Friday, June 22, 2018

World Cup Diary-part 26-June 22nd, 2018 (Day 9)





Diary:

Team News:

-Former Argentina star, Osvaldo Ardiles called the current Argentina side as the ‘worst in their history’. (Source BBC Football online)

-England’s Dele Alli missed training again and will most likely miss their match vs. Panama. (Source BBC Football online)

-In addition to the injured Isaac Kiese Thelin, Sweden’s three defenders Pontus Jansson, Helander and Marcus Rohden are all ill.  . (Source L’Equipe Online)

-In an audio message to German Burgos that was leaked, Diego Simeone has attacked the Argentina National Team, by describing the problems of the National Team ‘due to four years of anarchy. No one is leading from the Federation to the coach….Messi is good because he is surrounded by excellent footballers at Barcelona…if you had to choose between Messi and Ronaldo in an average team who would you pick?” (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Iceland’s Bovarsson, a former teammate of Nigerian goalkeeper Carl Ikeme (who has withdrawn from the National Team due to Leukemia), paid hommage to him by taking a photo with his Iceland teammates holding Ikeme’s jersey . (Source RTBF.be online)

-There appears to be a rift between Argentina Manager Sampaoli and striker Sergio Aguero. After the match Sampaoli stated that the reason for the problems were that the players did not adhere to his project and directives, to which Aguero responded that Sampaoli ‘can say what he wants’.  (Source Footnews.be Online)

-Egypt will formally lodge a protest to FIFA for the performance of the Paraguayan Referee Enrique Caceres in their match vs. Russia that they deemed to be prejudicial.  (Source Reuters UK Online)

-For their match vs. Iceland, Nigeria Manager Gernot Rohr will start with Etebo and Omeruo, who replace Shehu and Ogu in the lineup .  (Source France Football Online)

-Germany defender Mats Hummels is doubtful for their match vs. Sweden due to an injury. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Portugal’s Joao Moutinho (sick with flu) and Raphael Guerreiro (muscle complaints) did not train today. (Source Maisfutebol online)

-Germany’s Sami Khedira was jokingly offered tickets from trip back from a Swedish reporter, he responded that they would need them on July 16th (After the Final). (Source Daily Mail online)

-In Brazil’s match vs. Costa Rica, VAR ruled out an attempt by Neymar to fraudulently gain a penalty kick. (Source Daily Mail Online)

-Colombia’s Carlos Sanchez, who gave away a penalty kick vs. Japan, has apparently received death threats.  (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Iceland Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has made two changes to his lineup, Jon Davi Bovarsson and Rurik Gislason will make their first starts in the World Cup in the match vs. Nigeria. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Serbia have made one change to their lineup for their match vs. Switzerland. Filip Kostic comes in for Adem Ljajic. (Source L’Equipe online)

-England Assistant manager Steve Holland has apologized to the England Group for inadvertently leaking the team’s next lineup. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Stephan Lichsteiner has become Switzerland’s appearance record holder in the World Cup.  (Source ITV online)

-Brazil’s Neymar was emotional and weeping after the match vs. Costa Rica. He said this was because all that he had gone through to get there since his midseason injury. (Source Be in Sports online)

- Costa Rica have been eliminated from the World Cup after their second loss.

-After Coutinho scored Brazil’s first goal, Brazil Manager Tite ran onto the field to celebrate but tripped over. (Source BBC Football online)

-Iceland’s Gylfi Sigurdsson struck a penalty kick over the bar in their match vs. Nigeria in the 83rd minute. The decision to award was made after VAR review as Alfred Finnbogason was fouled by Tyronne Ebuehi in the box.  (Source BBC Football Online)

-Switzerland's goalscorers Shaqiri and Xhaka (both of Kosovo origins) celebrated by making making a symbol of an eagle (on Albania's flag). Serbians protested this as a sign of provocation.  (Source Sky Sports online)

- The Men of the Match for today:
Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa (Nigeria 2-Iceland 0)
Brazil’s Phillipe Coutinho (Brazil 2-Costa Rica 0)
Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland 2-Serbia 1)


