World Cup 2018: Hat-trick of Harry Kane and gorgeous Colombia
June 25, 2018 | 02:05 |279
Victor KARDASHOV
ENGLAND - PANAMA - 6:1
The first match on June 24 took place in Nizhny Novgorod, at the stadium with the same name. There were teams of England and Panama. The founders of football in the first match suffered a lot from the team from Tunisia, but still won, "channelers" were also defeated by one of the favorites of the soccer world championship - the national team of Belgium. The temperature of the air is not less than thirty degrees. Hot. The whistle of the Egyptian referee Gead Grisha starts the match. In the first ten minutes of the match, there was an episode with a knockdown of Lingard from Manchester United, who was hit by an elbow of the the Panamanian Gabriel Gomez and the goal of the English at the gates of the "channelers". Representative of the club, "Manchester City" John Stones after the hit from the corner scores in with his head. Goalkeeper is out. At the 18th minute, the referee appoints a penalty to the Panama team. Players of the American state argue with the judge for a long time, but that decision does not change. Harry Kane is very powerful in the "nine". Such attacks are almost never taken by goalkeepers ... 2-0 - ahead are the ancestors of football.
Less than ten minutes remained until the end of the first half, when in the short section of the game two (!) goals were scored into the gates of "Los Canaleros". First, Jesse Lingard after the pass punches from afar a perfect trajectory ball. The score becomes crushing. And after two minutes, the same Sterling shoots directly into the Panamanian goalkeeper and, when he hits the ball, the first on the selection is Stones, who played his head. Already four unrequited balls in the asset of the "Three Lions".
And already in the 44th minute of the first half of the match the referee again points to the penalty spot and again in favor of the England team. And again Kane (Tottenham player) beats almost the same and again without a chance for goalkeeper Jaime Penedo, who plays in the Bucharest Dynamo. And the British set a world championship record for themselves: never before at any World Cup the team of "Three Lions" scored five goals in the first half!
The second part of the match began in the same vein. The pressure of English football players and the timid attempts of counterattacks by Central Americans. And on the 62nd minute the defeat of Panamanians continued - Harry Kane writes down a hat-trick on his account. From afar, Loftus-Chick from the Crystal Palace was beaten, but the ball on the way grazes Kane's leg and jumps into the gate of Penedo. However the author of three balls in our match was in the "offside" ... Although the referee, apparently, thinks differently.
At the 65th and 77th minutes Panama could well open an account to their goals in the match, but no luck. England responded dangerously in the 74th minute ...
And for twelve minutes before the end of the main time of the game "channelers" score a goal of prestige. Recently, replaced by Felipe Bala from the area of penalty marks in the right corner of the gate. 6:1.
And nothing more interesting we saw in this match, the whistle of the referee records the devastating victory of the "Three Lions" over the Panamanians.
The coach of the ancestors of football Gareth Southgate is satisfied with the game of his charges, the Colombian helm team of Panama Hernán Dario Gomez is upset, if not more.
Thus, in group G the participants of the play-off stage are the teams of Belgium and England, both teams have six points and the same difference in goals scored and conceded. And the "red devils" and the English won in the second round crushing victories and in both battles opponents scored seven goals. In the third round of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, the Belgians and "Three Lions" in the internal match will find out which of them deserves the first place in the group.
JAPAN - SENEGAL - 2:2
The 21st World Cup in Russia is continuing and the Saturday program was decorated with a meeting between the players of the Land of the Rising Sun and the Senegal national team. Both teams won in the first round and now they are eager to make an exit into the stage of games for the flight. They met in the capital of the Urals - Yekaterinburg, and the mission of the referee of this match was graciously taken by Gianluca Rocchi from Italy. The game began with a noticeable advantage of the Africans, which already in the 11th minute was embodied in the goal. Yussuf Sabali ("Bordeaux") beat, but got to the goalkeeper, the ball bounces back to Sadio Manet from "Liverpool", which, though clumsy, but scores. Senegal opens the score. After that, the "Lions of Teranga" continue to dominate, feeling very confident on the field. "Blue Samurai" have rare and not dangerous counterattacks.
At the 34th minute, the Japanese team equaled the score, which was a complete surprise for the representatives of Africa. Yuto Nagatomo, who plays in the Turkish "Galatasaray", defends Senegalese defenders and addresses the ball to Takashi Inui, who hits the enemy's far corner of the goal.
In less than five minutes, the "Lions of Teranga" could again come forward. Mby Nyang from "Torino" came out on a rendezvous with the goalkeeper of the "blue samurai" Eiji Kawashima, but the Japanese goalkeeper showed all his skill and eliminated the danger. Teams went on a break with an equal score.
The first quarter of an hour of the second half exactly resembled the first time - the team of Senegal put pressure on the Japanese defense. But in the 61st minute the "blue" almost came out ahead. Forward of the German club "Cologne" Yuya Osako simply does not hit the ball ...
And four minutes later the Senegalese are rescued by the post! Takashi Inui again did everything right, but slightly above the goal. Had he entered the gate - African goalkeeper Hadim Ndiaye would have been powerless.
