Tunisia gets the first victory at a World Cup in 40 years



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22:55

Wahbi Khazri scored a second-half goal and then scored a goal to help Tunisia secure its first World Cup victory in four decades.

The Tunisian captain shot in the 66th minute took his team to a 2-1 triumph over Panama. He came 15 minutes after the Khazri pass led to the equalization of Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.

Tunisia had not won a World Cup match since a 3-1 win over Mexico in 1978.

Jose Luis Rodriguez's goal deflected defender Yassine Meriah in the 33rd minute .

22h50

Adnan Januzaj's curling shot allowed Belgium to qualify for the round of 16. a 1-0 win against England and a potentially more difficult run to the finals.

A night of tension or offensive intent seemed just what the coaches of England and Belgium wanted after combining 17 changes to their starting lineups.

Entering the game on identical points and goals records – after every opening with two successive victories – England had the advantage over its record of fair play at the top of Group G. [19659010] Losing top spot, with World Cup to p-scorer Harry Kane is resting, gives England a match against Colombia in Moscow in friendly match against Spain, Russia, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland on Tuesday

and a win over there would mean a quarter-final against Brazil or Mexico.

Belgium, Croatia and Uruguay were the only teams to win the three group matches.

22:40

Vincent Kompany A second-half substitute against England, nearly a month after being injured in the groin during a friendly against Portugal in Brussels

Belgian coach Roberto Martinez took the risk of taking over the center of Manchester City. Kompany was one of the biggest supporters of the evening in Kaliningrad when he replaced Thomas Vermaelen in the 74th minute while Belgium led 1-0.

22h28 [19659018] Tunisia quickly scored a second well-worked team goal to return and take a 2-1 lead over Panama as both teams seek their first World Cup win.

Oussama Haddadi and Anice Badri played Panama goalkeeper Jaime Penedo came out of the line and Haddadi gave it to Wahbi Kazhri to open the scoring in the 66th minute. Kazhri was part of the addition to the equalizer of Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 15 minutes earlier.

Panama took the lead in the first period with a goal against Yassine Meriah's side, the ninth goal of the World Cup

were eliminated and seek their first win in the group.

22h20

Michy Batshuayi's meeting against his Belgian team-mate Adnan Januzaj against England did not go as planned.

Striker Borussia Dortmund picked up the ball after Januzaj goal and kicked hard – probably aiming for the net. Instead, he ricocheted on the post and slammed into his face. He did not seem hurt, although his pride may have suffered.

Belgium leads England 1-0 in the Group G match. Both teams are already qualified for the Round of 16.

22h10

Adnan Januzaj opened the scoring by scoring a shot in the opposite corner of Jordan Pickford's goal in the 51st minute to give Belgium the win 1-0 He dominated England in the World Cup Group G match

Januzaj feigned on the right and then turned left towards the bad English defender Danny Rose before sending a shot of the left foot on Pickford. Stadium will win Group G. Both teams are already qualified for the round of 16.

Moments later, in Saransk, Tunisia scored a nice 51-minute team goal to tie 1-1 against Panama. Naim Sliti gave the advantage to Wahbi Kazhri on the right side and Fakhreddine Ben Youssef sent him back to the middle to finish with a scorer

9:50 pm

What could have been an offensive show between l & rsquo; England and Belgium. It is a deadlock of 0-0 between two of the top ranked teams in the World Cup.

The two coaches radically changed their starting lineup for their last Group G match at the Kaliningrad stadium. England had eight new faces and the Belgian coach Roberto Martinez recruited nine new players.

England striker Harry Kane, top scorer of the tournament with five goals, and Romelu Lukaku, four goals for Belgium, were on the respective benches. 19659035] If the match ends at the end of the match, Yuri Tielemans and Leander Dendoncker place Belgium further in the count of the yellow cards when they both entered the referee's book in the first half. Belgium took three yellow cards in the match while England had two.

In the rare goal action in the first half, Jordan Pickford saved Tielemans' shot from a distance in the 6th minute and Gary Cahill hit the line A few minutes later, Michy Batshuayi shot the ball towards the corner of the net after a scrum in the mouth of goal

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21:47 pm

England and Belgium whistle and booed after a first half Kaliningrad, while Panama leads Tunisia 1-0 on the ninth goal of the World Cup.

José Rodriguez 'left foot shot in the 33rd minute deflected Yassine Meriah and Tunisian goalkeeper Aymen Mathlouthi to give the Panamanians ahead. look for their first World Cup victory. The previous tournament record for goals against his side was 6.

