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Behind the big sporting party awaiting the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the tournament was marked by a series of sub-trays that painted an ugly image even before the games began.
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Detail of Fyodor Cherenkov's sculpture in front of Spartak stadium. (Photo: Felipe Trueba, EPA-EFE) [19659006] MOSCOW – A football fan from England was arrested by police after being accused of desecrating a beloved Russian statue on the outside of Spartak Stadium before Colombia's 16-goal shootout against Colombia on Tuesday.
The fan was captured by writing "England" through the red painting statue.
The statue was created in the image of Fyodor Cherenkov, considered the best player in the history of the Russian Premier League team Spartak Moscow. The photos posted on social media clearly show the damage.
English fans have traveled in the tournament in fewer numbers than in the past, perhaps because of fears of clashes with Russian hooligans before the tournament. There have been relatively few incidents, although social media videos have emerged earlier in the case of a fan of England doing a Nazi salute.
After defeating Colombia, England will face Sweden on Saturday in semifinal at Samara. A large influx of supporters is expected to enter the country, with even more to follow if the team reaches the semifinal of next week in Moscow
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England players celebrate after beating Colombia in penalty.
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English players celebrate victory against Colombia.
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The Englishman Danny Rose misses a shot on goal while the Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina look.
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England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford stops a penalty shot by Colombian Carlos Bacca.
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Mateus Uribe of Colombia reacts after failing to score on a penalty.
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Sweden's Emil Forsberg, center, celebrates with his team-mates the first goal against Switzerland.
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Swedish fans celebrate after their team beat Switzerland.
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Sweden's Marcus Berg, left, fights for the ball with Switzerland's Johan Djourou.
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Belgian Nacer Chadli of Belgium scores the decisive goal against Japan on July 2nd.
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Belgian players celebrate Nacer Chadli's winning goal.
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Japanese midfielder Takashi Inui, left, celebrates with his teammates after scoring to give a 2-0 lead to his team.
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Japanese striker Yuya Osako, left, defies Belgian defender Vincent Kompany.
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Neymar and Fernandinho celebrate Brazil's second goal against Mexico.
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Brazil's Roberto Firmino scores the second goal against Mexico.
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Brazilian defender Filipe Luis, in action against Mexican Hugo Ayala.
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Neymar sits on Paulinho's shoulders after scoring the first goal against Mexico.
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The Mexican Carlos Vela reacts while Neymar rolls on the floor.
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Croatian players celebrate after defeating Denmark in penalties.
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Ivan Rakitic of Croatia celebrates after scoring his penalty against Denmark.
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Croatian goalkeeper Danijel Subasic secures the ball next to Denmark's Yussuf Poulsen.
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Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel saves a penalty from Croatia's Luka Modric in overtime.
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Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeevof Russia celebrates with his teammates after the penalty shootout against Spain.
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Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev saves the last penalty shot by the Spaniard Iago Aspas.
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Spanish defender Gerard Pique reacts by receiving a yellow card from the Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers.
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Russian Artyom Dzyuba pays tribute to the scorer of his team against Spain.
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rtem Dzyuba of Russia and Sergio Busquets of Spain are fighting for the ball.
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The Frenchman Antoine Griezmann celebrates with his team-mate Olivier Giroud after scoring the first goal of his team against Argentina in eighths final.
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The French Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud celebrate the victory of Argentine Marcos Rojo in the round of 16.
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Frenchman Antoine Griezmann scores a penalty kick in the eighth-final against France Argentina.
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The Argentinian Di Maria celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against France in the eighth finals.
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The Frenchman Benjamin Pavard celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against Argentina in eighth finals.
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Frenchmen Paul Pogba and Olivier Giroud Celebrate After Defeating Argentina in Eighths Of final.
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Panama players celebrate after a goal against their side by the Tunisian Yassine Meriah.
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Tunisian Wahbi Khazri, center, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his team's second goal against Panama.
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England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford takes the ball against Belgium.
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. England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford fails to make a stop while Belgium's Adnan Januzaj scores.
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The Belgian supporters during the match against England.
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Colombian fans watch the game against Senegal.
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Senegal's Salif Sane, left, and Colombian Johan Mojica def.
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The Japanese Yuto Nagatomo, center, and the Polish Bartosz Bereszynski are fighting over the ball.
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The Japanese Yuto Nagatomo takes the lead against Poland.
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Jan Bednarek of Poland celebrates after scoring the first goal of his team against Japan.
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The Brazilian Neymar goes against Serbia.