But ... if you do not score your opponents - they score you. Once again, this old football rule works. There seems to be an attack on the Japanese team. The "Lions of Teranga" intercepted the ball, quickly played a beautiful combination and Moussa Vahe very strongly pierces the ball under the crossbar. Senegalese are ahead again.
Akira Nishino, standing at the helm of the Japanese national team, immediately makes two substitutions. In particular, Keisuke Honda appears on the field, who previously played in Russia, in Moscow's "CSKA".
And the coach of the "samurai" was not mistaken. It was Honda who, in the 78th minute of the match, compared the score. The defender and the goalkeeper of Senegal did not understand during the Japanese attack. As a result, Inui has passed on the former "army man", and he unhindered to send the ball into the goal. 2: 2.
An interesting fact: this is already the 31st game of the World Cup and none of the bouts have yet recorded a zero draw. The result is this tournament!
Time is rapidly melting. How much will Gianluca Rocky add? He adds exactly four minutes. We are waiting for another two hundred and forty seconds of this exciting match.
The 91st minute is the yellow card for the Senegalese player.
92nd - the Africans could not squeeze something out of the standard position, hanging from the penalty in the direction of the "blue" gate.
94th - and again "yellow card" for "Lions of Teranga". Final whistle and a draw.
The situation in the group remains uncertain and every team from the quartet under the letter "H" has chances to enter the playoffs.
POLAND - COLOMBIA - 0:3
The second round of the Russian World Cup is coming to an end and only one game is left to complete it. Its members are the national team of Poland and the team from Colombia, who by fate met in Kazan. Both teams failed in the first round, but a draw in the meeting between Japan and Senegal, the leaders of group H, leaves hope for an exit in the eighth finals of the championship for both Poles and "coffee lands". You just need to win! South Americans are trained by Hese Pekerman, an authoritative and experienced specialist, respectfully called by colleagues in the shop as Professor. Team Poland for five years now is lead to the victories by Adam Navalka. He is 60 years old and his name is associated with everything that happens in the team of "white eagles" in recent years. The referee of the match will be Cesar Ramos Palasuelos, Mexican representative. The stadium is full and everything is ready for the start of the most principled bout. Poles began the game more convincingly, with a run earning a couple of corners. By the 15th minute and the Colombians began to get something. Gradually, the equator of the first half was left behind. A lot of teams attack, but the "eagles" and South Americans lack the skill and accuracy for the last action in the attack. Goalkeepers in the gate stay idle without work. At the 36th minute a dangerous attack was performed by Juana Quadrado from Turin's Juventus. But he beat from a very acute angle, and the goalkeeper of the Polish team took the right position.
The Colombians did not start to slow down and after four minutes they made an effective combination with the participation of Quadrado, Rodriguez and Erri Mina. It is the latter that opens the score in this match, sending the ball head in the net gate of the "white eagles". After scoring a goal, the Colombians calmed down and began to "dry" the game. As if such actions did not come out to them sideways ... But, nevertheless, all four minutes added expired and the teams went to their premises.
The second half of the meeting began under the control of the Colombian national team. But on the 59th minute, the main star of the Poles striker Robert Lewandowski misses the opportunity to even the score and hits straight into the hands of the goalkeeper of "coffee makers" David Ospinu from "Arsenal". From this moment, the initiative began to gradually move to the national team of Poland. And so it continued until the seventieth minute, when the "cold shower" spilled onto the European team with the second ball, scored in their gates. Juan Quintero (River Plate), with an accurate and well-adjusted pass, led Radamel Falcao to a meeting with Wojciech Szczesny, and a representative of the French championship in the "Monaco" beat the Polish goalkeeper. 2: 0 and the threat of relegation from the championship is already in full swing over the "white eagles".
Hmm ... It takes another five minutes and the national team of Colombia scores the third ball into the Polish goal. Huang Cuadrado sends Europeans for airplane tickets by ninety-nine percent. And again the goal was scored in the full-time duel with the goalkeeper of the Poles. At the 81st minute, "coffee makers" are saved by Ospina after a great strike of Grzegorz Kryhovyak. In this episode, the Colombian goalkeeper is injured, landing unsuccessfully on his leg, and Pekerman becomes very anxious - after all, he has no more replacements, and whether Ospina can continue the game is a big question.
Only three minutes of regular time remains to play in this match. And again, David Ospina rescues his team, despite his injury. What a fighter! It was Lewandowski sending the ball.
The referee adds five minutes, as there were a lot of stops during the match. Will the players of the national team of Poland be able to think of anything in the end to leave the field and at the same time the World Cup with proudly raised head? But it seems that both they and their opponents are so tired that they hardly move along the lawn of the Kazan Arena. And here is the whistle of the arbitrator, announcing the end of the meeting.
Poland squad goes home, while Senegal, Japan and Colombia have almost equal chances of reaching the playoffs. June 25, four games will begin the third round of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup. Uruguay and Russia will find out which of them will take the first place in group A, and the quartet B will show us at last two lucky winners passing to the next stage of the championship. Spain, Portugal and Iran will compete for two places.
