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10 Jul 2021

Argentina vs. Brazil: Copa America Final 2021

Brazil vs. Argentina will face this Saturday for the final of the Copa América 2020 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and will be played from 7:00 pm.

 

Match Schedule:

Brazil vs. Argentina

Copa America Final 2020

Date: 10 July 2021; Time: 7:00 pm

Venue: Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro

 

Fourteen years after the continental final in Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina meet again with a title at stake. That day, with the Albiceleste defeat, marked the beginning of a bad run in the finals for Lionel Messi with his national team.

 


Leo Messi is again before another opportunity to lift a title for his country, with which he has only celebrated gold in the Beijing Olympic Games. After losing the final match in 2007, they fell in the finals of the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 and 2016 Copa América, both against Chile and on penalties.

 

Opposite, his ex-teammate Neymar has also resisted the continental tournament; In the 2019 edition, in which the 'Scratch' ended up winning the title, the PSG striker could not participate after seriously injuring himself in a friendly just before the appointment. Now, he hopes to help Tite's team revalidate the trophy, all with the incentive of playing at home.

 

The victories against Venezuela, Peru, and Colombia, in addition to the draw with Ecuador on the group stage, allowed Brazil to advance as the leader to the quarterfinals, where a goal by Lucas Paquetá eliminated Chile. Already in the 'semis', again with so much from Paquetá, he beat Peru by the minimum difference and assured his presence in the final, where he wants to lift his tenth Copa América

 

Meanwhile, Lionel Scaloni's men suffered to overcome Colombia in the semifinals, where goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez became the Albiceleste star by stopping three of the 'coffee' shots in the final round. Before, they had left Ecuador on the road in the quarterfinals after a group stage in which they only gave up points in their debut for Chile.

 

In search of its fifteenth title in the tournament - which would allow it to tie in the record with Uruguay - and the first since 1993, Argentina will have all its players, while Brazil will not be able to have Gabriel Jesús or Felipe.

25 May 2021

Racing beat Rentistas 3-0 and finished first in Group E of the Copa Libertadores 26 May 2021

Today 26 May 2021, Racing Club wins with Rentistas by 3-0 goals in Group E of the Copa Libertadores. Racing Club finished at the top of Group E of the Copa Libertadores with 14 points, ahead of Brazil's Sao Paulo. 

 

Argentine  Racing  Club, qualified for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, secured first place in Group E by beating Uruguayan Rentistas 3-0 (partial 1-0), in one of the games for the sixth and last Date played this Tuesday at the Cilindro de Avellaneda (southern outskirts of Buenos Aires).

 


Tomas Chancalay (14, 49, and 68) scored the goals for the victory of the Albiceleste 'Academia', who also played a large part in the match with ten players due to the early expulsion of Julián López (16) by a double warning.

 

Racing goalkeeper Gabriel Arias also showed off by saving a penalty from Salomón Rodríguez (68).

 

With this result, Racing finished at the top of Group E with 14 points, ahead of the Brazilian Sao Paulo, escort with 11, both classified to eighth, while the Peruvian Sporting Cristal (4) will go to the South American Cup as third, and Rentistas (3) was left out of everything.

6 Apr 2021

North Korea will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, North Korea will not participate in the in Tokyo, Japan Olympics that will take place this summer.

 

The decision was made on March 25 at a meeting of the North Korean Olympic Committee, but only announced on April 5 on the government website Sports in DPR Korea. The site claims that the decision not to participate in the Olympics was made "to protect athletes from the global health crisis caused by COVID-19". The Olympics, which will start on July 23, were supposed to take place in the summer of last year but had been postponed due to the pandemic.

 


So far, the North Korean regime has always maintained that there has been no coronavirus infection in the country, although it is very difficult to believe that this is true. It is true, however, that the regime intervened very early to limit the risk of the spread of the virus, adopting some of the most drastic measures in the world: since February it had suspended flights and trains to and from China and imposed isolation of 40 days (therefore more than double that of much of the rest of the world) to those arriving from abroad or having had contact with those who had been there.

 

The Tokyo Olympics will be the first summer Olympics that North Korea will not participate in since it boycotted the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, in the United States, and those of 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.

 

Beyond their sporting value, the Tokyo Olympics were seen as a further possibility of improving diplomatic relations between North and South Korea.

