FIFA World Cup 2018: Serbia, Switzerland face-off in crunch Group E clash
June 22, 2018 11:07 ISTSerbia defeated Costa Rica 1-0 in their group stage opener and a win over the Swiss at the Samara Arena will nearly propel them to the second round.
Serbia defeated Costa Rica 1-0 in their group stage opener and a win over the Swiss at the Samara Arena will nearly propel them to the second round.
Brazil drew 1-1 with Switzerland in their opener last weekend, and Neymar was much criticised for his underwhelming performance.
With Diego Maradona watching from the stands, the 2014 runners-up were routed by Croatia 3-0, a defeat which pushed Argentina to the brink of elimination.
At 19 years and 183 days, Mbappe became the youngest scorer in France's World Cup history.
With a loss to France in the opener, a defeat against Denmark would have made it nearly impossible for the Socceroos to advance to the next stage.
Juventus were strong favourites to sign the midfielder and now along with countrymate Sami Khedira, Can will be present to strengthen the midfield options.
The last time England progressed to the quarter-finals was in 2006, David Beckham was the captain at that time.
A day after Neymar limped out of training and raised further doubts about his physical condition in Russia, the Brazilian soccer federation was quick to tell the world he was just fine.
Cristiano Ronaldo's competition with Lionel Messi is the great Millennial rivalry in sports, soccer's version of Ali vs. Frazier, Bird vs. Magic, DiMaggio vs. Williams.
Denmark defeated Peru 1-0 in their opener against Peru, thanks to a goal from Yussuf Poulsen, while Australia suffered a 1-2 defeat against the pre-tournament favourites France
Egypt's run to the World Cup, and the sensational exploits of Mohamed Salah in both the shirt of the national team and Liverpool, raised the level of soccer madness back at home recently.
France beat Australia 2-1 in their opening match last week, while Peru had suffered a 0-1 defeat to Denmark in their campaign opener.
FC Barcelona superstar Messi missed a penalty which proved costly as Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw by 'tiny' Iceland in their campaign opener in Moscow.
It was far from a beautiful win, but the Diego Costa goal was enough to make Spain coach Fernando Hierro smile.
Indian men's team is currently ranked 97th in the world and 16th in Asia, but the football body wants the authorities to look beyond rankings under the present circumstances.
In scoring the only goal in Portugal's match against Morocco at the World Cup, Ronaldo became Europe's all-time leading international scorer with 85 goals.
Uruguay and Russia both have six points from their opening two matches, putting them into the round of 16 and will face each other with first place in Group A on the line.
Morocco lost 1-0 for the second straight Group B match and is out of contention for a spot in the next round.
Kane scored in the opening ten minutes of the match and scored the winner in injury time against Tunisia to give England a decent start.
Brazil's problems keep increasing day by day as their star player Neymar Jr was seen limping out of a practice session due to discomfort in his right ankle.
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