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The Brazilian Willian, on the right, is challenged against Serbia.
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Blerim Dzemaili celebrates his first goal against Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica celebrates first goal against Switzerland.
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South Korean players celebrate the first goal against Germany.
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Kim Young-gwon of South Korea celebrates her first goal.
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The German Leon Goretzka fights for the ball with the South Korean LeeJae-sung.
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A fan of Germany before the match against South Korea.
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The Mexican Hector Moreno and the Swede Marcus Berg compete for the ball.
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The Argentine Marcos Rojo celebrates after scoring against Nigeria.
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The Argentine Marcos Rojo scores the decisive goal against Nigeria.
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The Nigerian Victor Moses performs a somersault after scoring against Argentina.
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The Argentine Lionel Messi controls the ball against Nigeria.
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after the opening of his team against Iceland.
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Danish fans applaud the match against France.
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France players celebrate after winning Group C with a draw against Denmark.
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Danish midfielder Thomas Delaney falls while he pursues the ball against France.
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Peruvian Andre Carrillo, of Peru, and Joshua Risdon, of l '; Australia, for the ball.
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The players of Australia and Peru are defying for the ball.
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Spaniard Iago Aspas, right, scores his team's second goal team after Moroccan goalkeeper Monir El Kajoui.
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Morocco's Youssef In Nesyri, in the lead, jumps to score the second goal of his team against the team. Spain.
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The Spanish Sergio Ramos, right, falls, losing his shoe after a tackle Moroccan Noureddine Amrabat.
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Morocco's Khalid Boutaib, left, celebrates his first goal against Spain.
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Iranian goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand, left, and teammate Saeid Ezatolahi try to clear the ball against Portugal.
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The Portuguese Ricardo Quaresma, left, celebrates his goal of opening his team against Iran with Cristiano Ronaldo
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The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the Iranian Omid Ebrahimi defeat the ball.
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The Russian Igor Smolnikov makes a tackle on the Uruguayan Cristhian Stuani.
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Uruguayan Luis Suarez, right, and Russian Sergei Ignashevich are fighting for the ball .
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Egyptian players congratulate their goalkeeper after stopping a penalty kick against Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi midfielder Salman Al-Faraj, on the right, is congratulated by defender Mohammed Al- Burayk against Egypt.
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The famous Colombian Falcao after scoring against Poland.
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The Polish Robert Lewandowski takes the lead with the Colombian Yerry Mina.
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Harry Kane of England celebrates after scoring his team's second goal in the Group G match between England and the United States. Panama.
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. Englishman John Stones, right, scores his team's fourth goal in the Group G match between England and Panama.
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Panamanian defender Michael Murillo skips England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (right) in their Group G football game.
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English players celebrate their first goal against Panama.
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Colombian Radamel Falcao celebrates after scoring Polish goaltender Wojciech Szczesny.
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Radamel Falcao, left, and Pole Michal Pazdan fight for the ball.
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Colombian goaltender David Ospina reacts after a collision in the Group H match between Poland and Colombia.
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Colombian Santiago Arias, on the left, and the Polish Dawid Kownacki fight for the ball.
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From left to right, Ismaila Sarr from Senegal, Gen Shoji from Japan and Maya Yoshida from Japan in action during their group H meet.
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Takashi Inui of Japan celebrates his goal against Senegal.
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Maya Yoshida of Japan (right) and Sadio Mane of Senegal in action during their Group H match .
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Japan's Makoto Hasebe, right, and Senegalese Idrissa Gana Gueye defeat the ball in their group match H.
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German Toni Kroos scores a goal in front of Swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen.
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The German Marco Reus celebrates his goal against Sweden.
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Russia; German defender Jonas Hector is looking for a goal against Sweden.
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Swedish striker Ola Toivonen is fighting for the ball against l & # 39; Germany.
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Sweden celebrates after first goal against Germany.
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Mexican Javier Hernandez celebrates after scoring his team's second goal against South Korea.
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The Mexican Andres Guardado, against South Korea.
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The Belgian Eden Hazard celebrates after scoring the fourth goal of his team against Tunisia.
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The Belgian Eden Hazard plays the ball with the Tunisian Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.
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Tunisian Ferjani Sassi, left, and Belgium's Axel Witsel in the fight,
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Xherdan Shaqiri celebrates Switzerland's goal in a 2-1 victory over Serbia.
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Switzerland's Granit Xhaka scores the first goal of his squad ahead of Vladimir Stojkovic of Serbia.
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and his teammates celebrate their 2-0 win against Iceland.
