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MOSCOW – The last Wednesday at the World Cup (all local):
20h35
Some supporters of the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow mock the name of Croatian defender Domagoj Vida before the World Cup of his team Half match -final of the Cup against England
Vida received a formal warning from the world football body for shouting "glory to Ukraine" in a video posted after Croatia beat Russia in the quarterfinals. The tension between Russia and Ukraine has remained high since 2014 after the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia in 2014 and its support to pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. ;Ukraine.
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20:25
The teams took the lead for the World Cup semifinal match at the Luzhniki stadium.
Croatian players, dressed in dark blue shorts and light blue swimsuits, came out first
They were followed a few minutes later by England players, wearing white shorts and white shirts with blue and red on the chest.
The winner will return to the Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday to face France 1998
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20h15
The theme of the World Cup was still to be discussed at the NATO summit with the French President Emmanuel Macron and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.
Especially Many Belgians continued to be convinced that their team should play Sunday's final instead of the Blues.
During the opening statement of the official summit, Michel deflected discussions on military spending to give his opinion on France 1-0 Winner of Belgium in the semifinals of the World Cup.
While the other 28 leaders were listening, Michel went straight to Macron and said, "Frankly, Emmanuel, the French team was very lucky."
"Belgians are not usually too" Then he tried to bring the discussion back to military issues. "As in football, fair play and team spirit are what we More than ever, "said Michel in an apparent jab of US President Trump, who is constantly questioning why the United States must bear a heavy financial burden for the defense of the United States. ;West.
meet. The United States did not qualify for the World Cup in Russia, but conducted a joint bid with Mexico and Canada that won the right to host the flagship event in 2026. [19659002] –
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Zlatko Dalic has only made a change to his starting lineup for the World Cup semi-final against England, bringing the midfielder Marcelo Brozovic to replace striker Andrej Kramaric. Right-back Sime Vrsaljko retains starting post despite overtime injury in quarter-final victory over Russia
Defender Domagoj Vida, scorer of a goal against Russia, starts despite a dispute that has lasted for several days. The video drew an official warning from tournament organizers Vida and irritated some Russian social media users
Croatia's only Croatian semifinal at the World Cup ended in a defeat of France in 1998.
will play against France in the final.
Composition of Croatia: Danijel Subasic, Sime Vrsaljko, Ivan Strinic, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Lovren, Ivan Rakitic, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mario Mandzukic, Ante Rebic, Domagoj Vida.
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7:55 pm
Gareth Southgate has chosen an unchanged lineup for the third game in a row as England wants to reach its first World Cup final since 1966. [19659002] The semifinal match against Croatia in Moscow marks the fourth time this tournament that the coach from England has used this range. The same team defeated Tunisia 2-1 in the group stage, Colombia on penalties in the round of 16 and Sweden 2-0 in the quarter-finals.
England returned to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990, while Croatia In England, Jordan Pickford, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire
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The Croatian team arrived at the Luzhniki stadium for its World Cup semi-final match against England.
About 15 minutes after England was out on the ground for In the vicinity, the Croats did the same thing.
Croatia participates for the second time in the semi-finals of the World Cup. The Croats reached the same turn at the 1998 tournament in France, but lost against the host team.
Croatians win consecutive wins in penalty kicks after extra time in knockout matches against Denmark and Russia. The winner of Wednesday's semi-final will face France in the final at the same stage on Sunday.
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19:30
FIFA announces legal action against a Saudi television channel broadcasting a pirate
The World Cup and television rights of the Champions League for the Middle East are a proxy battleground in an ancestral boycott of Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup. The BeOutQ channel broadcasts major football competitions even though beIN sports Qatar holds the rights to the region.
Qualifying BeOutQ as a "pirate entity", FIFA states that it "hired a lawyer to sue in Saudi Arabia and works with others"
C & # 39; is the first time that FIFA identifies Saudi Arabia as the source of the broadcasts.
FIFA adds that she "urges the authorities of Saudi Arabia and the various countries where these illegal activities have been observed to support us in the fight against piracy.
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19h25
The England team arrived at the Luzhniki stadium for its World Cup semi-final against Croatia
Harry Kane, Dele Alli and the rest of the team got off their bus and went out on the field with more than an hour and a half before the kick off.
England plays first Half -final World Cup since 1990. The English have not reached the final since 1966, when they won the title at home.Croatia is back in the semifinals for the first time since 1998 and n & rsquo; Never reached the finals
The winner of Wednesday's match will face France on Sunday in the finals.