16 Feb 2021

Barcelona vs. PSG Football Match in Champions League 16 February 2021

Barcelona vs. PSG will meet this Tuesday, February 16, at the Camp Nou. This match is the first leg of the Champions League round of 16; will be played at 3:00 pm.

 

Match Schedule:

Barcelona vs. PSG

Champions League round of 16

Date: 16 February 2021; Time: 3:00 pm

Stadium: Camp Nou

 

After adding seven consecutive victories in La Liga, Barcelona was ready to face PSG for the Champions League. Ronald Koeman's team will seek to reach the quarterfinals of the most important club tournament for the 14th consecutive season and for this they must ensure a positive result in the first leg to be played at the Camp Nou.

 


For this game, the Barça team coach will be able to count on almost his entire squad; Lionel Messi arrives on fire after scoring his 15th goal of the season.

 

In contrast, PSG will not have Neymar, who suffered a left adductor injury, in their ranks. He will be away from the fields for four weeks. Koeman believes that the meeting between Barcelona and PSG will be even because both arrive in the same conditions.

 

The Barça team, with its captain Lionel Messi in full scoring streak, awaits PSG in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The Barça team faces the match led by a cheerful Messi, author of a double and the assistance of a third goal in the victory over Alavés in the League on Saturday (5-1).

 

Second best scorer in the Spanish championship with 15 goals, one less than his former teammate Luis Suárez, the Barça captain seems to have isolated himself from the sports and extra-sports controversies that affect his team.

 

Injuries are the main drag for PSG who will land at the Camp Nou without their Brazilian star Neymar, a victim of a left adductor injury.

8 Oct 2020

Peru vs. Paraguay: WC Qualification South America 08 October 2020

Peru vs. Paraguay will face this Thursday, October 8 at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asunción. The game corresponds to the first day of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers and will be played from 5:30 pm (Peruvian time).

 

Match Schedule:

Peru vs. Paraguay

WC Qualification South America

Date: 08 October 2020; Time: 5:30 pm (Peruvian time)

Venue: Defensores del Chaco Stadium

 

After seven months of postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Qualifiers in South America will begin with the clash between Peru and Paraguay, a duel that has already occurred five times during Ricardo Gareca's cycle and where the bicolor always won. One of those games took place in a setting that will be like this Wednesday. For the same contest and in the same town, the visitors achieved a 1-4, a result with which they won for the first time in Asunción.

 


In the Peruvian National Team, there are no major doubts regarding the formation with which they will face the match. The defensive sector would be the same that could develop since the last Copa América. In that sense, those who would be in the observation are the components of the left sector, since both Luis Abram and Miguel Trauco have not played official matches in their clubs for months due to the pandemic.

 

One of the main novelties in Gareca's proposal will be in the middle sector. The inclusion of a third midfielder gained strength in the technical command, being Pedro Aquino who would join Renato Tapia and Yoshimar Yotún, three players who started in the friendly with a victory in the United States against Brazil.

 

André Carrillo and Christian Cueva are constant in the national offense, which will back Raúl Ruidíaz, the top scorer in Seattle Sounders who will seek to translate this into the national team after the absence of Paolo Guerrero. Jefferson Farfán is part of the delegation and will be among the 23 eligible footballers, although the strategist would reserve it for the course of the commitment.

19 Aug 2020

Lyon vs. Bayern Munich Champions League Semi-final 19 August 2020

Olympique de Lyon and Bayern Munich will meet this Wednesday in Lisbon for the semifinals of the Champions League. The 2019-2020 Champions League is one game away from its grand finale. This Wednesday, August 19 at 2:00 p.m. we will meet the second finalist of the tournament: Olympique Lyon vs. Bayern Munich will play the second semifinal match at the José Alvalade Stadium.

 

Match Schedule:

Lyon vs. Bayern Munich

Champions League Semi-final

Date: 19 August 2020; Time:  2:00 p.m.

Stadium: José Alvalade

 

The French team led by Rudi García comes to this meeting full of motivation after eliminating Pep Guardiola's Manchester United in the quarterfinals and giving the bell in the tournament, since around before they had also been in charge of leaving Juventus out, which cost the Italian team the dismissal of their then coach, Sarri. For its part, Bayern, who looks favorite in this key after the overwhelming 2-8 victory over Barcelona, will seek to continue their 27-game streak without knowing defeat and settle in the final of the tournament, an instance to which they did not reach since the 2012-13 season when they beat Dortmund.

