Footnews.be online)

-Morocco’s Nordin Ambarat also claimed that he had heard from Pepe that the referee wanted Cristiano Ronaldo’s jersey . (Source Walfoot.be online)

-Belgium defender Thomas Vermaelen made his return to train with the rest of the squad, but did not do the entire session. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Iceland’s injured player Johann Berg Gudmundsson is unlikely to play tomorrow against Nigeria. (Source Reuters Uk online)

-Thiago Silva will captain Brazil in Brazil’s next match vs. Costa Rica. (Source Reuters Uk online)

-Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Source Reuters Uk online)

-Former Argentina star Mario Kmepes has entered the Maradona vs. Messi debate by saying ‘comparing players from different eras is impossible.’  (Source Marca.com Online)

-Iran Manager Carlos Queiroz has called for rule changes to make it easier for Asian and African Nations to advance in the World Cup as the gap is widening.  (Source AS.com Online)

-Sweden’s Isaac Kiese Thelin suffered a foot injury in training. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Porto and former Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas has come to the defense of David De Gea. He said if Spain won the Group no one would remember about his error against Portugal. (Source Maisfutebol.com online)

-By scoring against Peru, Kylian Mbappe became France’s youngest ever goalscorer in its World Cup history. (Source Fox Sports)

-According to ‘Estado de S. Paulo’ Neymar has brought two hair stylists with him to the World Cup (one for the cut and one for the coloring). (Source L’Equipe Online)

-France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris played in his 100th match for France in the win over Peru (1-0).

-Jorge Sampaoli has made a change to his lineup. Enzo Perez will start instead of Pavon, Argentina will employ a 4-3-3 formation with Meza partnering Messi and Aguero upfront. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Croatia have made one change, Brozovic will start instead of Badelj. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Fagner is to start ahead of Danilo in Brazil’s next match vs. Costa Rica as Danilo has picked up an injury . (Source Brazil Stat online)

-Argentina Legend Diego Maradona was seen crying as he witnessed Argentina’s (0-3) loss. (Source Daily telegrpah online)

-England’s next lineup may have been revelead as the Media spotted a note that was carried by England Assistant Manager Steve Holland. According to the contents of the note, Raheem Sterling is to be dropped for the match vs Panama. The formation appears to be 3-5-2 with Ruben Loftus-Cheek starting in place of the injured Delle Ali. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Peru have been eliminated from the World Cup.

- The Men of the Match for today:
Denmark’s Christian Eriksen (Denmark 1-Australia 1)
France’s Kylian Mbappe (France 1-Peru 0)
Croatia’s Luka Modric (Croatia 3-Argentina 0)


2018 World Cup 2018 matches:

Thursday, June 21, 2018:

Group C:

June 21, 2018 (Samara, Denmark 1-Australia 1)
June 21, 2018 (Ekaterinburg, France 1-Peru 0)


Table

P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
France
2
2
0
0
3
1
2
6
2
Denmark
2
1
1
0
2
1
1
4
3
Australia
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
4
Peru
2
0
0
2
0
2
-2
0

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

Date: June 21, 2018
Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group C
Result: Denmark 1-Australia 1
Venue: Samara- Samara Arena, Russia         
Attendance: 40,727
Referee: Antonio Mateu (Spain)
Linesmen: Pau Cebrian and Roberto Diaz (both Spain), Bamlaku Weyesa (Ethiopia, fourth official)
Kick-off time:
Goalscorers:
(Denmark): Christian Eriksen 7
(Australia): Mile Jedinak 38 pen
Summary of goals:
1:0 (7th minute, Denmark):  Nicolai Jorgensen laid the ball off for Eriksen who smashed with a spectacular volley.
1:1 (38th minute, Australia):  Australia were awarded a penalty kick after Denmark’s Yussuf Poulsen had handled Mathew Leckie’s header. Mile Jedniak scored from the ensuing penalty kick. (VAR was used to award the kick).
Lineups:
Denmark:
1- Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City Football Club / England)
14- Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford Football Club / England)
6- Andreas Christensen (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)
17- Jens Stryger Larsen (Udinese Calcio- Udine / Italy)
4- Simon Kjaer (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)
19- Lasse Schöne (AFC (Amsterdamse Football Club) Ajax / Holland)
8- Thomas Delaney (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)
20- Yussuf Poulsen (RB (RasenBallsport) Leipzig e.V., / Germany) (11- Martin Braithwaite (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux / France) 58th)
10- Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
23- Pione Sisto (Real Club Celta de Vigo / Spain)
9- Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord Rotterdam / Holland) (21- Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo / Italy) 72nd)

