In Russia, the 2018 World Cup, which will last the whole month, has started, with 32 teams and 736 footballers competing. This World Cup will be traditional - 32 national teams are divided into four to eight groups. The tournament has received various reactions - some promise to ignore it due to political views, while others simply want to enjoy the football feast. The most visited country's football news portal "EuroFootball.com" will try to provide the most interesting information from Russia throughout the entire championship. Every day it will be possible to watch the events from the World Cup live. Yesterday saw the first match of the championship - the Russians eliminated Saudi Arabia from the competition. However, the real football treat begins today - accordingly, the matches of one group A and two group B will be played.
The first to start the battle will be the participants of Group A - Uruguay will face Egypt at 3:00 pm. In these matches, there is still one unknown - whether Egypt's brightest star Mohamed Salah will be able to help his team? Predicted starting lineups: Egypt: (4-2-3-1) El Hadary; Fathy, Gabr, Hegazi, Abdel Shafy; Elneny, Hamed; Trezeguet, El-Said, Sobhi; Mohsen. Uruguay: (4-4-2) Muslera; Pereira, Gimenez, Godin, Silva; Arrascaeta, Vecino, Bentancur, Rodriguez; Suarez, Cavani.
After the above matches, an hour later - at 6:00 pm - the first match of Group B will take place in Saint Petersburg: Morocco will face Iran. Both teams are considered underdogs in this group. Predicted starting lineups: Morocco: (4-3-3) Mohammedi; Dirar, Saiss, Benatia, Hakimi; Boussoufa, El Ahmadi, Belhanda; Ziyech, Boutaib, Amrabat Iran: (4-3-3) Beiranvand; Rezaeian, Hosseini, Pouraliganji, Mohammadi; Dejagh, Ezatolahi, Hajsafi; Jahanbakhsh, Ghoochannejhad, Azmoun
The real football treat will be served at 9:00 pm - in Sochi, two football giants will clash: Spain and Portugal. Before these matches, some difficult-to-explain situations took place in the Spanish camp, but the players assure that they have already forgotten about this situation and are ready to start the tournament successfully.
