Friday, June 1, 2018

World Cup Diary-part 5-June 1st, 2018 (T minus 13 days)



A New addition for the duration of the World Cup.



Diary:

Team News:

-Belgium’s Final squad has appears to have been accidentally revealed following a Television report from VRT. The TV footage showed the mattreses to be loaded for departure which showed the players’ names. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Nigeria’s Simon Moses has been ruled out of the World Cup after an injury.  (Source France Football Online)

-Tunisia’s Ahmed Akaichi announced on his Facebook account that he had been cut from the World Cup squad.  (Source France Football Online)

-Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka’s injury was not as serious as feared and he will remain with the squad  (Source Sport Bild Online)

-Spain’s Sergio Ramos has been forced to change his phone number since he has been receiving many hostile phone calls since his foul on Mohamed Salah has threatened the Egyptian star’s participation in the World Cup. (Source Corriere dello Sport online)

-Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels will not play in the friendly vs. Austria as Joachim Low will try to assess the players on the fringes of the squad.  (Source AS.com online)

-France midfielder Paul Pogba was jeered by the French fans following his substitution in France's win over Italy (3-1).  (Source Kicker.de online)

-Spain and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has released a Wordl Cup song with Spanish singer Demarco Flamenco. It’s called ‘Otra Estrella en tu Corazon’. (Source BBC Football Online)


Friday, June 1, 2018:

Preparatory matches:

Australia 4-Czech Republic 0 (Matthew Leckie 32, 72, Andrew Nabbout 53, Jakub Jugas (own goal) 80)
Venue: Sankt Pölten -NV Arena, Austria
Attendance: 665
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Linesmen: Witschnigg, Steinacher (Both Austria)
Australia: 1-Mat Ryan – 19-Josh Risdon (2-Milos Degenek 76), 5-Mark Milligan, 20-Trent Sainsbury, 16-Aziz Behich – 21-Masimo Luongo, 23-Tom Rogic (22-Jackson Irvine 66), 13-Aaron Mooy – 7-Matthew Leckie (26-Daniel Arzani 84), 11-Andrew Nabbout (30-Jamie Maclaren 61), 10-Robbie Kruse (24-Dimitri  Petratos 73)

Coach: Bart Van Marwijk (Holland)
Other Substitutes: 12-Brad Jones, 18-Danny Vukovic –3-James Meredith, 4-Tim Cahill, 6-Matt Jurman, 9-Tomi Juric, 14-James Troisi, 15-Mile Jedinak, 17-Nikita Rukavytsya, 25-Josh Brillante, 27-Fran Karacic
Team Captain: Trent Sainsbury
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Yellow Shorts, Yellow Socks

Czech Republic: 16-Tomáš Koubek – 18-Jan Bořil, 3-Tomáš Kalas, 20-Jakub Jugas, 22-Filip Novák, 8-Vladimír Darida,7- Antonín Barák (6-Jan Sýkora 57), 10-Josef Hušbauer – 19-Patrik Schick (21-Josef Šural 75), 11-Michael Krmenčík (14-Jakub Jankto 46), 13-Jan Kopic (12-Tomas Hořava 81)

Coach: Karel Jarolím
Booked: Jakub Jankto 79
Other Substitutes: 23-Jiří Pavlenka, 1-Tomáš Vaclík – 5-Vladimir Coufal, 97-Vaclav Jemelka, 15-Tomáš Souček, 20-Michal Trávník,
Team Captain: Vladimír Darida
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks


South Korea 1-Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 (Jae-Sung Lee 30 / Edin Visca 29, 45, 80)
Venue: Jeonju- Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
South Korea: 1-Kim Seung-Gyu, 24-Ki Sung-Yueng (12-Shin-Wook Kim 86), 15-Oh Ban-Suk (6-Kyung-Won Kwon 46), 5-Young-Sun Yun (4-Seung-Hyun Jung 74), 25-Woo-Young Jung, 7-Ja-Cheol Koo (26-Se-Jong Ju 74), 8-Jae-Sung Lee (9-Seung-Woo Lee 83) , 17-Min-Woo Kim, 22-Lee Yong, 14-Hee-Chan Hwang (10- Seon-Min Mon 80)