2018 World Cup 2018 matches:

Friday, June 22, 2018:

Group D:

June 22, 2018 (Volgograd, Nigeria 0-Iceland 0)

Table

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

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

Date: June 22, 2018
Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group D
Result: Nigeria 2-Iceland 0
Venue: Volgograd- Volgograd Arena, Russia         
Attendance: 40,904
Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)
Linesmen: Simon Lount (New Zealand), Tevita Makasini (Tonga), Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica, fourth official)
Kick-off time:
Goalscorers:
(Nigeria): Ahmed Musa 49, 75
(Iceland): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (79th minute, Nigeria):  Moses’ cross from the right side was controlled by Musa, who then shot in.
2:0 (75th minute, Nigeria):  Ahmed Mua took the ball from the left side and advanced and went around the goalkeeper to score.
Lineups:
Nigeria:
23- Francis Uzoho (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)
6- Leon Balogun (1.Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e.V. / Germany)
5- William Ekong (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
22- Kenneth Omeruo (Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü / Turkey) 
11- Victor Moses (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)
4- Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City Football Club / England)
10- Mikel John Obi (Tianjin TEDA Football Club / China)
8- Oghenekaro Etebo (Unión Deportiva Las Palmas / Spain) (18- Alex Iwobi (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 90+1)
2- Bryan Idowu (Futbol'nyj Klub Amkar Perm / Russia) (21- Tyronne Ebuehi (Haagsche Football Club ADO (Alles Door Oefening) Den Haag / Holland) 46th)
7- Ahmed Musa (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva / Russia)
14- Kelechi Ihenacho (Leicester City Football Club / England) (9- Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai Football Club / China) 85th)

Coach: Gernot Rohr (Germnay)
Booked: Bryan Idowu 44
Other Substitutes:
1- Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba International football Club-Aba)
16- Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United Football Club- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape / South Africa)
20- Chidozie Awaziem (Football Club de Nantes / France) 
12- Abdullahi Shehu (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
3- Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging / Belgium)
17- Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor Kulübü / Turkey)
19- John Ogu (Amutat Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club / Israel)
15- Joel Obi (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)   
13- Simeon Nwankwo (Football Club Crotone S.r.l. / Italy)

Team Captain: John Obi Mikel
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Green (white/black sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks


Iceland:
1- Hannes Þór Halldórsson (Randers Sportsklub Freja / Denmark)
2- Birkir Már Sævarsson (Knattspyrnufélagid Valur–Reykjavík)
14- Kári Árnason (Aberdeen Football Club Limited / Scotland)
6- Ragnar Sigurðsson (Futbol'nyj Klub Rostov / Russia) (5- Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Futbol'nyj Klub Rostov / Russia) 65th)
18- Hörður B- Magnússon (Bristol City Football Club / England)
19- Rúrik Gíslason (Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., / Germany)
10- Gylfi Sigurðsson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)
8- Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)
17- Aron Einar Gunnarsson (Cardiff City Football Club / Wales, registered in the English League) (23- Ari Freyr Skúlason (Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen / Belgium) 87th)
22- Jón Daði Böðvarsson (Reading Football Club / England) (9- Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (Futbol'nyj Klub Rostov / Russia) 71st)
11- Alfreð Finnbogason (Fußball-Club Augsburg e.V. / Germany) 

Coach: Heimir Hallgrimsson
Other Substitutes:
13- Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson (Football Club Nordsjælland / Denmark)
12- Frederik Schram (Football Club Roskilde / Denmark)
15- Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Levski 1914-Sofia / Bulgaria)
3- Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (Vålerenga Fotball-Oslo / Norway)
20- Emil Hallfreðsson (Udinese Calcio- Udine / Italy)
7- Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (Burnley Football Club / England)
16- Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (Kardemir Karabükspor Kulübü / Turkey)
21- Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Malmö Fotbollforening / Sweden)
4- Albert Guðmundsson (PSV (Philips Sports Vereniging) Eindhoven / Holland)

