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Moscow (AP) – The last Saturday at the World Cup (all local times):
21:48
Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani combined to give Uruguay a 1-year lead -0 at halftime against Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Cavani jumped to meet Luis Suarez's center in the seventh minute to open the scoring in Sochi. Cavani started the game from the other side of the field before running to the center of Suarez
Suarez almost brought the score to 2-0 thanks to a free kick that was saved by the Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patricio 22.
Portugal kept possession, but was not able to break through the Uruguayan defense. Apart from a free kick, Ronaldo did not have a lot of chances to add to his four goals at the tournament.
Uruguay is the only team to have yet conceded a goal at the World Cup.
The winner in Sochi will play France, who beat Argentina 4-3 earlier on Saturday in Kazan.
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21:20
FIFA imposed a fine of 65,000 Swiss francs ($ 65,650) on the Moroccan football federation and warned winger Noureddine Amrabat of misconduct Amrabat to Led an obscene comment on the FIFA video review system at a television camera a few minutes after a goal from Spanish striker Iago Aspas was allowed to score in the draw. 2-2. in Kaliningrad
FIFA says that a disciplinary charge was brought against six Moroccan staff members who "forced their entry into the field after the final whistle". Assistant coach Patrice Beaumelle has also been warned for "misplaced behavior".
Moroccan fans threw objects into the stadium because of crowd disturbances.
Moroccan Federation President Fouzi Lekjaa Warned
In another case, the FIFA disciplinary group fined the Mexican federation 15,000 Swiss francs ($ 15,150) for deranged fans in a 3-0 defeat against Sweden. Edinson Cavani gave Uruguay a 1-0 lead over Portugal by taking over a long Luis Suarez cross from the left flank.
Cavani started the game on the other side of the field before running the Suarez cross on the seventh minute in Sochi
Uruguay, a two-time world champion, is trying to get the ball rolling. reach the quarter-finals for the first time since his fourth place at the World Cup 2010.
The champion of Europe Portugal has not reached the quarter-finals at the World Cup since the Cup
The winner in Sochi will face France, who defeated Argentina 4-3 earlier on Saturday in Kazan.
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21:00
FIFA asserts that its disciplinary panel imposed a fine of 10,000 Swiss francs ($ 10,100) on the Russian Federation for showing a "discriminatory banner" during the defeat 3-0 against Uruguay in Samara on Monday.
The Serbian federation was fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($ 20,200) for presenting a "political and offensive banner" in a 2-0 defeat against Brazil on Wednesday in Moscow.
This is the second time that FIFA has fined Serbia for supporters who bring political messages to the stadiums.
FIFA also warned the Russian and Serbian federations, as well as the Brazilian federation for unspecified incidents
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20h05
Jose Maria Gimenez is back in the starting team of Uruguay for the eighth finals against Portugal at the World Cup.
Gimenez missed the last Group match against Russia with a thigh injury, but returned to practice this week and takes his place in the starting line next to his teammate Diego Godin Atletico Madrid [19659002Uruguayistheonlyteaminthetournamentthathasnotbeenscoredinthegroupstage
Portugal recalled Goncalo Guedes and Bernardo Silva, both of whom started on the bench against Iran. Cristiano Ronaldo will lead the team but midfielder Joao Moutinho stays out of the way. Moutinho started on the bench against Iran because of flu-like symptoms.
Lineups:
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera, José Maria Giménez, Diego Godin, Naiman Nandez, Luis Suarez, Lucas Torreira, Matias Vecino, Diego Laxalt, Edinson Cavani, Martin Caceres.
Portugal: Rui Patricio, Pepe, Raphael Guerreiro, Jose Fonte, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mario Joao, Bernardo Silva, William Carvalho, Ricardo Pereira, Goncalo Guedes, Adrien Silva.
James Rodriguez missed a practice session and remains in doubt for Colombia's World Cup match against England.
Rodriguez was the only player from Colombia who did not take part in the training session on Saturday, three days before the round of 16
The offensive midfielder left the field in the first half of Colombia's 1-0 win against Senegal last week and has been hampered by a calf injury since the start of the tournament. The Colombian national team has Javier Mascherano announced that he is retiring from the national team after Argentina has been eliminated from the World Cup.
The 34-year-old midfielder says, "It's time to say goodbye and young people to enter."
Argentina had a 2-1 lead early in the second half-time, but France is forced to win 4-3 and become the first team to progress. Mascherano, who has played in four World Cups, made his Argentina debut in 2003 when he still had not played professionally for River Plate.
He holds the record for most appearances in Argentina with
147.
Now the defensive midfielder says it's time for a new generation to shine: "I hope that they can achieve something. Now I am a fan of more than the national team.
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19h10
The name of Kylian Mbappe is already pronounced in the same sentence as Pelé.
The 19-year-old The striker of France became the first teenager to score at least two goals in a World Cup match since the big Brazilian in 1958.