Coach: Aage Hareide (Norway)
Booked: Yussef Poulsen 37, Pione Sisto 84
Other Substitutes:
22- Frederik Rønnow (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)
16- Jonas Lössl (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)
13- Mathias Zanka 'Jørgensen (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)
3- Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)
5- Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)
7- William Kvist (Football Club København (Football Club Coopenhagen))
18- Lukas Lerager (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux / France)
2- Michael Krohn-Dehli (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)
15- Viktor Fischer (Football Club København (Football Club Coopenhagen))
12- Kasper Dolberg (AFC (Amsterdamse Football Club) Ajax / Holland)

Team Captain: Simon Kjaer
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks

Australia:
1- Mat Ryan (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England)
19- Joshua Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club)
20- Trent Sainsbury (Grasshopper -Club Zürich / Switzerland)
5- Mark Milligan (Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club-Jeddah / Saudi Arabia)
16- Aziz Behich (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
13- Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)
15- Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)
10- Robbie Kruse (Verein fur Leibesubungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. / Germany)   (17- Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City Football Club) 68th)
23- Tom Rogic (Celtic Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland) (22- Jackson Irvine (Hull City Football Club / England) 82nd)
7- Mathew Leckie (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V.-Berlin / Germany)
11- Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds / Japan)  (9- Tomi Juric (Fußball Club Luzern / Switzerland)  75th)

Coach: Bert van Marwijk (Holland)
Other Substitutes:
12- Brad Jones (Feyenoord Rotterdam / Holland)
18- Danny Vukovic (Koninklijke Racing Club Genk / Belgium)
6- Matthew Jurman (Suwon Samsung Bluewings / South Korea)
2- Milos Degenek (Yokohama Marinos / Japan)
3- James Meredith (Millwall Football Club-London / England)
8- Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London / England)
21- Dimitrios Petratos (Newcastle United Jets Football Club-Newcastle, South Wales)
4- Tim Cahill (Millwall Football Club-London / England)
14-Jamie McClaren (Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V. / Germany)

Team Captain: Mile Jedniak
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks

Man of the Match: Christian Eriksen (Denmark)


Date: June 21, 2018
Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group C
Result: France 1-Peru 0
Venue: Ekaterinburg- Ekaterinburg Arena, Russia         
Attendance: 32,789
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (United Arab Emirates)
Linesmen: Mohamed Alhammadi and Hasan Almahri (both United Arab Emirates), Janny Sikazwe (Zambia, fourth official)
Kick-off time:
Goalscorers:
(France): Kylian Mbappe 34
(Peru): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (34th minute, France):  Olivier Giroud’s deflected shot was tapped in into an empty net by Kylian Mbappe.
Lineups:
France:
1- Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
2- Benjamin Pavard (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / Germany)
4- Raphäel Varane (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
5- Samuel Umtiti (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)
21- Lucas Hernández (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)
13- N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)
14- Blase Matuidi (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)
10- Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (11- Ousmane Dembelé (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) 75th)
6- Paul Pogba (Manchester United Football Club / England) (15- Steven N'Zonzi (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain) 89th)
7- Antoine Griezmann (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) (18- Nabil Fekir (Olympique Lyonnais) 80th)
9- Olivier Giroud (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Coach: Didier Deschamps
Booked: Blaise Matuidi 16, Paul Pogba 86
Other Substitutes:
23- Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)
16- Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille)
3- Presnel Kimpembé (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)
22- Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City Football Club / England)
17- Adil Rami (Olympique de Marseille)
19- Djibril Sidibé (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)
12- Corentin Tolisso (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)
8- Thomas Lemar (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)
20- Florian Thauvin (Olympique de Marseille)

Team Captain: Hugo LLoris
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Peru:
1- Pedro Gallese (Club Deportivo Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz / Mexico)
17- Luis Advíncula (Lobos BUAP-Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla / Mexico)
15- Christian Ramos (Club Deportivo Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz / Mexico)
2- Alberto Rodríguez (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla (Atletico Junior) / Colombia) (4- Anderson Santamaría (Fútbol Soccer S. A. de C. V. - Puebla Fútbol Club / Mexico) 46th)
6- Miguel Trauco (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro / Brazil) 
23-Pedro Aquino (Lobos BUAP-Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla / Mexico)
19- Yoshimar Yotún (Orlando City Soccer Club-Orlando, Florida / USA) (10- Jefferson Farfán (Futbolnyi Klub Lokomotiv Moskva / Russia) 46th)
18- André Carrillo (Watford Football Club / England)
8- Christian Cueva (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo / Brazil)  (11- Raúl Ruidíaz (Club Atlético Morelia- Morelia, Michoacán -Monarcas) / Mexico) 82nd)
20- Edison Flores (AaB -Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885 / Denmark)
9- Paolo Guerrero (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro / Brazil) 