England and Belgium lined up reserve-filled teams knowing that both teams had already advanced.

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8:25 pm

Tunisian goalkeeper Aymen Mathlouthi makes his World Cup debut, and will have no reservations when he begins the final of his team against Panama.

FIFA denied a request from Tunisians to add a goalkeeper after the team lost a second goalkeeper – Farouk Ben Mustafa – to the injury since the tournament began. Ben Mustafa has injured his knee in training this week and Mouez Hassen, who started the opening match of Tunisia, was injured in the shoulder.

Tunisia and Panama come into play after two defeats. Yet everyone expressed the urgency of capturing at least one victory before leaving Russia. Panama has never won a World Cup match and Tunisia's last victory at a World Cup goes back 40 years.

Mathlouthi is one of four Tunisian players to see their first action of the tournament. Coach Nabil Maaloul also chose to give defenders Oussama Haddidi and Rami Bedoui and striker Ghaylen Chaaleli to play.

Panama coach Hernan Gomez has selected two new players who have not yet played in Russia: defenders Adolfo Machado and Luis Ovalle. Meanwhile, striker Gabriel Torres makes his first appearance in the starting lineup after playing 28 minutes as a substitute in the opening tournament of Panama

Lineups:

Panama: Jaime Pendo, Fidel Escobar, Roman Torres, Adolfo Machado, Luis Ovalle, Gabriel Gomez, Edgar Barcenas, Ricardo Avila, Anibal Godoy, Jose Rodriguez, Gabriel Torres.

Tunisia: Aymen Mathlouthi, Yassine Meriah, Osama Haddadi, Rami Bedoui, Hamdi Naguez, Ferjani Sassi, Ellyes Skhiri, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Wahbi Khazri, Ghaylen Chaaleli, Naim Sliti.

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8:15 pm

Tactical tactics for positions in the World Cup knockout phase are underway before kickoff with 17 compositional changes between the two teams in the Group G England and Belgium

The ambitions of Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku for the World Cup will have to wait.

England coach Gareth Southgate made eight changes in the lineup that beat Panama 6-1 in their last game in Ru. SSIA. Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has done better with nine changes to the lineup that beat Tunisia 5-2

For England, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Jamie Vardy, Gary Cahill, Phil Jones, Fabian Delph, Marcus Rashford and 19-year-old Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold was called back to start. Only goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, defenseman John Stones and midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek retain their place for England.

Martinez also kept the Belgian goalkeeper, ensuring continuity in this position and retaining Dedryck Boyata. Playmaker Eden Hazard begins on the bench, while his brother Thorgan starts. Lukaku, who is recovering from a leg muscle injury, is on the bench

The Group G winner plays in Japan, which has progressed as Team No. 2 Group H instead of the Senegal thanks to its disciplinary record. The vice-champion of Group G will face Columbia Group H in the round of 16.

Composition:

England: Jordan Pickford, Danny Rose, Kieran Dier, John Stones, Jamie Vardy, Gary Cahill, Phil Jones, Fabien Delph, Marcus Rashford, Loftus-Cheek Ruben, Trent Alexander-Arnold

Belgium : Thibaut Courtois, Thomas Vermaelen, Marouane Fellaini, Hazard Thorp, Yuri Tielemans, Adnan Januzaj, Moussa Dembele, Dedryck Boyata, Michy Batshuayi, Nacer Chadli, Leander Dendoncker

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19:20

The doctor of the Brazilian team claims that Marcelo's back injury was caused by a soft mattress.

Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar said after the team's 2-0 win over Serbia. The back spasm that pushed Marcelo to leave the game early in the first half was triggered by the type of mattress used by the defender at the hotel's team.

Lasmar made the comment by rejecting the rumors of excessive physical training by the te The Brazilian federation says that Marcelo is recovering well from the injury, but he remains unsure if he will be available for the match of the team of 16 against Mexico on Monday.

He says that Marcelo "suffered"

Marcelo had to be replaced 10 minutes after the start of the match in Moscow

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19h

Colombia advance World Cup and Senegal is eliminated , the first team to be eliminated on a new tiebreaker that punishes teams each time their players pick up yellow or red cards.

Yerry Mina scored on a header in the 74th minute 1-0. Against the Senegalese and saves the South Americans from going home to win the group, Japan beat Senegal for second place despite losing 1-0, as they accumulated four yellow cards against six for Senegal

This is the first time since 1982 that no African team has qualified for the knockout stage.

Continue to play opponents of Group G – either in England These teams play later on thursday for the first place in their group.