Team Captain: Aron Einar Gunnarsson
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Errea
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Note:
1-Iceland’s Gylfi Sigurdsson struck a penalty kick over the bar in the 83rd minute. The decision to award was made after VAR review as Alfred Finnbogason was fouled by Tyronne Ebuehi in the box.  (Source BBC Football Online)

Man of the Match: Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)


Group E:

June 22, 2018 (Saint Petersburg, Brazil 0-Costa Rica 0)
June 22, 2018 (Kaliningrad, Serbia 0-Switzerland 0)


Table

P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Brazil
2
1
1
0
3
1
2
4
2
Switzerland
2
1
1
0
3
2
1
4
3
Serbia
2
1
0
1
2
2
0
3
4
Costa Rica
2
0
0
2
0
3
-3
0

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



Date: June 22, 2018
Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group E
Result: Brazil 2-Costa Rica 0
Venue: Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Russia         
Attendance: 64,468
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)
Linesmen: Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra (both Holland), Damie Skomina (Slovenia, fourth official)
Kick-off time:
Goalscorers:
(Brazil): Phillipe Coutinho 90+1, Neymar 90+7
(Costa Rica): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (90+1st minute, Brazil):  Marcelo crossed from the left side to the right side, Firmino headed the ball across for Phillipe Coutinho to pounce on.
2:0 (90+7th minute, Brazil):  Douglas Costa crossed from the right side fro Neymar to strike.
Lineups:
Brazil:
1- Alisson Ramses Becker (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)
22- Fagner Conserva Lemos (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
2- Thiago Emiliano da Silva  (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
3- João Miranda de Souza Filho (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)
12- Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
15- Jose Paulo Bezzera Maciel Junior, Paulinho (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) (20- Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (Liverpool Football Club / England) 68th)
5- Carlos Henrique Casemiro (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
11- Philippe Coutinho Correia (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)
19- Willian Borges da Silva (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) (7- Douglas Costa de Souza (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) 46th)
9- Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Manchester City Football Club / England) (17- Fernandinho Luiz Rosa (Manchester City Football Club / England) 90+3rd),  10- Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)

Coach: Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, Tite
Booked: Neymar 81, Phillipe Coutinho 81
Other Substitutes:
23- Ederson Santana de Moraes (Manchester City Football Club / England)
16- Cassio Roberto Ramos (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
13- Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
4- Pedro Tonon Geromel (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense / Brazil) 
6- Filipe Luis Kasmirski (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)
14- Danilo Luiz da Silva (Manchester City Football Club / England)
18- Fred Rodrigues de Paula Santos (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk / Ukraine)
8- Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto (Beijing Sinobo Guoan Football Club / China)
21- Taison Barcellos Freda (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk / Ukraine)

Team Captain: Thiago Silva
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Costa Rica:
1- Keylor Navas (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
16- Cristian Gamboa (Celtic Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland) (15- Francisco Calvo (Minnesota United Football Club-Minneapolis, Minnesota / USA) 75th)
3- Giancarlo González (Bologna Football Club / Italy)
2- Johnny Acosta (Rionegro Aguilas (Águilas Doradas) / Colombia)
6- Óscar Duarte (Real Club Deportivo Espanyol-Barcelona / Spain)
8- Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)
11- Johan Venegas (Deportivo Saprissa-San Juan de Tibas, San José)
20- David Guzmán (Portland Timbers-Portland, Oregon / USA) (17- Yeltsin Tejeda (Football Club Lausanne-Sports / Switzerland) 83rd)
5- Celso Borges (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)
10- Bryan Ruiz (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal)
21- Marcos Ureña (Los Angeles FC-Los Angeles, California / USA) (7- Christian Bolaños (Deportivo Saprissa-San Juan de Tibas, San José) 54th)

