World Cup Russia 2018 Dates, Times, Groups, Matches and Discussion

[dara]

Only 4 minutes stoppage.

 

[dara]

CR7 booked for arguing.

 

[dara]

Game over. Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi out of the WC.

Uruguay goes forward. Cavani is the man of the match.

 

[ilan]

Uruguay / France on Friday.

 

[dara]

Based on the play today, France should win, but we'll see.

 

[ilan]

We'll have to see if Cavani lightning can strike twice...

 

[ilan]

Less than 2 hours to the Spain / Russia match. I hope Spain ate their spinach (or maybe paella works in this instance). The last time Spain met Russia was in 2017, and they played to a 3-3 draw.

Go España!

 

[ilan]

Ramos goal! Spain up 1-0.

 

[ilan]

Actually, it was off Ignashevich, so they credit the oldest Russian player with Spain's goal.

 

[ilan]

Spain is dominating possession.

 

[ilan]

Dzyuba with a penalty kick score for Russia. Now 1-1. (Pique with the handball penalty.)

 

[ilan]

Second half has started. Spain had 71% possession time and 4 times as many passes in the first half. That kind of dominance should have translated to at least one more goal. Clearly, Spain needs to attack the goal more in this half.

 

[dara]

Just got back.. those stats should be a rout for Spain...

 

[ilan]

Same this half... 76% possession time, 4-5 times the passes, but 3 shots for Spain vs. 1 for Russia. They're squandering opportunities.

 

[dara]

This game better not go to penalties. At least they do the extra periods, not like the Copa America.

 

[ilan]

You're right... A penalty shoot out would not be a fitting end.

 

[dara]

I'm glad they didn't call that possible penalty on that Spain free kick. There might have been a riot.

 

[dara]

Ugh. Penalties coming up.

 

[ilan]

Not looking forward to this! It may be the only way Russia can win. Unfortunately, Spain just couldn't get poised for decent goal shots for the entire game.

 

[dara]

Spain miss.