Coach: Shun Te-yong
Booked: Woo-Young Jung 56
Other Substitutes: 11Lee Chung-Yong, 20-Go Yo-Han, 19-Hong Chul, 21-Jin-Hyeon Kim, 2-Kim Young-Gwon, 3-Hyun-Soo Jang, 18-Park Joo-Ho, 23-Hyun-Woo Cho
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Black Shorts, Red Socks


Bosnia and Herzegovina: 12-Ibrahim Sehic, 17-Ervin Zukanovic, 15-Toni Sunjic, 2-Eldar Civic, 4-Darko Todorovic (3-Ermin Bicakcic 74), 7-Muhamed Besic, 10-Miralem Pjanic (21-Elvis Saric 58), 13-Gojko Cimirot (19-Stjepan Loncar 85), 11-Edin Dzeko (16-Riad Bajic60), 9-Haris Duljevic (20-Goran Zakaric 67), 8-Edin Visca (23-Deni Milosevic 83)

Coach: Robert Prosinecki (Croatia)
Booked: Toni Sunjic 17, Elvis Saric 59
Other Substitutes: 5-Bojan Nastic, 14-Smail Prevljak, 18-Kenan Kodro, 1-Vedran Kjosevski, 22-Kenan Piric
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Blue (Yellow horizontal stripe at top) Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks



Tunisia 2-Turkey 2 (Anice Badri 56, Ferjani Sassi 79 / Cenk Tosun 54 pen, Caglar Soyuncu 90)
Venue: Geneva-Stade de Geneve-Swittzerland  
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) (in another source Alain Bieri (Switzerland) is listed as the referee)
Linesmen: Alain Heiniger, Jan Koebeli (both Switzerland) 
Tunisia: 40-Mouez Hassen; 2-Syan Ben Youssef, 4-Yassine Meriah, 12-Ali Maâboul (5-Oussama Haddadi 82), 28- Dylan Bronn (21-Hamdi Nagguez 76); 7- Saif-Eddine El Khaoui (14- Mohamed Amine Ben Amor 53),17-Ellyes Skhiri (18- Bassem Srarfi 69), 13-Ferjani Sassi; 24-Anice Badri, Fakhereddine, 8-Fakhreddine Ben Youseef (11- Saber Khalifa 75), 23-Naim Sliti (20-Ghailan Chaalali 82)

Coach: Nabil Maaloul
Booked:  Saif-Eddine El Khaoui 22, Bassem Srarfi 75
Other Substitutes: 1-Faruk Ben Mustapha, 3-Yohan Benalouane, 6-Remi Bedoui, 16-Aymen Mathlouthi, 25-Ahmed Khalil, 27-Mohamed Larbi
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Uhlsport
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Turkey: 12-Serkan Kırıntılı, 2-Şener Özbayraklı, 22-Kaan Ayhan, 4-Çağlar Söyüncü, 3-Hasan Ali Kaldırım, 5-Okay Yokuşlu (15-Mehmet Topal 46), 14-Mahmut Tekdemir, 21-İrfan Can Kahveci (8-Oğuzhan Özyakup 64), 17-Cengiz Ünder (27-Berkay Özcan 77), 11-Yusuf Yazıcı (19-Yunus Mallı 46), 9-Cenk Tosun

Coach: Mircea Lucescu (Romania)
Booked: Çağlar Söyüncü 33
Sent Off: Cenk Tosun 61
Other Substitutes: 1-Harun Tekin, 7-Serdar Gurler, 10-Umut Bulut, 13-Zeki Celik, 16-Deniz Turuc, 18-Kenan Karaman, 20-Emre Akbata, 23-Sinan Bolat, 24-Ersoy, 25-Tarkan Serbest
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks



