FIFA-2018: Bad luck of Senegal and victorious Tunisia
June 29, 2018 | 02:51 |3530
Victor KARDASHOV
JAPAN - POLAND - 0: 1
June 28, four matches ended the group stage of the World Cup in Russia. In Volgograd, Japan hosted the national team of Poland. The Poles did not have any special motivation, because they lost all chances of reaching the playoffs. That's why until the 21st minute we saw only the attacks of the "blue samurai". The first dangerous moment at the gate of the national team of Japan was created by the defender of the "white eagles" Camille Glick from the club "Monaco". At the 33rd minute, Grosicki could score, but a dangerous header from the Polish midfielder was parried by the goalkeeper from the Land of the Rising Sun. Before the break between the halves, there was only one more shot in the performance of Takashi Usami - goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was in place.
In the second half, the Japanese team was still attacking, but their opponents scored, as is often the case in football. At the 59th minute, Jan Bednarek, after giving a penalty kick, led his team forward.
In the end the match, the players of both teams just rolled the ball across the field, which caused the indignation of the fans from both countries. The meeting ended in a minimal victory for the Poles, and despite the loss, the Samurai moved on from second place in Group H. This became clear after the parallel match ended, in which Colombia beat Senegal 1-0.
SENEGAL - COLUMBIA - 0:1
The match took place on the beautiful football lawn "Samara Arena", the referee was Serb Milorad Majic. The match started at low speeds. At the 17th minute, a penalty was awarded to the Colombian national team, which the referee himself canceled after viewing the video replay. "Coffee makers" are perplexed: in their opinion, the violation was obvious.
Until the end of the first half, nothing more dangerous on the field occurred.
At the 65th minute Muriel hits on the gates, but the ball after hitting the Colombian striker hit the African player.
After nine minutes, the Colombians come forward - after filing a corner hit by Juan Quintero in the center of the penaltyline of the opponent, the ball is sendt directly under the crossbar by player of"Barcelona" Erri Mina.
In general, the match was not rich in interesting moments, and the victory of the Colombian national team with the minimum difference in the score takes it to the first place in the group. The second line is for the Japanese, who bypass Senegal in terms of "fair play" despite the equality of points scored.
ENGLAND - BELGIUM - 0:1
Group G had the meeting of England and Belgium national teams, after the second round they secured their seats ahead of schedule in the next round of the World Cup. It remains only to find out who will play in the playoffs from the first place. The match was held at the stadium "Kaliningrad". A dangerous moment at the gate of Belgium in the second minute of the meeting, was returned by the "red devils" with two attacks - on the 6th and 9th minutes. In the second case, it even seemed that the ball crossed the goal line. After the middle of the first half, the game finally calmed down. It seems that the result of the match is no longer interesting to none of its participants. The Belgians are absolutely not moving forward, the stadium is starting to resent a little.
At the 27th minute, Belgium midfielder Torgan Azar hits from the corner. Fellaini beats - a ball is knocked out by someone from the defenders of the English team. After that, the team of "Three Lions" already rolls the ball in the center of the field, not showing any gaming initiative.
Very little time left to play for the teams in the first half, and while we still have not seen the goals. It seems as by the end of the time the players are mentally already resting in their premises ... And after a few minutes they go on a break already in reality.
At the 51st minute, the team of Belgium opens the scoring in this match. Adnan Januzai received a pass from Jüri Thielemans and, after a second thought, sent the ball right into the "nine" gate of the British. Goalkeeper of "Three Lions" does not reach the jump.
After a goal scored for almost fifteen minutes nothing happens on the field.
At the 66 th minute Marcus Rashford, striker of Manchester United, was unable to outwit the goalkeeper of the Belgian national team Thibaut Courtois. Angle.
At the 83rd minute, Rashford and Welbeck fired a projectile in the penalty to Belgians, but the defender of the "red devils" Fellaini knocked the ball. On the 89th - turmoil at the gate of England. The referee from Slovenia Damir Skomina compensates three minutes.
In added time, two more times, the "red devils" threatened the British gates dangerously, but they could not turn their attacks into goals. The final whistle.
Belgium ranks first in Group G and will play with the team from Japan. The British will compete for entering the quarterfinals with the national team of Colombia.
PANAMA-TUNISIA - 1:2
Both teams lost the chance to pass in one eighth of the finals of the 2018 World Cup, so it was not necessary to expect any highly motivated game from rivals. But nevertheless the meeting in Saransk turned out to be very interesting and tense. In the first half hour of the game we saw more attacked by football players from Africa, "channelers" also tried to conduct dangerous counterattacks. At the 33rd minute Panama took the lead in the score thanks to the goal of Yassin Meria. After a series of punches on the gate of Tunisia, the ball flies off the ricochet from the defender of the "Carthaginian eagles". At the 35th minute, Tunisians already ran to the attack, Ben-Youssef hits the ball with his head - inaccurate. The head coach of Africans Nabil Maalul is very unhappy. After four minutes the same Ben-Youssef fires again, but the ball flies above the gate.
Two minutes added to the time of the first half by Nawaf Shukrall from Bahrain. A minute before the whistle to break the national team of Tunisia had a great chance to score a goal "into the locker room." First, Wahbi Khazri beat the rally, then he tried to score after the rebound from someone from the defenders of the Panamanian team. Goalkeeper of the "channelers" Jaime Penedo, playing in Bucharest "Dynamo", played reliably. Break.
Six minutes after the start of the second half of the meeting, the "eagles of Carthage" compare the score. Still, one of the most active Tunisian players in the last few minutes - Fahreddin Ben-Youssef - achieved his goal. After spectacular opening of the ball in front of Panama's penalty team, the attacking Africans hit hard in the empty goal gate. 1:1.
The pressure of Tunisians is not weakening. At the 53rd minute again, the moment at Ben Youssef, but the striker, during the exit "one on one", gets the ball directly to the goalie of the "channelers."
66th minute: ahead is the national team of Tunisia. Wahbi Khazri scores after lumbago from Haddady. Panama tries to snap and conducts two attacks, however, without a special result. At the 73rd minute, not a goal scored by players from Central America. Offside.
By the end of the match the players of the Panama team were exhausted - it's clear that it's harder and harder for them to play. However, at the last minutes of the meeting, it was quite possible to equalize the score of the "channelers". The referee gave the players eight additional minutes to play and then gave a whistle about the end of the fight. Mentor of the African team Nabil Maalul is pleased with the result.
June 29 at the 21st World Cup in Russia is a day off. And starting June 30, it's time to start a game of elimination. On the first day of the playoffs, we are waiting for France's fights with Argentina and Uruguay with Portugal.
