In Russia began the month-long 2018 World Cup, in which 32 teams and 736 football players will compete.
This World Cup will be usual - 32 national teams are divided into four groups of eight. The tournament has received various reactions - some promise to ignore it due to political views, while others just want to enjoy the football event.
The most visited country's football news portal "EuroFootball.com" will try to provide the most interesting information from Russia throughout the championship. Every day it will be possible to directly follow the events of the World Cup.
Today there will be three matches - two from groups E and F.
Today, the Costa Rica and Serbia teams will go to battle at 15:00. Costa Rica became the "dark horses" in the last World Cup, but their preparation for this championship was not the most successful.
Predicted starting lineups:
Costa Rica: (3-4-2-1) Keylor Navas; Oscar Duarte, Geancarlo Gonzalez, Johnny Acosta; Bryan Oviedo, David Guzman, Celso Borges, Christian Gamboa; Joel Campbell, Bryan Ruiz; Marco Urena.
Serbia: (4-2-3-1) Vladimir Stojkovic; Aleksandr Kolarov, Dusko Tosic, Nikola Milenkovic, Antonio Rukavina; Luka Milivojevic, Nemanja Matic; Filip Kostic, Adam Ljajic, Dusan Tadic; Aleksandr Mitrovic.
Later, at 18:00, the central Sunday match will take place: defending champions Germany will face Mexico in Moscow.
Predicted starting lineups:
Mexico: (4-3-3) Guillermo Ochoa; Carlos Salcedo, Hector Moreno, Hugo Ayala, Jesus Gallardo; Hector Herrera, Miguel Layun, Andres Guardado; Hirving Lozano, Carlos Vela, Javier Hernandez.
Germany: (4-2-3-1) Manuel Neuer; Jonas Hector, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng, Joshua Kimmich; Toni Kroos, Sami Khedira; Marco Reus, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller; Timo Werner.
The evening will be crowned with a match between Brazil and Switzerland. According to various experts, Brazil has the greatest chances to win the tournament, so victory is expected from them.
Predicted starting lineups:
Brazil: (4-3-3) Alisson; Danilo, Miranda, Thiago Silva, Marcelo; Philippe Coutinho, Casemiro, Paulinho; Neymar, Gabriel Jesus, Willian.
Switzerland: (4-2-3-1) Yann Sommer; Ricardo Rodriguez, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schar, Stephen Lichsteiner; Granit Xhaka, Valon Behrami; Steven Zuber, Blerim Dzemaili, Xherdan Shaqiri; Haris Seferovic
Interesting facts:
The German team has defensive problems - Joachim Low's students have not been able to keep a clean sheet for five consecutive matches.
Mexico and Germany have met five times in total throughout their history, and each time Germany emerged victorious. The last match took place at the Confederations Cup last summer - the world champions celebrated a 4-1 victory.
The last time the Brazil team lost to a European team was in the 2014 World Cup. Since then, they have achieved seven wins and one draw.
Brazil, which has an incredible attacking arsenal, has recently improved their defense - in their last five matches, they have not conceded any goals.
Out of the last 14 Switzerland teams, only two matches saw both teams scoring a goal.
Brazilian national team forward Gabriel Jesus draws inspiration from one of his country's biggest legends, Ronaldo, as the World Cup approaches.
The World Cup also captivates the smallest - it was captured how children in a Uruguayan school watch the matches between Egypt and celebrate scoring a winning goal.
Neymar decided to change his hairstyle - it received various reactions in the online space.
Kasper Schmeichel did not disappoint his father - his excellent performance against the Peru team helped secure a victory.
Lionel Messi's numerous attempts against Iceland were not enough - Argentina and Iceland ended in a draw.