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19:04 [19659002LaFIFAfloweredamendestalling120000francsans($120800)toEnglandandUruguayforplayerswearingunapprovedshoesinthefinalroundoftheWorldCup[19659052] unauthorized commercial branding " in the warmups and during the match against Sweden on Saturday. FIFA says that officials from the England team have been warned not to violate the World Cup marketing rules.
The Uruguayan federation must pay 50,000 Swiss francs ($ 50,300) to challenge the warnings before a player wears a pair of socks. Friday:
FIFA had already fined Sweden 70,000 francs for wearing the wrong socks.
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6:46 pm
FIFA wants fewer images of attractive women in the next stadiums. FIFA's chief of diversity, Federico Addiechi, says football corps will discuss with national broadcasters and his own TV production team
The subject was raised on Wednesday in a review of FIFA's anti-discrimination program in Russia . According to Addiechi, FIFA's positions are "a normal evolution", and emissions in Russia have already improved since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
He says that FIFA has already intervened with broadcasters "on a case-by-case basis when certain cases arose and that they were fairly obvious."
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6:21 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin with France at the World Cup Final in Moscow – and on the eve of Putin's meeting with the President American Donald Trump.
Macron's office said on Wednesday that he and Putin spoke after France won its semifinal on Tuesday night to advance to Sunday's final. Macron was in the semi-final in St. Petersburg and will return to Russia for the decisive closing match.
Macron's office said that he will take advantage of his trip for a meeting with Putin, but did not specify what the two presidents will discuss
Macron sought to raise the profile of the France by engaging with other world leaders even when they take controversial action. Macron met Wednesday with Trump at a NATO summit in Brussels where US President criticized European allies
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18:03
Anti-discrimination experts say with surprise that badism has been a bigger problem. The director of the Fare group, which helps FIFA fight against discrimination, reports that 30 cases of "badism on the street" have been reported by male fans. According to the director of the awards, Piara Powar, about half of the female broadcasters were "accosted to the antenna".
He believes that there have been many, many more unreported cases where Russian women have been targeted.
problem because of longstanding problems in Russian football and among other bases of European supporters. FIFA has fined football federations, including Serbia, Russia and Poland, for racist, nationalist and offensive banners.
Powar claims that the international audience of the World Cup is "very different from the supporters of national football". He suggests "if you come to this tournament with prejudices, and do not like people of a different nationality, then generally you are in the wrong place."
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4:45 pm
The chairman of the World Cup organizing committee regretted the absence of supporters for the semi-finals and the final.
Hundreds of empty seats for the 1-0 semi-final victory against Belgium on Tuesday in St. Petersburg and in the four European countries in the semifinals have not brought large groups of fans of trip that the South American countries had.
Travel agents have reported a late revival of fans in Britain and Croatia, although Arkady Dvorkovich concurs: "The teams that had the most fans in Russia left early. The Latin American teams, Germany and other teams are gone, and we are in the semi-finals with the teams that have the fewest supporters, so it's not really good for the team. # 39; football economy this week.
England plays Croatia in Wednesday's second semifinal for a spot in Sunday's final against France
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15:15
The World Cup ended at the top of NATO in Brussels
Theresa May and her Belgian counterpart swapped national team jerseys at the EU summit two weeks before their countries meet at the Cup of the world.And May already has a shirt of Croatia before the semifinal on Wednesday.
May and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met on the sidelines of the NATO summit for the exchange May remains convinced that England will advance to its first final since 1966.
May indicates that England coach Gareth Southgate and the boys have done a fantastic job and I am sure that they will continue and do well. I wish them the best of luck. "
The last exchange was not lucky for the month of May, Belgium defeating England in group, but Belgium was eliminated by France in the first semi-final of the World Cup, a stage in the eliminatory phase that England has avoided.
Leaders meet in Brussels for the annual summit of 29 NATO allies. Croatian football watching the World Cup semifinal against England since a VIP section Wednesday despite it was sentenced last month in a bribery case related to the transfer of Luka Modric. 19659002] When Croatia beat Russia in the quarter-finals on Saturday, the general director of the football federation sat in the same row as President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
Damir Vrbanovic retained his position Since his conda a court in Croatia in June to a term of imprisonment of three years – although Article 68 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code excludes officials "convicted of a criminal offense in the course of last five years. 19659002] However, FIFA has decided that the award is not final because the former director general of Dinamo Zagreb appeals to a higher court
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