In Russia, the month-long 2018 World Cup has begun, with 32 teams and 736 football players competing. This World Cup will be typical - 32 national teams are divided into four groups of eight. The tournament has received varied 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, you will be able to watch events from the World Cup live. Today, there will be four matches - two from Group C and two from Group D. The French national team players will start the battle at 13:00. The French, considered as one of the tournament favorites, will face Australia. Projected lineups: France: Hugo Lloris; Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante; Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe. Australia: Mat Ryan; Aziz Behich, Mark Milligan, Trent Sainsbury, Joshua Risdon; Mile Jedinak, Aaron Mooy; Robbie Kruse, Tom Rogic, Mathew Leckie; Andrew Nabbout Later, at 16:00, the action will move to Moscow, where Argentina will face World Cup debutants Iceland. Projected lineups: Argentina: Willy Caballero; Nicolas Tagliafico, Federico Fazio, Nicolas Otamendi, Fabricio Bustos; Giovani Lo Celso, Lucas Biglia; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Maximiliano Meza; Sergio Aguero Iceland: Hannes Thor Halldorsson; Hordur Magnusson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Kari Arnason, Birkir Saevarsson; Birkir Bjarnason, Aron Gunnarsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Johann Berg Gudmundsson; Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson, Alfred Finnbogason. At 19:00, two teams of similar strength, Peru and Denmark, will clash in Saransk. Projected lineups: Peru: Pedro Gallese; Miguel Trauco, Alberto Rodriguez, Christian Ramos, Luis Advincula; Yoshimar Yotun, Renato Tapia; Christian Cueva, Jefferson Farfan, Andre Carrillo; Paulo Guerrero. Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel; Jens Larsen, Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjaer, Henrik Dalsgaard; Thomas Delaney, William Kvist; Pione Sisto, Christian Eriksen, Yussuf Poulsen; Nicolai Jorgensen. The evening will be crowned with an interesting match between the national teams of Croatia and Nigeria in Group D. The match starts at 22:00. Projected lineups: Croatia: Danijel Subasic; Ivan Strinic, Dejan Lovren, Vedran Corluka, Sime Vrsaljko; Ivan Rakitic, Milan Dadelj; Ivan Perisic, Luka Modric, Ante Rebic; Mario Mandzukic. Nigeria: Francis Uzoho; John Ogu, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong; Brian Idowu, John Obi Mikel, Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Shehu Abdullahi; Victor Moses, Odion Igha The coach and the whole team support me. I am calm, such a mistake can sometimes happen. I will put even more effort into training and together with the team, I will try to make up for mistakes in the match against Iran," said the goalkeeper.
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Fans of the French national team are already preparing their parades at the Kazan stadium. It is estimated that about 2000 fans of the French team will support them.
To the stadium for 2000 supporters! #ProudToBeBleus
Iceland's national team member did not spare kind words before the upcoming match with Argentina to one of the best footballers on the planet, Lionel Messi.
"He is, in my view, the best player in the world."
Ragnar Sigurdsson knows what #ISL are facing in @TeamMessi and #ARG today, but they are ready for the challenge.
