DAY BY DAY STATISTICS 25 JUNE
Essam EL HADARY, the Egyptian Goalkeeper, has played his first WORLD CUP match against Saudi Arabia and became the oldest player in the WORLD CUP History with 45 years and 161 days. (picture sports.ru)
RECORD :
20 penalty shots have been pointed by referees at World Cup 2018 for 12 starting days. The tournament is yet far from finish but the new record has already been set up. The previous record was 18 penalties in a World Cup (1990, 1998, 2002).
URUGUAY – RUSSIA 3 – 0
GOALSCORERS :
Luis SUAREZ (Uruguay) 1 TOTAL WC 2018 : 2
Edison CAVANI (Uruguay) 1
Denis CHERICHEV (Russia) 1 own goal
GOALKEEPER CLEAN SHEET :
Fernando MUSLERA (Uruguay) 1 TOTAL WC 2018 : 3
SPECTATORS :
41 970
REFEREE :
Malang DIEUDHIOU (Senegal)
MOST CAPS ON THE FIELD :
Uruguay : Diego GODIN 120 caps
Russia : Sergei IGNACHEVITCH 125 caps
BEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER ON THE FIELD :
Uruguay : Luis SUAREZ 53 goals
Russia : Artem DZYUBA 13 goals
STADIUM :
Cosmos Arena SAMARA
RECORD :
Luis Suarez and Edison Cavani, since today, have scored in 3 World Cups ! They are the recordman in Uruguay.
Uruguay’s great performance ! (picture sports.ru)
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SAUDI ARABIA – EGYPT 2 – 1
GOALSCORERS :
Mohamed SALAH (Egypt) 1 TOTAL WC 18 : 2
Salman AL FARAJ (Saudi Arabia) 1
Salem AL DAWSARI (Saudi Arabia) 1
ASSISTS :
Abdallah SAID (Egypt) 1
Abdullah OTAIF (Saudi Arabia) 1
SPECTATORS :
36 823
REFEREE :
Wilmar ROLDAN (Colombia)
MOST CAPS ON THE FIELD :
Saudi Arabia : Osama HAWSAWI 135 caps
Egypt : Essam AL HADARY 159 caps
BEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER ON THE FIELD :
Saudi Arabia : Fahad AL MUWALLAD 10 goals
Egypt : Mohamed SALAH 36 goals
STADIUM :
Volvograd Arena VOLVOGRAD
RECORD :
Essam EL HADARY, the Egyptian Goalkeeper, has played his first WORLD CUP match against Saudi Arabia and became the oldest player in the WORLD CUP History with 45 years and 161 days. Colombian Farud Mondragon (43 years and 3 days in World Cup 2014) was the record holder before El Hadary, who stopped also a penalty in the match.He played his firs international match with Egypt in 1996 (159 caps). He is a Football Legend in Egypt.
El Hadary save a penalty in his first and last World Cup match (picture sports.ru)
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SPAIN – MOROCCO 2 – 2
GOALSCORERS :
ISCO (Spain) 1
Iago ASPAS (Spain) 1
Khalid BOUTAÏB (Morocco) 1
Youssef EN-NESYRI (Morocco) 1
ASSISTS :
Andres INIESTA (Spain) 1
Dani CARBAJAL (Spain) 1
Fayçal FAJR (Morocco) 1
SPECTATORS :
33 973
REFEREE :
Ravshan IRMATOV (Uzbekistan)
MOST CAPS ON THE FIELD :
Spain : Sergio RAMOS 155 caps
Morocco : Mark BOUSSOUFA 60 caps
BEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER ON THE FIELD :
Spain : David SILVA 35 goals
Morocco : Hakim ZIYECH 9 goals
STADIUM :
Kaliningrad Stadium KALININGRAD
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The fantastic goal of Quaresma (picture sports.ru)
IRAN – PORTUGAL 1 – 1
GOALSCORERS :
Ricardo QUARESMA (Portugal) 1
Karim ANSARIFARD (Iran) 1
ASSISTS :
Adrien SILVA (Portugal) 1
SPECTATORS :
41 685
REFEREE :
Enrique CACARES (Paraguay)
MOST CAPS ON THE FIELD :
Iran : Ehsan HAJSAFI 91 caps
Portugal : Cristiano RONALDO 153 caps
BEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER ON THE FIELD :
Iran : Sardar AZMOUN 24 goals
Portugal : Cristiano RONALDO 85 goals
STADIUM :
Mordovia Arena SARANSK