2018 WORLD CUP

Spain’s football can evolve – Luis Enrique

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  The Asturian coach has been officially unveiled as La Roja’s new coach. He has been presented at an event organized by the Spanish Football Federation in which he explained how delighted he is to be undertaking the projects and its fundamentals. The 48-year-old told the attending media: “I’m very excited about this challenge and the possibility of ratcheting the team up a notch. I’ll be giving it everything I have. I’m ready and really eager to win the competitions that await us. All I can say is, ‘Let’s go win them!” Luis Rubiales, the president of the Federation, explained that after the resignation of his replacement Fernando Hierro after the team’s exit from the 2018 FIFA World Cup and after the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui they pu all their hopes on Luis Enrique by saying: “He is the only coach with whom we got in touch. It’s been very straightforward because of his commitment and passion, and we’ll be doing everything we can to make him feel comfortable.” The Federation’s new technical director Jose Francisco Molina described Enrique as a modern coach with a great work methodology. Luis Enrique’s Method Evolution not revolution The coach said there will be no radical changes to the team’s playing style, insisting that the style founded and defined by the former Spain coach Luis Aragones was what they should continue with. Tactical modifications “We’ll come up against opponents who respect us and who will defend en masse. That’s where our work will come in – enabling our players to recognize those instances and overcome them.” The coach explained to himself that one of the objectives is to improve effectiveness in front of goal. Psychology – Fundamental to Performance Luis Enrique will have a psychologist as part of his staff when coaching at club level. He says that a psychologist is an option they give to the players, privately seeking to help them as much as possible to improve their performance.  

FIFA Fan Fest Russia 2018 – Visited by 7.7 Million Fans

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  FIFA can confirm that the Russian edition of the FIFA Fan Fast has welcomed 7.7 million visitors worldwide. This Fest took Russia by storm following the exhilarating final of the World Cup that saw France take the title. At the 2014 edition of the FIFA Fan Fest, the number was up to 5.2 million fans. Tens of thousands of international and Russian fans opted for the FIFA Fan Fest locations of the everyday matches as their venues choices. Watching live football and enjoying an exciting music and cultural entertainment programme counted in hours reached a total of 917 hours of live football, 323 hours of live music, featuring 646 bands and all free of charge. FIFA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Phillipe Le Floc’h said: “The close collaboration between FIFA, the LOC, the Host Cities and our Commercial Affiliates made this project possible. The FIFA Fan Fests offered a free, safe and highly entertaining space to the 7.7 million local and international fans that came to watch matches in those spectacular locations. The work has already started to make the FIFA Fan Fest experience even more entertaining in the future and we are looking forward to welcoming fans at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.”  The day Uruguay played Host Country Russia was the highest day’s attendance on June 25th. That’s the day when 499.000 fans attended 11 venues. The best attendance was achieved by the Host City of Moscow. And at 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil top venue Rio de Janeiro had in total 937.330 visitors. Since the 2006 edition in Germany, the FIFA Fan fest has been part of the Official Programme of the FIFA World Cup. it has been definitely been one of the highlights for fans in  Russia since its featuring again at the 2010 and 2014 editions in South Africa and Brazil.

The Brazil goalkeeper Alisson makes Liverpool switch

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  After undergoing a medical and completing the formalities, the 25-year-old Alisson Becker makes his move to the Reds on Thursday. Alisson Becker transferred from Italian Serie A side Roma to English League – Liverpool. Liverpool has completed the transfer of the Brazilian goalkeeper on a multi-year deal. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, Alisson played in all five of Brazil’s matches until their elimination in the quarter-finals after a defeat to Belgium of 2-1. Alisson has made it clear that he is very happy to be joining the new team, and says it’s a dream come true to wear such a prestigious shirt for a club of that size that is used to always winning. He made the statements on the club’s official website by adding that it’s a huge step for his career in terms of his life right now to be a part of this club and the Liverpool family. “You can be certain that I’ll give my all.” – Alisson said.    

The most engaging FIFA World Cup ever is Russia 2018!