His two goals against Argentina have allowed France to win a 4-3 win.In 1965, Mbappe is the sixth teenager to score more than once in a World Cup tournament – Brazil leads the way.Kylian Mbappe striker has hit twice in five and a half minutes to make sure that the France beats Argentina 4-3 and becomes the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
After an exhilarating demonstration between two former champions, France is born But the Blues owe their triumphs at Mbappe, 19. Mbappe was still at the heart of France's performance.
France took the advantage from the start of Antoine Griezmann after the penalty (13th). Di Maria leveling the score with a thunderclap just before the interval
Messi set a goal for Gabriel Mercado to give Argentina a 2-1 lead after halftime but the Argentina's defense conceded three goals in 11 minutes. Defender Benjamin Pavard equalized with his first international goal, Mbappe then scored with a fresh finish from a tight angle and scored again in the 68th with the help of Olivier Giroud
Sergio Aguero, Manchester City striker extra time with a header from Messi's pass.
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18:30
David Silva wants Spain to play fast in attack to beat Russia in the knockout stages of the World Cup
sometimes these teams park the bus in front we and it is difficult to manage, "and the solution is speed, adding that" if we play very fast, we will have more options and generate spaces in which we can hurt them ".
Silva scored for Spain in his 3-0 win over Russia in the 2008 European Championship semi-finals, the last time the teams met in a competitive match [19659057]. Iran and Morocco, Silva said "It was a very difficult group and we must minimize our mistakes – that's the key." If in tough matches, we start giving goals to Opponent, things will be difficult for us, so we have to strengthen our defense. "
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6:26 pm
Kylian Mbappe scored twice, France scored three goals in 11 minutes to take a 4-2 lead over Argentina in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Mbappe scored with a superb shot from a low shot past goalkeeper Franco Armani 64th minute: The striker from behind scored again four minutes later with help by Olivier Giroud
The Argentine defense is in the process of collapsing and continues to be caught at the break after giving up an advance of 2 to 1. M
18h18
The Defender Frenchman Benjamin Pavard equalizes with his first international goal to bring the score to 2-2 against Argentina in the 57th minute of the eighth day of the World Cup.
Pavard throws a great shot from the edge of the area in the upper left corner after a Lucas H ernandez save.
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18h08
Lionel Messi scored a goal for Gabriel Mercado to give Argentina a 2-1 lead against France just after half-time in the Round of 16 of the Cup of the world. The French defenders failed to clear a free kick, and Messi recovered the ball on the right side before firing a shot that deflected the Mercado.
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5:50 pm
Argentina tied France was the best team and opened the scoring with the penalty Antoine Griezmann in the 13th minute, but Angel Di Maria's powerful 25-yard strike in the 41st end ensured a score equal to the break.
Di Maria was placed in front of goal after a touch on the left of a field, recovered the pass and fired a shot from left.
France dominated the first exchanges and took advantage of the place where Kylian Mbappe won the penalty after being the victim of a foul on the part of Marcos Rojo. Mbappe sprinted to 40 meters and entered the area where he was awkwardly stopped by the Argentine defender.
Mbappe was a constant threat with his devastating pace and accelerations
Griezmann put his team ahead for a few moments. 22-meter free-kick
And after scoring, Griezmann shouted to millions of Fortnite fans with his party dance.
Lionel Messi only had a few chances and did not have much room Defenders of France
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5:41 pm
Angel di Maria equalized for the Argentina thanks to a powerful long range shot in the 41st minute to tie the match of the FIFA World Cup in 16 -1
Di Maria was put in place in front of goal after a throw-in to the left of a field and he recovered the pass and fired a powerful left foot shot in the upper right corner in the 41st minute.
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5:14 pm
Antoine Griezmann gave Franc e a 1-0 lead over Argentina after scoring from the penalty spot in the 13th minute.
French teen Kylian Mbappe won the penalty after being the victim of a foul in Marcos Rojo's penalty area. The Paris Saint-Germain striker sprinted 40 meters before entering the penalty area, where he was awkwardly stopped by the Argentine defender.
Griezmann calmly resumed the penalty kick, sending goalkeeper Franco Armani the wrong way.
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4: 45 pm
Proponents of Argentina have gone to Kazan in large numbers and outnumber the French supporters at the Kazan Arena. As a result, the French team was mocked the pitch as it returned to the locker room after warming up for the match of the eighth day of the World Cup.
France and Argentina have not met at the World Cup since 1965.] 1978.
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16h15
The French coach Didier Deschamps returned to his Most effective alignment, making six changes to face Argentina during his 16-year-old World Cup match at Kazan Arena. 19659002] Deschamps picked the same players who beat Peru 1-0 in their second group match in a 4-3-3 or 4-3-2-1 system, with Olivier Giroud at the front supported by a line of three men Blaise Matuidi, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe
France will try to stop Lionel Messi with Samuel Umtiti, Raphael Varane and Lucas Hernandez, who are very familiar with the Argentine playmaker of the league Spanish. Benjamin Pavard completes France's fourth-placed squad
Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli made a change – ahead of Cristian Pavon in the place of Gonzalo Higuain – of the 2-1 victory over Nigeria which secured a place in the knockout stage for both champions.