France 3-Italy1 (Samuel Umtiti 8, Antoine Griezmann 29 pen, Ousmane Dembele 63 / Leonardo Bonucci 36)
Venue: Nice-Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
France: 1-Hugo Lloris; 2-Benjamin Pavard, 17-Adel Rami, 5-Samuel Umtiti, 21-Lucas Hernandez (22-Benjamin Mendy, 62); 12-Corentin Tolisso (14-Blaide Matuidi, 77'), 13-N’Golo Kanté, 6-Paul Pogba (15-Steven N'Zonzi, 87'); 10-Kylian Mbappé (20-Florian Thauvin, 82'), 7-Antoine Griezmann (9-Olivier Giroud, 77'), 11-Ousmane Dembélé (8-Thomas Lemar, 71)

Coach: Didier Deschamps
Other Substitutes: 16-Steve Mandanda, 23-Alphonse Areola, 3-Presnel Kimpembe, 4-Raphael Varane, 19-Djibril Sidibe, 18-Nabil Fekir
Team Captain: Hugo Lloris
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nieke
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, White Socks

Italy: 1-Salvatore Sirigu; 2-Mattia De Sciglio, 19-Leonardo Bonucci, 5-Mattia Caldara, 3-Danilo D’Ambrosio (24-Alessandro Florenzi, 74'); 16-Lorenzo Pellegrini (23-Bryan Cristante, 66'), 14-Jorginho (8-Giacomo Bonaventura, 78'), 27-Rolando Mandragora; 18-Domenico Berardi (10-Lorenzo Insigne, 74'), 9-Mario Balotelli (11-Andrea Belotti, 86’), 25-Federico Chiesa (21-Zappacosta, 88')

Coach: Roberto Mancini
Booked: Pellegrini 42
Other Substitutes: 12-Mattia Perin, 15-Daniele Rugani, 6-Alessio Romagnoli, 17-Matteo Politano, 20-Simone Verdi, 7-Simone Zaza
Team Captain: Leoanrdo Bonucci
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks



Egypt 0-Colombia 0  
Venue: Bergamo-Stadio Atleti azzurri d'Italia, Italy
Attendance: 3,883
Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (Italy)
Egypt: 23-Mohamed Al-Shenawi (1-Essam El Hadary 45+1) , 7-Ahmed Fathi; 20-Saaedlin Saad Samir, 6-Ahmed Hegazy, 13-Mohamed Abdel-Shafy ; 21-Mahmoud Hassan ‘Trezeguet’ (3-Ahmed Al-Muhamadi 57'), 8-Tarek Hamed, 19-Abdallah Saied (18-Shikabala 80'), 5-Sam Morsy (26-Mahmoud Abdulaziz 67'), 14-Ramadan Sobhi (22-Amr Warda 66'); 15-Marwan Mohsen Fahmy (11-Mahmoud Kahraba Soliman 63')

Coach: Héctor Cúper (Argentina)
Other Substitutes: 2-Ali Gabr Mossad, 9-Hassan Maghroub Koka, 16-Ahmed Sherif Ekramy, 24-Amro Tarek Abdel Aziz, 26-Hussein, 27-Ayman Ashraf El Sayed, 28-Mahmoud Hamdi Hamouda Attia
Team Captain:
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks


Colombia: 1-David Ospina ; 4-Santiago Arias, 23-Dávinson Sánchez, 13-Yerry Mina (3-Óscar Murillo 45+1'), 18-Frank Fabra (17-Johan Mojica 45+1') ; 6-Carlos Sánchez, 16-Jefferson Lerma (19-Miguel Borja 81'), 15-Mateus Uribe (20-Juan Fernando Quintero 63'), 11-Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (21-José Izquierdo 45+1') ; 10-James Rodríguez , 9-Radael Falcao García (7-Carlos Bacca 65')

Coach: José Pekerman (Argentina)
Other Substitutes: 2-William Tesillo, 5-Wilmar Barrios, 12-Camilo Vargas, 14-Luis Muriel, 19-Borja, 22-Jose Cuardrado
Team Captain: Radamel Falcao
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks



Note: In bold, teams participating in the World Cup
















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