 

If Lyon gives the bell to eliminate the Giant of Bavaria we could also see a final in French, as it would be measured against PSG that thrashed Leipzig, otherwise Bayern Munich will represent Germany to have the third clash between Germans and French for la Orejona, the 2020 Champions League title, on August 23 at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa.

 

It will be held without an audience at the José Alvalade Stadium and the winner will get a direct pass to the grand final. Bayern Munich seems unstoppable. Hans-Dieter Flick's men arrive motivated after thrashing Barcelona 8-2 and are emerging as the great numbers to win the title.

 

However, he will face a tough rival who comes from eliminating huge teams like Juventus and Manchester City. This is Olympique de Lyon, Rudi García's French team that will seek to reach a Champions League final for the first time in its history. The winner of this match must be measured against the winner of Leipzig vs. PSG in the grand final.

26 Jul 2020

Manchester City vs. Norwich City Football Match in Premier League 26 July 2020


Manchester City welcomes Norwich City to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday evening as Pep Guardiola's men expect to end a genuinely frustrating Premier League season in winning design. The Citizens have followed Liverpool practically all season and with runner up ensured, the Citizens will be searching for a triumph to keep up some energy for the Champions League.

Match Schedule:
Manchester City vs. Norwich City
Premier League
Date: 26 July 2020; Kickoff: 8.00 PM
Stadium: Etihad Stadium


Norwich is the most out-of-structure group in the division, with the as of now consigned the Canaries having lost their last nine games and scoring only once in that time. The side from East Anglia recorded a stun 3-2 win when different sides met at Carrow Road back in September and bet365 offer them to finish an improbable twofold.

Manchester City, as far as concerns them, have dominated 14 home games this term and are evaluated at only for another achievement, with the draw at. The Citizens were merciless in midweek as they dispatched a battling Watford side 4-0 and there is no purpose behind them to show any benevolence against as of now consigned adversaries.

Guardiola will need his players to be an in winning mentality in front of the European confrontation with Real Madrid in a little while, and he is probably not going to endure a bringing down of instruments despite his side having nothing in question on Sunday.

Norwich will simply need to bow out from the Premier League in good style; likely by endeavoring to hold the score down as opposed to winning, however, this is something they have neglected to do since the restart against any semblance of Southampton, Arsenal, and West Ham.

At the base, Aston Villa travels to West Ham in post position to endure the drop. Watford - away at Arsenal - and Bournemouth - away at Everton - trust the Hammers will help them out in their battle to spare their Premier League status.

30 Apr 2020

The Government will Close Series A If There is No Agreement on Protocol

Vincenzo Spadafora, Italian sports minister, assured this Thursday that the Government is seeking an agreement with the country's Football Federation (FIGC) on the protocol for the resumption of training and that if it is not found, it will order the final closure of the Serie A for the 2019-2020 season.

"These days the Scientific Technical Committee is meeting with the various parts of the world of football, not only with the FIGC, to deepen the protocol that it presented to us. If we find an agreement, the training sessions may be resumed and this will also be positive for the eventual resumption of the championship, "said Spadafora in an interview on national television" Rai ".

"Otherwise, the Government will decide, for reasons of an obvious health emergency, to close the championship, creating, as far as possible, the conditions so that the world of football has the least possible damage," he added.

Spadafora stressed that, in the latter case, the Government will assume its responsibilities and called for "the controversy to end now, because football must be a symbol of carefreeness, passion and fun."

At the moment, the government considered insufficient the protocol presented two weeks ago by the FIGC, in which it was requested to resume training on May 4, and prohibited activity in the sports centers of football clubs until May 18.

This decision was strongly criticized by the Italian soccer world and the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, assured late on Wednesday that he would refuse to sign the final closure of the season.

"I protect the interests of the world of soccer and I refuse to sign a total blockade of the season, except if objective conditions linked to the health of the players, coaching staff and collaborators exist, but someone has to tell me clearly and should prevent me keep going, "Gravina said late Wednesday after participating in an online event hosted by Ascoli Calcio.

24 Apr 2020

The Return of the Bundesliga, Ongoing But Undated

German football is on the way to return, but the exact date on which it will return is unknown at the moment. The DFL (German Football League) presented this Thursday the plan to resume both the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga 2, announcing that it will take place with games behind closed doors, but regarding when this return will be effective, the doubt remains in the air. "It would be pretentious of us to set a date," said DFL Administrative Director Christian Seifert.