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  The new data that has been released today by FIFA, and has revealed that the most engaging FIFA World Cup in history is the Russia 2018. Over 7.5 billion fan engagements across all FIFA digital platforms had record-breaking interest from fans online during the World Cup. FIFA introduced a broader, a new bespoke app and more interactive coverage on social media, so this all-new digital initiatives and innovations gave completely different and innovative new visual stories approach delivered by the 32 reporters for the 32 competing teams. This innovations and approach played a key role in giving the fans more opportunities to follow, connect and engage with all the breaking news and with the latest action from across the tournament. Through a new customer service function, FIFA’s social media generated over 580 million interactions and that means increased responsiveness and extended the number of followers to more than 128 million. The stunning images from across the 11 Host Cities have led to growth and deepening of engagement of all official FIFA digital platforms. The videos that have been posted on the same channels reached over 1.25 billion video views, with more than four million new subscribers to FIFA’s YouTube channel. FIFA.com was ranked as the number one football site in the world while the FIFA official app becomes the number one sports app in over 128 countries for the tournaments. The interactive games that FIFA also generates, such as Panini Digital Sticker Album presented by Coca-Cola, Mc Donald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy and Hyundai’s FIFA World Cup Match Predictor have generated huge fan engagement, over 25 million fans taking part in this apps. Through the official Russian VKontakte account, FIFA also expanded the coverage to the newer audiences which have passed the number of one million followers during the tournament. Beside VKontakte, WeChat and Weibo (Chinese app) were used apps in association with FIFA.  

Russia 2018 in numbers

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135 years and three months – the cumulative age of Portugal’s Fernando Santos and Uruguay’s Oscar Tabarez when they met in the Round of 16. They were the oldest combined age for two coaches in a World Cup match. While England’s Roy Hodgson and Tabarez had a combined age of 134 years and two months when their teams met at Brazil 2014. 519 centimeters – Luka Modric (1.72), Eden Hazard (1.73) and Antoine Griezmann made the smallest combined height of the Adidas Golden, Silver and Bronze Ball recipients since Lothar Matthaus, Toto Schillaci and Diego Maradona had merely 512 centimeters between them in 1990. 48 years – have passed since a team had won a knockout-phase match and had overturned a two-goal deficit at the World Cup until Belgium rallied to stun Japan 3-2. West Germany came two goals down to edge England with 3-2 at Mexico 1970, albeit with the aid of extra-time. 72.5 kilometers – Ivan Perisic covered during the tournament more than any player. Thomas Muller (84km) and Xavi (80km) ran unprecedented totals at South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014. 21 hours and 10 minutes – is a combined total that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have staggeringly, gone without a scoring in the knockout phase of the World Cup. Eight and six appearances, the Argentinean and the Portuguese have made in the knockout rounds respectively. 40 years – since a World Cup was without a player from Inter Milan or Bayern Munich. Status preserved by Corentin Tolisso had the German giants when he came on for France against Croatia, who started Ivan Perisic and Marcelo Brozovic of I Nerazzurri. 18 matches – Asian sides had gone without beating South American opposition in the World Cup until Japan won with a 2-1 defeat of Colombia. 10 Belgians – have scored at Russia 2018. Before that this record has been shared by France in 1982 and Italy in 2006, and now Russia equaling the record for most marksmen from one country at a World Cup.  