Coach: Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi (Argentina)
Booked: Paolo Guerrero 23, Pedro Aquino 80
Other Substitutes:
12- Carlos Cáceda (Club Centro Deportivo Municipal-Lima)
21- José Carvallo (Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca)
3- Aldo Corzo (Club Universitario de Deportes-Lima)
5- Miguel Araujo (Club Alianza Lima)
13- Renato Tapia (Feyenoord Rotterdam / Holland)
22- Nilson Loyola (FBC (Football Club) Melgar-Arequipa)
7- Paolo Hurtado (Vitória Sport Clube- Guimarães / Portugal)
16- Wilder Cartagena (Club Deportivo Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz / Mexico)
14- Andy Polo (Portland Timbers-Portland, Oregon / USA)

Team Captain: Paolo Guerrero
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro
Uniform Colors: White (Red Diagonal stripe across) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Man of the Match: Kylian Mbappe (France)


Group D:

June 21, 2018 (Nizhny Novgorod, Croatia 3-Argentina 0)


Table

P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Croatia
2
2
0
0
5
0
5
6
2
Argentina
2
0
1
1
1
4
-3
1
3
Iceland
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
4
Nigeria
1
0
0
1
0
2
-2
0

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



Date: June 21, 2018
Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group D
Result: Croatia 3-Argentina 0
Venue: Nizhny Novogrod - Nizhny Novogrod Stadium, Russia         
Attendance: 43,319
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Linesmen: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov and Jakhongir Saidov (both Uzbekistan), Norbert Hauata (Tahiti, fourth official)
Kick-off time:
Goalscorers:
(Croatia): Ante Rebic 53, Luka Modric 80, Ivan Rakitic 90+1
(Argentina): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (53rd minute, Croatia):  Willy Cabellero flubbed a clearance with his foot, it fell right in front of Ante Rebic who smashed it in.
2:0 (80th minute, Croatia):  Luka Modric curled in a shot from outside of the box at caballero’s near left post.
3:0 (90+1st minute, Croatia):  Rakitic’s shot was parried by Caballero, Kovacic picked the rebound on the left side and passed to Rakitic to score.
Lineups:
Croatia:
23- Danijel Subasic (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)
2- Sime Vrsaljko (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)
6- Dejan Lovren (Liverpool Football Club / England)
21- Domagoj Vida (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)
3- Ivan Strinic (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)
11- Marcelo Brozovic (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)
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)  57th)
4- Ivan Perisic (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) (8- Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 87th)
17- Mario Mandzukic (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (5- Vedran Corluka (Futbolnyi Klub Lokomotiv Moskva / Russia) 90+3rd)

Coach: Zlatko Dalic
Booked: Ante Rebic 39, Mario Mandzukic 59, Sime Vrsaljko 67, Vedran Corluka 90+4
Other Substitutes:
12- Lovre Kalinic (Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent / Belgium)
1- Dominik Livakovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb) 
22- Josip Pivaric (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv  / Ukraine)
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) 
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

Argentina:
23- Wilfredo Daniel Caballero Lazcano (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)
2- Gabriel Ivan Mercado (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)
17- Nicolás Hernan Otamendi (Manchester City Football Club / England)
3- Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico (AFC (Amsterdamse Football Club) Ajax / Holland)
18- Eduardo Antonio Salvio (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal) (22- Cristian David Pavón (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 56th)
14- Javier Alejandro Mascherano (Hebei China Fortune Football Club / China)
15- Enzo Nicolas Pérez (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (21- Paulo Bruno Exequiel Dybala (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) 68th)
8- Marcos Javier Acuña (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal)
13- Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
10- Luis Lionel Andres Messi (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)
19- Sergio Leonel Agüero (Manchester City Football Club / England) (9- Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) 54th)

Coach: Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya
Booked : Gabriel Mercado 51, Nicolas Otamendi 85, Marcos Acuña 87
Other Substitutes:
1- Nahuel Igancio Guzmán (Sinergia Deportiva, SA de CV (Club Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León-Tigres) / Mexico)
12- Franco Armani (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
6- Federico Julian Fazio (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)
16- Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo (Manchester United Football Club / England)
4- Cristian Daniel Ansaldi (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)
5- Lucas Rodrigo Biglia (AC (Associazione Calcio) Milan / Italy)
20- Giovani Lo Celso (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
11- Angel Fabian Di María (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
7- Ever Maximiliano David Banega (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)

Team Captain: Luis Lionel Andres Messi
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White/Blue vertical striped Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Man of the Match: Luka Modric (Croatia)


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