It is ruled out, however, that it will start playing on the first weekend as previously speculated. The process for German football to resume is underway, but will not be completed as quickly. In this sense, Seifert pointed out that it does not depend only on the DFL, and everything points to the fact that the specific date will just be decided at a meeting that will take place next week with the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the prime ministers of the different federal states of the Germanic country.

With all this, the intention would be to finish the championship before June 30, but at the same time it is not ruled out that, if necessary, it will also be played during the month of July.

Finally, it is said that a total of 20,000 tests could be carried out so that the remaining games to be played can be played in acceptable security conditions.

19 Apr 2020

This is How Serie A Prepares Its Return

A serological examination ensures that the players are not infected by the coronavirus and armored concentrations in disinfected sports centers are part of the plan prepared by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) for the return of Serie A.

The FIGC Medical Commission, made up of elite doctors and virologists, met this week to reason about the steps to be followed and gradually return to normal, when it is 40 days since the last Serie A match played.

The Italian Government ordered confinement until May 3 and according to the latest decree of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, athletes will be able to re-train in sports centers from day 4.

If Italian volleyball, rugby or basketball have already definitively renounced the 2019-2020 season, soccer, which faces losses that can touch the billion Euros, is determined to take extreme measures in order to resume competition and avoid losses millionaires.

Among them, the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, also considers the extreme hypothesis of competing only in the center and in the south of the country, without organizing parties in the northern regions, those most affected by the coronavirus.

The doctors and virologists who analyzed the country's medical situation advised resuming football following three phases: first Serie A, which has superior financial resources and can more easily, respect health requirements, and then Series B (Second category) and the Series C (Third category).

The plan foresees to summon all the squads about 72 or 96 hours before to subject players, technicians, managers, press officers and collaborators to a serological examination that confirms their refusal with complete certainty.

13 Apr 2020

The Major League Baseball Plan Return to Play.


There are plans to bring all the teams to Arizona and have they played behind closed doors as long as necessary. Last Monday the leaders of the Major League Baseball, the North American baseball championship, met with the players association to evaluate the proposals that could allow the start of the championship in a national emergency for the spread of coronavirus in the United States.

According to Associated Press sources, during the meeting one of the ideas that would have most intrigued the teams involves moving the entire organization of the championship - therefore match officials, coaches, players and managers - to the state of Arizona for a while indefinite. The teams would be quarantined in a limited area that includes the capital Phoenix to start the championship (which was supposed to start on March 26) and continue playing until the end of the emergency.

The games would be played behind closed doors in ten different baseball fields within a radius of about fifty kilometers, from the main stadium of the Arizona Diamondbacks to those of the Minor League teams, the semi-professional level of North American baseball. About fifteen games a day would be played in as many stadiums, with the Phoenix Chase Field used as the main field thanks to its less wear synthetic turf.

8 Apr 2020

The Olympics never played: London 1944


Compared to Berlin 1916 and Tokyo 1940, the cancellation of the London Olympic Games was almost obvious: there was never the full belief that they could actually be played. The Games were assigned by the IOC in 1939, the year in which the first fights of the Second World War began, however only a few months after the move of the Tokyo 1940 Olympics to Helsinki due to the war events in Asia.

The move to Helsinki also proved unnecessary, because the winter war of 1939 between Finland and the Soviet Union immediately led to the definitive cancellation of the Games scheduled for the following year.

The IOC also preceded in its candidacy assessment procedures for 1944 - just as the various national Olympic committees also committed themselves to formulating their nominations - because it was his job to do so. Not being able to predict the duration of the conflicts, the IOC continued to guarantee the four-year organization of the Olympics stopping only in the face of the impossibility dictated by the events.

The London nomination was chosen in 1939 after being preferred to those of Rome, Detroit, Lausanne, Athens, Budapest, Helsinki and Montreal. At the same time, the IOC assigned the Winter Olympics to Cortina d'Ampezzo, which however followed the same fate as the summer event, soon being canceled. London 1944 had little hope of disputing immediately, considering the evolution of the situation in Europe.

4 Apr 2020

What will happen now in Serie A ?

After the suspension of all sports activities imposed by CONI and confirmed by the government on Monday with a decree in force on Tuesday, the FIGC met this week to begin to understand how this Serie A championship season could have ended. Find a solution it will not be easy, considering that in the meantime the first two cases of positivity to coronavirus have occurred. This could lengthen the suspension time.