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18h54

Japan slipped into the knockout phase of the World Cup by the narrowest margins after losing 1-0 in Poland in its last group match. Jan Bednarek scored the goal of the game in the 59th minute, beating his shot down the post on a free kick by Rafal Kurzawa.

Japan could not afford to cash in another goal Long enough, Colombia beat Senegal 1-0 in the other Group H match that took place at the same time. Colombia led the group with six points. Japan and Senegal had the same number of points, goal difference and goals scored. Japan is progressing because it has received fewer yellow cards than Senegal.

Volgograd's Japanese fans cheered despite the loss after confirmation that their team reached the knockout phase for the third time. Poland was already offside.

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18h53

Colombia and Japan reached the knockout stages of the World Cup after a tense finish at Group H.

Loss of 1-0 against Poland – because of his disciplinary record – when Colombia beat Senegal 1-0.

Colombia finished with six points. Japan and Senegal finished on four points and scored and conceded the same number of goals. The next tiebreaker went to Japan, as he had four yellow cards in the tournament and Senegal had six.

Poland, already offside, won their first victory of the tournament.

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18h42

Colombia took control of its World Cup group by scoring just minutes from the end of Group H's simultaneous games. Japan should score second place in the World Cup. a break in equality.

Yerry Mina scored Colombia took the lead 1-0 in their last group match against Senegal. Mina jumped over a pair of Senegalese defenders to aim for Senegalese goalkeeper Khadim Ndiaye in the 74th minute. Juan Quintero got help.

This was the second goal of the Mina tournament and the enthusiastic Colombian fans of Samara Stadium were in full swing

. If the scores are good, Senegal will be eliminated from the World Cup because it has accumulated more yellow cards than Japan.

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17:54 pm

Colombia has 45 minutes to fight its way through the World Cup The midfielder has found himself 31 minutes behind the last group of his team in Samara against Senegal, which is 0-0 at the half. Teammate Radamel Falcao patted his back as Rodriguez slowly left the field with his head down and headed straight for the locker room. Luis Muriel replaced him

Rodriguez suffers from a persistent calf injury that prevented him from winning the Colombian defeat against Japan.

He collected two assists in Colombia's 3-0 win over Poland on Sunday. He has six goals and four assists in eight World Cup appearances

Colombia needs at least one point to qualify for the knockout stages. Senegal succeed in equalizing despite the result of the simultaneous match between Japan and

5:49 pm

Japan and Poland are blocked 0-0 at half-time in their last match of the World Cup.

Japan created most opportunities during halftime. with Yoshinori Muto central to most of the attack incursions of his team. Muto was one of six changes to the starting lineup for the match.

Japan needs a point in Volgograd to make sure it progresses regardless of the result of the Senegal match against Colombia played simultaneously at Samara

Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima did well to stand up to Kamil Grosicki in the 32nd minute. Shimmering through his goal before diving, Kawashima put the ball safely just before crossing the line.

Poland have already emerged from the tournament after losing their previous two Group H games against Senegal and Colombia.

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Japan and Senegal are on track to qualify for the Round of 16 World Cup and Colombia should return home after the first half-time scoreless of the last matches of Group H.

0 in Volgograd and Senegal and Colombia got the same score up here in Samara.

Japan and Senegal have four points each and will go to the next round with a draw. Colombia is three points and will need at least one tie to continue playing.

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17:30

Senegal was denied a penalty in the first period against Colombia, but the officials were overthrown.

Referee Milorad Mazic of Serbia scored the penalty after defender Davinson Sanchez attacked Senegalese Sadio Mane near the penalty point in the 16th minute

but officials canceled the call after watching the video. the balloon left before he made contact with Mane.

Colombia needs at least one draw to qualify for the knockout phase of the World Cup, while a draw would guarantee the passage of Senegal.

5:15 pm [19659121ThecrewmustadreadfulreleaseattheendofthefirsthalfoftheworldandthefutureofcoachJoachimLoewwouldhavetoremainuninterestedforseveraldays

Loew and his team landed in Frankfurt. Captain Manuel Neuer told reporters that the players were "furious with ourselves" and insisted that the defeat had "nothing to do with the coach".

Germany's defeat against South Korea The Loew team is the fourth defending champion of the last five World Cups to be eliminated in the group stage.

The President of the German Federation Reinhard Grindel says that a first analysis of the failure of Germany will be ready next week. will talk about his future. "Loew's contract deals with 2022.

Loew said that" there must be far-reaching measures, there must be clear changes, and now we must discuss how we are doing that. "Shinji Okazaki was included among six changes to Japan's starting lineup for his last World Cup group match against Poland, with Cohen Akira Nishino prefacing some changes while talking about the need to pick a team that can do facing the hot conditions in the Volgograd arena Japan must avoid defeat to qualify for the round of 16.