Oghenekaro Etebo of Nigeria and Birkir Bjarnason of Iceland in action during Nigeria's 2-0 win.
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Nigerian Ahmed Musa celebrates after scoring his team's second goal in a 2-0 win over the club. Iceland.
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Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus and Costa Rican midfielder David Guzman leave for the ball .
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Costa Rica defender Bryan Oviedo takes the Brazilian midfielder Paulinho's jersey.
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Brazilian striker Neymar reacts after scoring against Costa Rica.
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Teammates console an emotional Neymar after Brazil defeated Costa Rica.
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after Kylian Mbappe scored the first goal against Peru.
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Lionel Messi reacts after losing to Croatia, putting Argentina on the brink of failure. to be eliminated.
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Argentine goalkeeper Wilfredo Caballero holds his lead after an error that leads to a goal from Croatian Ante Rebic.
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against Uruguayan Diego Godin.
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Luis Suarez, Uruguay, gestures during the match against Saudi Arabia.
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Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani reacts to the match against Saudi Arabia.
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The sun casts a shadow on the ground during the match between Portugal and Morocco.
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Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his first goal against Morocco.
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Portuguese midfielder Goncalo Guedes hits the grass against Morocco.
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Moroccan fans show their support before Portugal's match.
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Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva falls to the pitch while Moroccan defender Ashraf Hakimi leave with the ball.
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The Russian Denis Cheryshev celebrates after scoring the second goal of his team against Egypt .
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Russian players celebrate after first goal against Egypt.
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The Russian Yuri Gazinsky, right, challenges the ball with the Egyptian Amr Warda.
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Egyptian Mo Salah watch Russian players celebrate the first goal.
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A view of the crowd during the Senegal-Poland match.
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Senegal celebrates first goal against Poland.
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Polish defender Michal Pazdan goes to the ball against Senegal.
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The Senegalese M & # 39; Baye Niang scores the second goal of his team against Poland.
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Japanese Yuya Osako, center, scores his team's second goal against Colombia .
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Japan's Yuya Osako, center, celebrates after scoring the second goal of his team against Colombia.
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Colombian players celebrate after scoring a goal against Japan.
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Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima fails to make a stop while Colombian Juan Quintero scores the first goal of his team.
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Harry Kane celebrates after scoring the winning goal in England's 2-1 win against Tunisia in Volgograd, in Russia.
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L'Anglais Harry Kane marque son but gagnant contre la Tunisie.
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Ferjani Sassi de Tunisie tire et marque un penalty devant Jordan Pickford d'Angleterre.
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Le gardien de but belge Thibaut Courtois attrape le ballon face au Panama.
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Le Belge Romelu Lukaku célèbre après avoir marqué le troisième but de son équipe face au Panama.
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L'équipe de Belgique célèbre après la victoire contre le Panama.
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Axel Witsel de Belgique et Armando Cooper de Panama se disputent le ballon.
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Le défenseur suédois Andreas Granqvist célèbre après avoir transformé un penalty pour donner l'avantage à son équipe contre la Corée du Sud.
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Le Suédois Sebastian Larsson, prend la tête contre la Corée du Sud>
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Le Suédois Viktor Claesson est défié par le Sud-Coréen Lee Yong.
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Kim Min-woo de Corée du Sud est assis sur le terrain à la fin de la défaite face à la Suède.
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Les supporters suédois célèbrent après la victoire contre la Corée du Sud.
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Le gardien de but suisse Yann Sommer ne peut pas arrêter un tir du Brésilien Philippe Coutinho.
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Le Suisse Steven Zuber célèbre avec ses coéquipiers après avoir marqué contre le Brésil.
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Le Suisse Breel Embolo, à gauche, et le Brésilien Fernandinho entrent en collision pour le ballon.
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Neymar du Brésil lors du match nul contre la Suisse.
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Le défenseur mexicain Edson Alvarez célèbre après avoir battu l'Allemagne.
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le gardien mexicain Guillermo Ochoa célèbre après avoir vaincu l'Allemagne.
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L'attaquant allemand Thomas Muller reçoit un carton jaune contre le Mexique.
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Le Mexicain Hirving Lozano célèbre avec ses coéquipiers après avoir marqué un but contre l'Allemagne.
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Germany forward Mario Gomez tries to get a shot off against Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
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Mexico forward Javier Hernandez battles for the ball with Germany defender Mats Hummels.
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Serbia's Branislav Ivanovic, left, tries to score past Costa Rica goalkeeper.
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Serbia's players celebrate their opening goal against Costa Rica.