Coach: Óscar Ramirez
Booked : Johnny Acosta 84
Other Substitutes:
18- Patrick Pemberton (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense-El Llano, Alajuela)
23- Leonel Moreira (Club Sport Herediano-San Francisco, Heredia)
4- Ian Smith (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping / Sweden)
22- Kenner Guttierez (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense-El Llano, Alajuela)
19- Kendall Watson (Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club-Vancouver, British Columbia / Canada)
14- Randall Azofeifa (Club Sport Herediano-San Francisco, Heredia)
13- Rooney Wallace (New York City FC / USA)
9- Daniel Colindres (Deportivo Saprissa-San Juan de Tibas, San José)
12- Joel Campbell (Real Betis Balompié-Sevilla / Spain)

Team Captain: Bryan Ruiz
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: New Balance
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Man of the Match: Phillipe Coutinho (Brazil)


Date: June 22, 2018
Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group E
Result: Switzerland 2-Serbia 1
Venue: Kaliningrad - Kaliningrad Stadium, Russia         
Attendance: 33,167
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Linesmen: Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp (both Germany), Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain, fourth official)
Kick-off time:
Goalscorers:
(Switzerland): Granit Xhaka 53, Xherdan Shaqiri 90
(Serbia): Aleksandar Mitrovic 5
Summary of goals:
0:1 (5th minute, Serbia):  Dusan Tadic’s cross from the right side was headed in by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
1:1 (53rd minute, Switzerland):  Granit Xhaka scored from a long range shot from outside the box after a deflection.
2:1 (90th minute, Switzerland):  Mario Gavranovic sent a long pass to Xherdan Shaqiri at the halfway line and he went through straight to the goal and scored.
Lineups:
Switzerland:
1- Yann Sommer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)
2- Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)
5- Manuel Akanji (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)
13- Ricardo Rodriguez (AC (Associazione Calcio) Milan / Italy)
11- Valon Behrami (Udinese Calcio- Udine / Italy)
10- Granit Xhaka (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)
14- Steven Zuber (Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. / Germany) (19- Josip Drmic (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany) 90+4th)
15- Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna Football Club / Italy) (7- Breel Embolo (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany) 73rd)
22- Fabian Schär (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)
23- Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City Football Club / England)
9- Haris Seferovic (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal) (18- Mario Gavranovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb / Croatia) 46th)

Coach: Vladimir Petkovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Booked : Xherdan Shaqiri 90+1
Other Substitutes:
21- Roman Bürki (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)
12- Yvon Mvogo (RB (RasenBallsport) Leipzig e.V., / Germany)
20- Johan Djourou (Antalyaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
4- Nico Elvedi (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)
6- Michael Lang (Fußball Club Basel 1893)
3- François Moubandje (Toulouse Football Club / France)
16- Gelson Fernandes (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)   
8- Remo Freuler (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo / Italy) 
17- Denis Zakaria (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)

Team Captain: Stephan Lichsteiner
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Serbia:
1- Vladimir Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)
3- Dusko Tosic (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)
4- Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England) (18- Nemanja Radonjic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 81st)
6- Branislav Ivanovic (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg / Russia)
10- Dusan Tadic (Southampton Football Club / England)
21- Nemanja Matic (Manchester United Football Club / England)
11- Aleksandar Kolarov (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)
15- Nikola Milenkovic (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy)
17- Filip Kostic (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany) (22- Adem Ljajic (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy) 64th)
20- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)
9- Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Coach: Mladen Krstajic
Booked: Sergei Milinkovic-Savic 34, Luka Milivojevic 39, Nemanja Matic 45+, Aleksndar Mitrovic 87
Other Substitutes:
12- Predrag Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club / Israel)
23- Marko Dmitrovic (Sociedad Deportiva Eibar / Spain)
2- Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain)
5- Uros Spajic (Futbol'nyj Klub Kuban Krasnodar / Russia)
13- Milos Veljkovic (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)
14- Milan Rodic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 
7- Andrija Zivkovic (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal)
16- Marko Grujic (Cardiff City Football Club / Wales, registered in the English League)
8- Aleksandar Prijovic (PAOK (Panthessalonikio Athlitiko Omilo Konstantinoupolis)- Thessaloniki / Greece)
19- Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany)   

Team Captain: Aleksandar Kolarov
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Man of the Match: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)



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