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The championship clubs will meet again on Friday and then with the FIGC on Monday 23 March, the date on which it will probably be understood what will become of this year's Serie A. According to the declarations of the federal president Gabriele Gravina, if the championship could not be concluded as foreseen in the calendar, the chances for the League and FIGC to be remedied would be three.

The prospect of returning to play on April 4 is currently far away. In the coming days, the positivity cases among the 305 Serie A players could increase - Juventus and Inter are in quarantine - and so the preventive measures. In addition, the contagion is also affecting European cups and continental championships, which in the next few days will probably play their last rounds before other suspensions. If and when Serie A resumes, much will also depend on the situation in the rest of Europe.

3 Apr 2020

MotoGP has postponed the French Grand Prix on 17 May 2020

The company that manages the MotoGP World Championship has postponed the French Grand Prix, scheduled for Le Mans on Sunday 17 May, to a later date. The World Championship started on March 8 in Qatar, where however only the minor classes raced and not the MotoGP. All subsequent tenders, initially scheduled between March and April, were postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus. After the postponement of the French Grand Prix, the first race on the calendar is now the Italian Grand Prix on 31 May.

2 Apr 2020

UEFA suspends Champions League, Europa League and Euro 2020.

UEFA inconclusively suspended the Champions League, Europa League and Euro 2020 qualifying end of the season games on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic proceeds.

Following a gathering two weeks prior, UEFA and its 55 part affiliations had still would have liked to finish all games by June 30, when player contracts lapse.

The Euro 2020 qualifying end of the season games and universal friendlies got ready for June have been delayed, opening up extra space for residential and European football to continue if conceivable - likely in secret.

FIFA has just set up plans for player agreements to be reached out until the most recent day of the period, at whatever point that may be.

UEFA has likewise delayed until further notification cutoff times comparable to the affirmation procedure for every one of the 2020-21 club rivalries.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin cautioned this previous end of the week that this season could be "lost" if serious activity doesn't continue before the finish of June. The coronavirus emergency has driven each country in Europe aside from Belarus to stop its football classes.

European football's overseeing body recently delayed this present summer's European Championship for a year during a video gathering on March 17 and later inconclusively deferred the Champions League and Europa League finals, which were because of occur in Istanbul and Gdansk, Poland, separately.

2 Feb 2019

Juventus vs. Parma Football Match in Serie A 02 February 2019

After the two matches in the afternoon, the 22nd day of Serie A continues tonight. At the 8.30 pm, at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Juventus and Parma will take the field. Juventus-Parma closes the Saturday program of the 22nd day of Serie A.

Match Schedule:
Juventus vs. Parma
Serie A
Date: 02 February 2019; Time: 8.30 pm
Venue: Allianz Stadium

The bianconeri come to this match from the very first in the standings, but want to redeem the heavy 3-0 on Wednesday against Atalanra, who eliminated Massimiliano Allegri's team from the Italian Cup. Parma also lost from a defeat, which last Sunday recovered from 2-0 to 2-3 against Spal.

Since the 2009/10 season Parma have obtained four successes against Juventus in Serie A. Since moving to the Stadium, Juventus have won all four matches in Turin against Parma in Serie A, with an overall score of 15-2. Parma has found success in the last away match played in Serie A against Juventus as a newly promoted team: 3-2 in May 2010.

Juventus-Parma match is played at 20.30 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. In the week Juventus has remedied its first seasonal defeat between the championship and the national cup, which has cost the elimination from the Italian Cup. In the championship, however, he is always firmly in the lead with eleven points ahead of Napoli.

10 Dec 2018

PSG vs. Etoile Rouge Football Match in Champions League 11 December 2018


PSG will play the qualification to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, faces on Tuesday the Etoile Rouge of Belgrade at 3:00 p.m. The French need a victory to pass the qualification round.

Match Schedule:
PSG vs. Etoile Rouge
Champions League 2018
Date: 11 December 2018; Time: 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Red Star Stadium


Neymar is touched in the right adductor but in any case took the plane with his companions on Monday in the direction of Belgrade, where PSG will collide with Red Star in the last day of the group stage of the Champions League.

PSG will qualify to the knockout stages of the Champions League if they win in Serbia. If he loses and if English Liverpool does not defeat Italian Napoli, Neymar's club will also be in the playoffs in February.