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Serbia's Aleksandar Kolarov celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Costa Rica.
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Referee Malang Diedhiou and fourth official Bamlak Tessera Weyesa from Ethiopia go between Costa Rica and Serbia players as they argue.
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Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas fails to stop Serbia's Aleksandar Kolarov free kick.
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Croatia's Luka Modric celebrates with fans after the 2-0 win against Nigeria.
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Croatia players celebrate after their second goal against Nigeria.
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Croatia's Dejan Lovren (L) vies for the ball with with Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel.
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Croatia scores teh opening goal against Nigeria.
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Yussuf Poulsen of Denmark celebrates scoring against Peru.
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Peru's midfielder Christian Cueva is consoled by his teammates after missing a penalty against Denmark.
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Denmark's Simon Kjaer blocks the shot of Peru forward Jefferson Farfan.
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Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, left, looks on as Peru's Christian Cueva misses a penalty shot.
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Peru's Jefferson Farfan, left, and Denmark's Henrik Dalsgaard jump for a ball.
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Denmark players celebrate after defeating Peru.
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Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson saves a penalty kick from Lionel Messi.
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Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson saves a penalty kick from Lionel Messi.
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Iceland celebrates a goal in the first half against Argentina.
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Iceland forward Alfred Finnbogason scores against Argentina.
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Iceland's Gylfi Sigurdsson kicks a corner kick against Argentina.
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Argentina's Sergio Aguero, celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Iceland.
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France's Antoine Griezmann and Blaise Matuidi celebrate after defeating Australia.
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Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan fails to save the ball as France's Paul Pogba scores his side's second goal.
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France's Paul Pogba and Australia's Mathew Leckie, challenge for the ball.
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France players celebrate after the opening goal against Australia..
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Uruguayan referee Carlos Cunha awards a penalty kick to Australia against France.
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Australia's Trent Sainsbury, center, kicks the ball in front of France's Kylian Mbappe.
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after he scored his third goal with a free kick against Spain.
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Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo fights for the ball with Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets.
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Spain's Nacho scores his side's third goal against Portugal.
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Spain's Diego Costa scores his second goal against Portugal.
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Cristiano Ronaldo goes up for a header against Spain.
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo slides on his knees after scoring his second goal against Spain.
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Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Spain.
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Spain's Nacho fouls Cristiano Ronaldo, earning Portugal a penalty.
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Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi shows a yellow card to Spain's Sergio Busquets in the first half against Portugal.
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Spain's Diego Costa, center, vies for the ball with Portugal's Raphael Guerreiro and Jose Fonte.
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Iranian players celebrate with their coach Carlos Queiroz after defeating Morocco.
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Morocco's forward Aziz Bouhaddouz is comforted as he reacts after scoring an own goal against Iran.
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Aziz Bouhaddouz of Morocco scores an own goal against Iran.
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Iran forward Karim Ansari Fard challenges Morocco's Noureddine Amrabat.
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Morocco fans cheer during the game against Iran.
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Iran's Ramin Rezaian fights for a header against Morocco's Mbarek Boussoufa.
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Iran fans cheer during the game against Morocco.
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Iranian players try to clear the ball against Morocco.
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Uruguay's Jose Gimenez, right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring against Egypt.
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Uruguay's Jose Gimenez scores past Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy.
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Uruguay's Jose Gimenez scores on a header in the 89th minute against Egypt.
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Egypt's Marwan Mohsen vies for the ball with Uruguay midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur.
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Uruguay's Luis Suarez reacts after missing an opportunity against Egypt.
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Uruguay fans celebrate during the win against Egypt.
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Egypt's Marwan Mohsen vies for the ball with Uruguay defender Jose Gimenez.
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Denis Cheryshev of Russia celebrates after scoring his team's second goal of a 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
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Saudi Arabia's Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (10) goes up for a header against Russia's Aleksandr Samedov during the World Cup opener in Moscow.
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Russian president Vladimir Putin react during the opening match of the 2018 World Cup, a 5-0 Russia win over Saudi Arabia.
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Russian fans are pictured before the start of the FIFA World Cup in Moscow.
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Russian soprano Aida Garifullina performs during the opening ceremony before the 2018 World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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English singer Robbie Williams performs during the 2018 World Cup opening ceremony.
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Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo waves to the crowd during the opening ceremony for the World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.
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Football fans from across the globe gather at the official FIFA Fan Fest at Moscow State University to watch the first World Cup game between Russia and Saudi Arabia in Moscow.
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Mascot Zabivaka entertains during the opening match of the World Cup.
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