Poland coach Adam Nawalka made five changes while his team aims to end Poland are already eliminated after losing their two games in Group H.

Compositions:

Japan: Eiji Kawashima, Yuto Nagatomo, Gaku Shibasaki, Shinji Okazaki, Takashi Usami, Yos hinori Muto, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Hiroki Sakai, Makino Tomoaki, Gotoku Sakai, Maya Yoshida

Poland: Lukasz Fabianski, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Jan Bednarek, Jacek Goralski, Robert Lewandowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Bartosz Bereszynski, Piotr Zielinski, Kamil Grosicki, Kamil Glik, Rafal Kurzawa.

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16h13

Carlos Sanchez is back in the Colombian squad after playing a game for a red card. He scored three minutes behind Colombia's loss to Japan. Coach José Pekerman dedicated the victory to Sanchez, who reportedly received death threats.

Aliou Cisse, Senegal coach, has made three changes since the last match: midfielder Cheikhou, defender Lamine Gassama and striker Keita Balde final at Samara Stadium

Colombia occupies the third place of the group behind Japan and Senegal and needs at least one draw to progress. A draw would guarantee the passage of Senegal

Lineups:

Colombia: David Ospina, Santiago Arias, Carlos Sanchez, Radamel Falcao, James Rodriguez, Juan Cuadrado, Yerry Mina, Mateus Uribe, Juan Mo Mojica, Juan Quintero, Davinson Sanchez.

Senegal: Khadim Ndiaye, Kalidou Koulibaly, Idrissa Gane Gueye, Salif Sane, Sadio Mane, Youssouf Sabaly, Alfred Ndiaye, Ismaila Sarr, Mbaye Niang, Keitu Balde, Lamin Gasma, Cheikhou Kouyate.

The Iranian national team was shaken after two high-level forwards declared that they would pull out of the international service after players were victims of insults online.

Sardar Azmoun, 23, was the target of many insults After failing to score in one of the three live matches of Iranian groups at the World Cup, Azmoun claims that his mother 's only goal is to make it clear. is postponed from a serious illness, but that insults have made him blaze again. Between football and his mother, he wrote on Instagram: "I chose my mother."

Reza Ghoochannejhad, 30, says he's also leaving the national team. He was an unused substitute in all three games.

Ghoochannejhad says "my spirit, my personality and my pride do not allow me" to wear the jersey of the Iranian national team again.

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3:45 pm [LeBlesilaffirmsthatMarceloseremetbiendesoftheAudosmaisonignoresen`savailablefortheeighth-finalmatchoftheteamagainstMexiquelundi

The Brazilian Federation says that Marcelo "undergoes treatment and showed improvement," but he did not give a schedule for his recovery.

Marcelo had to be replaced 10 minutes into Brazil's 2-0 win against Serbia in Moscow. He limped the ground with what the federation said was a spasm back.

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2:10 pm

The former German captain Lothar Matthaeus says "something must change" about the team after his World Cup group. After defeating South Korea 2-0 to defeat the defending champion, Matthaeus said: "We missed the team spirit: all that was good four years ago at the Brazil was starting to go wrong in Russia, I think the team is now in the plane heading for Germany.

Asked about the possible abandonment of coach Joachim Loew, Matthaeus says that "something must change, that is no doubt, because the performance of the German team in Russia Si Loew made mistakes or if players made mistakes, I think everyone played a role.

Matthaeus was captain of West Germany in 1990.

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14:00

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was Infantino interrupted for a little more from a minute with reporters, stating that "the world is opening a football exhibition on Red Square with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Infantino spoke for the last time with journalists at the FIFA Congress before the tournament.

Infantino qualifies the tournament as "beautiful, unbelievable, big party, big matches, perfect organization"

12:55

Kevin De Bruyne jokes that he invited Manchester City teammates to his party d & # 39; birthday.

De Bruyne turned 27 on Thursday, the day his Belgian team played England at the World Cup in Kaliningrad.

In a tweet, De Bruyne says that he invited some of his teammates to his party. The tweet includes a photo of Raheem Sterling, John Stones, Fabian Delph and Kyle Walker, all other Manchester City players who are part of the English team.

Both teams are already on the field. qualified for the round of 16, and the Belgian coach Roberto Martinez said that it would be "unprofessional" to use players who have yellow cards. De Bruyne is one of these players. A second yellow card would mean missing the next match of Belgium.

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