If the PSG matches and the English defeat Napoli there will be a three-way tie at nine points between these teams. In that triangular - the results against Red Star would not be taken into account - the 'Reds' would be in the lead.

PSG will qualify if Liverpool defeats Neapolitans by more than one goal difference. On the other hand, it will be eliminated if Napoli loses by a goal difference as long as it scores at least three goals to the English.

6 Dec 2018

Juventus vs. Inter Football Match in Serie A 7 December 2018


Friday 7 December 2018 at 20.30 Juventus and Inter will compete for the fifteenth day of the Serie A 2018-2019 championship. Juventus hosts Inter in the Derby of the 15th day of Serie A.

Match Schedule:
Juventus vs. Inter
Italian Serie A
Date: 7 December 2018; Time: 20.30
Venue: Allianz Stadium (Torino)


The Juventus hosts the Inter of Luciano Spalletti in the Derby of the 15th day of Serie A. The Bianconeri lead the standings with 40 points won in 14 days (13 wins and a draw) and have 11 lengths of advantage over nerazzurri, who have so far collected 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.


Today evening at 20.30 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin will be played on Juventus-Inter: it is announced a derby of Italy very hot with the Nerazzurri called for a great team test four days before the delicate European home game against PSV.

Allegri will have three absences for the Italian Derby: in fact, in addition to Khedira Alex Sandro, struggling with a nuisance to the flexors, as well as Barzagli who will return in February. Therefore, De Sciglio will be confirmed in the lap, while Dybala and Mandzukic will once again support Cristiano Ronaldo.

21 Jun 2018

Serbia vs. Switzerland Football Match in FIFA World Cup 22 June 2018


Serbia faces Switzerland in Kaliningrad on Friday for their second match of Pool E. Serbia, who won their first match of the competition in pain against Costa Rica (1-0) will try to continue their momentum against Switzerland to secure a place in the round of 16.

Match Schedule:
Serbia vs. Switzerland
FIFA World Cup 2018
Date: 22 June 2018; Time: 20:00
Venue: Kaliningrad Stadium


This will be the first confrontation between veteran Aleksandar Kolarov's Serbia and Switzerland coached by Vladimir Petković. Serbia has three victories (Nigeria, Bolivia and Costa Rica) and two defeats (Morocco, Chile) matches in competition and friendly matches.


Serbia and captain Kolarov face Switzerland for the first time in their history at this World Cup. Yet both countries have a small link. Indeed, it is a Sebe of Swiss origin Aleksandar Prijovic, who offered the qualification for the World Cup to Serbia, scoring against Georgia. Born in St. Gallen, Aleksandar Prijovic will live a special moment for this fourth meeting of Group E if he returns to the field.

Switzerland has flown over its qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup with nine wins and one loss. After their first match against Brazil (1-1), Switzerland wants to confirm against the Serbs. From the draw, Gelson Fernandes knew he had to be wary of Serbia and this group noted: "Serbia is a quality team with big individualities. The challenge is daunting, but at the same time, we will have nothing to lose, it is a challenge that awaits us and we will do everything to overcome it successfully".

20 Jun 2018

Argentina vs. Croatia Football Match in FIFA World Cup 21 June 2018


The time has come for Argentina in this 2018 World Cup. After a disappointing draw against Iceland (1-1) last week, Argentina has almost no choice. It must at all costs impose against Croatia, this Thursday, June 21 (20 hours) for win. Croatia, it is more serene after its victory against Nigeria (2-0).

Match Schedule:
Argentina vs. Croatia
FIFA World Cup 2018
Date: 21 June 2018; Time: 20:00
Venue: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium


In this match Jorge Sampaoli, the coach of Argentina could make some changes in his team composition. PSG player Giovani Lo Celso could especially have his chance in the middle. In the Croatian camp, the victorious formation of Nigeria should be renewed.


Argentina faces Croatia on the second day of Pool D in Nizhny Vodgorod. After a missed entry (1-1 against Iceland), Lionel Messi's teammates will be eager to rebuild against the checkerboard selection. After a surprise draw against Iceland (1-1), Argentina must at last finally launch its World Cup by defeating Croatia, easy winner of Nigeria (2-0) for its first match in the competition.

Invisible against the Icelanders and the author of a missed penalty, Lionel Messi cannot defile a second time finally assuming his status as technical leader of the national team. If it should be extended to the incumbent, this may not be the case for all the other players titled against Iceland.