10 most anticipated group stage matches of World Cup 2018
The 2018 World Cup finals are less than a week away. Check out the 10 most exciting group stage matches featuring some of the world's top stars.
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| Group A: Egypt - Uruguay (19:00 June 15, 2018). Mohamed Salah sent Egypt to Russia after a 95th-minute goal against Congo, ending the "Pharaohs" country's nearly three-decade drought at the world's biggest football tournament. If he recovers from his injury in time, Salah will have the chance to face Luis Suarez, a notorious striker who also played for Liverpool and moved to Barcelona in 2014. The match promises to be a competition to affirm the strength of the attack between Salah (Liverpool) and Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) of Egypt and Suarez (Barcelona) and star Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) of Uruguay. |
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| Group B: Portugal - Spain (1:00 a.m. June 16, 2018). The match between these two European representatives is always considered one of the most exciting battles of the tournament. Portugal has a very confident Cristiano Ronaldo after a Champions League hat-trick, certainly dreaming of going deep in the World Cup to win the Golden Ball this year. Meanwhile, Spain has a series of young talents such as Marco Asensio, David de Gea, Isco along with experienced players such as Andres Iniesta, David Silva and Gerard Pique. |
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| Group D: Argentina - Iceland (20:00 June 16, 2018). What awaits in the match between Argentina - one of the most successful teams in world football and Iceland - a small country participating in the World Cup for the first time? Lionel Messi, the brightest star of the representative from South America, although having won every title with Barcelona, has never had the honor of lifting the trophy on the international stage. The 2018 World Cup will be a great opportunity for Messi to fulfill his dream of winning the championship with the national team, affirming his position in the pantheon of legends. |
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| Group F: Germany - Mexico (22:00 June 17, 2018). In the opening match against Mexico, "The Tanks" will be determined to win at all costs to assert their strength in the journey to defend the gold cup. The defending champion possesses a squad full of experience with the names Thomas Muller, Sami Khedira and Toni Kroos. Daring to eliminate Leroy Sane, coach Joachim Loew also has a strategic card in Marco Reus, who will be playing for the first time at the World Cup. |
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| Group E: Brazil - Australia (1:00 a.m. June 18, 2018). In Russia, Brazil will start their campaign against Switzerland. This is the first match the Samba dancers have returned to the World Cup since their humiliating 1-7 defeat to Germany 4 years ago. More than ever, Brazil needs a victory to reclaim their reputation in the big arena. In the South American team's squad, Neymar is ready to return to the field due to injury, talented players such as Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Willian are eager to play to assert themselves. The two brightest names in the Swiss squad are striker Xherdan Shaqiri, who just failed to stay in the league at Stoke City, and Granit Xhaka of Arsenal. In the history of confrontations at the World Cup, Brazil and Switzerland have only met once in 1950 with a 2-2 draw in the group stage. |
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| Group D: Argentina - Croatia (1:00 a.m. June 22, 2018). Argentina's group stage will not be simple when they face a challenge from Croatia. Messi will have to face a familiar opponent in Luka Modric, the player who just won the Champions League with Real Madrid at the end of May. In addition, coach Zlatko Dalic also has names like Ivan Rakitic, Mario Mandzukic and Ivan Perisic in the squad, along with Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren, whose task is to stop the Argentine star's attack. |
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| Group C: Denmark - France (9:00 p.m. June 26, 2018). Although not a strong team, Denmark can still make France wary when having the services of Christian Eriksen and Andreas Christensen, both of whom play in the Premier League. However, "Les Bleus" is always a formidable force at the World Cup. Coach Deschamps has many prominent names in world football such as Antoine Griezmann, Thomas Lemar, Kylian Mbappe, N'Golo Kante, Nabil Fekir and Ousmane Dembele. |
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| Group F: Korea - Germany (9:00 p.m. June 27, 2018). For the 9th consecutive time in the World Cup finals, the Korean team has a trump card named Son Heung-min. The Tottenham player just had a successful season at Wembley when he helped "The Spurs" finish in 3rd place in the Premier League. Son also played in the German Bundesliga with Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen for 5 consecutive years. "One tree cannot make a forest", but Son is expected to inspire his teammates to be more confident when facing the reigning world champions. |
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| Group H: Senegal - Colombia (9:00 p.m. June 28, 2018). Senegal will head to Russia with Sadio Mane at the helm, having had a successful season at Liverpool with 20 goals in 44 appearances last season. Despite losing the Champions League final to Real Madrid, Mane is still confident going into the 2018 World Cup campaign. On the other side of the front line, Colombia has James Rodriguez, who played brilliantly in Brazil 4 years ago. This will be a big match for the two stars to have the opportunity to show their talent to the world. |
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| Group G: England - Belgium (1:00 a.m. June 29, 2018). After disappointing performances at major tournaments, the "Three Lions" no longer have any hope of becoming world champions. However, this will help coach Gareth Southgate reduce the psychological pressure on his players. The England team coming to Russia this year has been breathed new life by young players such as Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard. Their opponents, the "golden generation" of the Belgian team, possess talents playing at major Premier League clubs such as Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Kevin de Bruyne and Thibault Courtois. |
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