Mina is the PPG VIP, Kane crowned King

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For Harry Kane, the distinctions keep coming. As winning the Adidas Golden Boot, the No9 of England has been crowned the McDonald’s FIFA World Cup champion player after withstanding a fast-finishing Frenchman. Over the last three rounds, Antoine Griezmann outscored Kane 20-6 but fell two points shy of matching him. Yerry Mina and Andreas Granqvist have been edged by Raphael Varane to finish as the highest-scoring defender. Luka Modric and Philippe Coutinho were the joint-best midfielders, while Thibaut Courtois was the top goalkeeper. Mina averaged an extraordinary 10.7 per game, and that’s almost four points more than his nearest rival, Kasper Schmeichel. Fantasy Teams of the Tournament Overall XI: Andreas Granqvist, Yerry Mina, Thiago Silva, Raphael Varane, Antoine Griezmann, Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Luka Modric, Denis Cheryshev, Philippe Coutinho, Thibaut Courtois. Points-per-game XI: Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Wahbi Khazri, Jose Gimenez, Andreas Granqvist, Yerry Mina, Thiago Silva, Juan Quintero, Denis Cheryshev, Philippe Coutinho, Kasper Schmeichel. Overall: Top 30 Players 1st. Harry Kane (40 points / 6.7 points per game) 2nd. Antoine Griezmann (38 / 5.4) 3rd. Raphael Varane (34 / 4.9) 4th. Yerry Mina (32 / 10.7) 4th. Andreas Granqvist (32 / 6.4) 6th. Eden Hazard (31 / 5.2) 6th. Thibaut Courtois (31 / 4.3) 8th. Romelu Lukaku (30 / 5.0) 9th. Kylian Mbappe (29 / 4.1) 9th. Ivan Perisic (29 / 4.1) 11th. Philippe Coutinho (28 / 5.6) 11th. Luka Modric (28 / 4.0) 13th. Artem Dzyuba (27 / 5.4) 13th. Thiago Silva (27 / 5.4) 13th. Samuel Umtiti (27 / 4.5) 13th. Denis Cheryshev (27 / 5.4) 13th. Kieran Trippier (27 / 4.5) 13th. Kasper Schmeichel (27 / 6.8) 13th. Lucas Hernandez (27 / 3.9) 13th. Benjamin Pavard (27 / 4.5) 21st. Thomas Meunier (26 / 5.2) 21st. John Stones (26 / 3.7) 21st. Ludwig Augustinsson (26 / 5.2) 24th. Mario Mandzukic (25 / 4.2) 24th. Domagoj Vida (25 / 4.2) 26th. Cristiano Ronaldo (24 / 6.0) 26th. Kevin De Bruyne (24 / 4.0) 26th. Hugo Lloris (24 / 4.0) 26th. Fernando Muslera (24 / 4.8) 30th. Robin Olsen (23 / 4.6)   Top 5 in profile Harry Kane – England (40 points) Antoine Griezmann – France (38 points) Raphael Varane – France (34 points) Yerry Mina – Colombia (32 points) Andreas Granqvist – Sweden (32 points)  

The reputations on the rise in Russia

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  Kieran Trippier 27, wing-back, England Trippier’s dead-ball ability was fundamental to England’s run to the semi-finals built on the back of set pieces. The 3-5-2 formation allowed both Trippier and Kyle Walker to feature, allowed the Tottenham wing-back to find his place in the side, just with a switch of that formation. He was instrumental in some of the Three Lions most memorable moments when delivering the corner of Harry Kane’s winner against Tunisia and the sensational free-kick against Croatia in the semi-final.       Denis Cheryshev 27, midfielder, Russia This World Cup for Cheryshev would’ve been more of a dream experience if he had stepped out on the Luzhniki pitch for the Final. After having suffered an injury-disrupted spell at Villareal so far, and after failing to break through at Real Madrid this has been his time to shine. Striking in the quarter-final against Croatia was a simple evidence of that.       Takashi Inui 30, midfielder, Japan His signing is looking impressively since snapped up by Real Betis before the tournament as he drew plenty of admiring glances during Japan’s four games. He shone brightly as a disciple of the classic Samurai Blue style. His quick passing and non-stop dynamism along with the creative focus for the side, bringing goals, unpredictability and invention are just parts of why his reputation is on the rise.     Yerry Mina 23, defender, Colombia Mina’s quality as a rugged-but-classy centre-back had not gone unnoticed. He’s being picked up by Barcelona in January. His talent was far from common knowledge, having earned just a handful of appearances. All that profoundly changed with the towering performances in both boxes. Scoring in the dramatic equalizer against England and scoring in three successive games (including the mentioned one), ensured his hulking figure to stick in the minds of many.

Croatia returns home to a heroic welcome

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Upon their arrival home in the Balkan country on Monday afternoon Croatia’s staff and players were greeted to a heroes’ welcome following their runners-up finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – their best placing at a world finals. With the team’s plane, The Vatreni flew into Zagreb being escorted by two Croatian Mig 21 fighter planes. Zlatko Dalic’s squad rode on a rooftop bus after landing at the airport and greeting supporters along the road towards the country’s capital, with the players sharing in the celebrations. In the center of Zagreb, at Bana Jelacica Square the team greeted a large, warm and passionate crowd of appreciative fans. The statue of the war hero governor Ban Josip Jelacic was dropped in a red and white chequered flag also. Zlatko Dalic and the whole team stepped on a stage that has been set up for a welcome in front of the singing crowd so they can address. Wearing the silver medals on their necks, their smiling and satisfied faces were inevitable to notice. The smile on their faces was even bigger when they saw how many fans have come out to greet them and welcome them.  Almost 550.000 people got on the streets and the rest is history!