Goalkeeper Franco Armani makes his second appearance for Argentina while Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero stays on the bench. France has not lost to the South American opposition since the 2-1 defeat to Argentina in a group match at the 1978 World Cup. 19659002] France: Hugo Lloris, Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe, Golo Kante, Blaise Matuidi, Lucas Hernandez
Argentina: Franco Armani, Gabriel Mercado, Nicolas Tagliafico, Ever Banega, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Javier Mascherano, Enzo Perez, Marcos Rojo, Nicholas Otamendi, Cristian Pavon
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4:12 pm
The former captain of a Uruguayan team that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2010 is back and appreciates the tournament Another fan in Russia.
Diego Lugano said before Saturday's La Celeste knockout match against Portugal that Uruguay is already a tournament star. The team has not lost a goal and won all three group matches.
The former central defender relaxed, played football and took selfies on a beach in Samara.
And he does not wet fans Expectations: Lugano said that this Uruguayan team is strong enough to win everything.
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16:00
Spain says that some members of the World Cup team have been checked for doping at the Moscow hotel. 19659002] The tests were conducted one day before the team's 16th game against host Russia in the capital.
The Spanish Football Federation says players have been asked to provide samples of urine and blood to FIFA officials. FIFA does not control the players tested.
FIFA regularly monitors players after matches but also performs out-of-competition testing at hotels and training camps.
Costa Rica complained to FIFA four years ago in Brazil. his players were summoned for doping tests after a match, saying that this unjustly raised suspicions about Costa Rican players
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15h50
Fox will eventually call 31 out of 64 games in the world from the stadiums and the rest of his Los Angeles studios.
The network announced its program for the round of 16, where the management team of John Strong and Stuart Holden broadcast Uruguay-Poland, Brazil-Mexico and Sweden-Switzerland to the site. 19659002] JP Dellacamera and Tony Meola will be in France-Argentina and Belgium-Spain
Three matches will be played from Los Angeles. Derek Rae and Aly Wagner have Spain-Russia and Colombia-England, and Mark Followill and Warren Barton will broadcast Croatia-Denmark
All quarter-final matches will be called on-site.
The Strong-Holden and Dellacamera – The Méola teams called nine games each during the group stage. Rae-Wagner was 10, Followill-Barton nine, Glenn Davis-Cobi Jones seven, and Jorge Perez-Navarro and Mariano Trujillo four.
Telemundo Deportes, part of Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal Inc., will call at least 36 stadium matches. He had on-site commentators for 23 group matches and called the rest of the International Broadcast Center outside of Moscow. He was planning to have broadcasters in five games of the round of 16 and the rest of the IBC. The teams will be in the stadiums from the quarterfinals.
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15:30
Russian winger Denis Cheryshev says that he feels calm while he is about to play for the country of his birth against the country where he grew up
Cheryshev was born in Russia but spent most of his life in Spain after his father Dmitry, also a professional footballer, played and coached in a series of Spanish clubs.
Speaking Russian with a slight Spanish accent, Cheryshev says, "We are very relaxed and ready to do a good job."
He sees Russia as the outsider of Sunday's match in Moscow, adding that Spain is "close to being the best, but any team can hurt one of them. other". Russia and Spain played a friendly 3-3 draw in November, but coach Stanislav Cherchesov says Spanish tactics have changed since then, especially since Spain has sacked the country. Coach Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the World Cup and named Fernando Hierro. ] ___
15h00
Start Breel Embolo is back in Russia after returning home to witness the birth of his first child
The Swiss Football Federation says that "Embolo spent" the most beautiful 24 hours of his life "to go back in time to see his daughter Naylia
Embolo says that" the timing was perfect "to be with his partner Naomi.
The 21-year-old striker played the 90 minutes Wednesday night in Nizhny Novgorod, where Switzerland drew 2-2 with Costa. Switzerland play next Tuesday, against Sweden in the round of 16.
British midfielder Fabian Delph also returned home between the group stage and the first knockout round to attend a birth. England will face Colombia Monday in Moscow
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13:35
Mexican players insist that they are relaxed before their clash with Brazil in the Round of 16 of the World Cup world.
Before the victory game against the Brazilians at Samara on Monday, several members of the Mexican team and even coach Juan Carlos Osorio took a little time to visit Red Square. Andres Guardado, his wife and son Maximo, defenders Jesus Gallardo and Edson Alvarez, midfielder Javier Aquino, forward Raul Jimenez and Osorio spent several hours Friday in downtown Moscow.
Mexico qualifies for the quarter-finals since the organization of the World Cup in 1970 and 1986.
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12:51 pm
John Stones is back at the # 39, training with England, two days after being at halftime defeated 1-0 against Belgium at the World Cup because of a problem of veal. [19659002] The back center was among the 21 players practicing under a light rain Saturday at the England Training Base just outside St. Petersburg
Stones was photographed on the England bench with straps and ice around the left calf. Game against Belgium Thursday
The only ones absent from the training were Fabian Delph, who was back in England to be with his wife before the birth of their third child, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who had a conditioning session at the team team.
England plays Colombia in the last 16 on Tuesday.
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