“Croatia can be proud” – Luka Modric

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As national heroes, Croatia’s players and their coach will return from Russia 2018. With a tangible reward for his hugely impressive campaign, Luka Modric heads home with having collected the tournament’s adidas Golden Ball award. He said: “I’m proud of that. I would also like to thank all my team-mates because without their help I would certainly not have received this award. We were so close to winning the World Cup itself, and we will certainly think about it for a long time. But we can be proud. When you see this support of the fans after the match, it definitely makes you happier. We know we did something big here. But when you come so close, it is not easy to take.” Modric winced at the fresh and painful memory of their 4-2 Final loss to France, though justifiably proud with both of his own outstanding performances in Russia and of his team’s spectacular campaign. He also said: “We fought heroically, we did everything to win, but we were unlucky,” he said. “We were the better team most of the match but unfortunately some unlucky and clumsy goals cost us dearly and gave France the advantage.” While Dalic said: “I congratulate France on their title, and I also have to congratulate my players. This was maybe the best game we played in this tournament; we controlled the match. But against a side as strong as France, you must not make mistakes. We are a bit sad but we have to be proud as well for what we’ve done.”

France are the 2018 World Cup Champions!

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The France players lingered on the pitch for several long minutes, reveling in a happy ending that will be remembered for eternity, fresh off their triumph in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final. The challenge posed by the excellent Croatia side has been overcome by a generation of supremely gifted players showing their passion and determination to run out victorious in a game that they never had complete control – despite scoring four goals. Their celebration was almost as if they were not quite sure how to express so much joy in one go, so they subsequently emerged singing and shouting. “The party is only getting started. This is just the beginning: we’re going to savor this win for four years!” – Benjamin Pavard explained. The heroes, while flooded by messages by the loved ones, got a glimpse of the scenes of joy that were playing out across France. Les Bleus cavorted in nothing but underwear and then got dressed again while congratulating each other. They were beside themselves. Paul Pogba said: “What? Am I mad? I must be mad! I scored in the Final!” An extra touch of charm and mystique during the closing ceremony added the torrential rain, to an occasion that no one seemed prepared for. As player and coach after becoming just the third man to win the World Cup, Didier Deschamps couldn’t keep his emotions away and added: “This is amazing, it’s the pinnacle: France is on top of the world! It’s really fantastic. Kudos to the team and my staff. We’ve spent 55 days working hard together. I’m thrilled to see my players so happy. They did it and I’m proud of them.” While headed off for his press conference, the squad ambushed him and doused him with champagne and beer. They released all the tension and pent-up stress from the past month and a half in which they have worked and lived together. That was a moment of collective euphoria and happiness that France deserved for sure on this World Cup. The togetherness has been rewarded. Team France knows that they have written their own names in history on a precise date, July 15th, 2018, which will not be forgotten.  

Mbappe could become the next Ronaldo?

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As Gary Lineker said ahead of the World Cup final, Kylian Mbappe has the potential to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo as football’s next big star. Scoring two goals, the 19-year-old has helped France through the showpiece getting the chance to play against Croatia on Sunday which is already today. Lineker believes that the young Frenchman from Bondy has everything that it takes to become the next superstar. Indeed Lineker won the Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup. Lineker clearly said: “His performance in the semi-final of the World Cup, for a player so young, was just incredible. His speed, his technique, his charm and his ability to play the right ball at the right time are incredible. He’s got incredible maturity and is one of the best young players I’ve ever seen. He’s got everything to become the next Cristiano Ronaldo. Look, in fact, he reminds me of the Brazilian Ronaldo. He’s got the same power, the same explosivity, same speed, same brilliant, and everything’s done at an incredible tempo that gives the impression that it is all so easy. He seems unaffected by pressure.” When asked to compare Mbappe with Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney, who both exploded onto the international scene with England at World Cups, the former Barcelona striker said: “Both were able to do incredible things, in particular, Michael Owen in the quarter-final of the 1998 World Cup against Argentina [when he scored a memorable solo goal], but they were human.” Finding the net twice against Argentina in the last 16, but otherwise, Mbappe hasn’t scored at the competition. In only 21 appearances he already has seven international strikes to his credit, having made his debut against in a victory over Luxembourg in 2017. Completing a move from Monaco to Paris-Saint-Germain for 160 million Euros the young attacker is the world’s second most expensive player which has made permanent this summer after a campaign that was technically spent on loan. The World Cup final could represent his first truly stellar silverware having captured the domestic treble in France.

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