Russia and Uruguay are safely through to the next round of the 2018 World Cup. This game is a tuneup, but it also will decide the group winner. (We’ll have updates from the simultaneous Saudi Arabia-Egypt game as well.)
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How to watch: In the U.S., Fox and Telemundo have the broadcast at 10 a.m., but you can stream it here.
3’: Uruguay Takes the First Shot
Bombs away from Matias Vecino of Uruguay, who tries a shot from far, far out. It goes narrowly wide.
Kickoff!
Uruguay in blue, Russia in white. Both teams have brought in a few new players, but the big names, like Suarez and Cavani for Uruguay and Russian scorer Cheryshev, are all still in the lineup.
Uruguay’s Starting Lineup
Uruguay have switched to a 3-5-2 formation (from a 4-4-2), probably in an effort to shore up their midfield to feed forwards Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez.
Goalkeeper: 1 Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray)
Defenders: 3 Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), 19 Sebastian Coates (Sporting Lisbon), 22 Martin Caceres (Lazio)
Midfielders: 8 Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors), 14 Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria), 15 Matias Vecino (Inter Milan), 6 Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus), 17 Diego Laxalt (Genoa)
Forwards: 21 Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain), 9 Luis Suarez (Barcelona)
Russia’s Starting Lineup
Russia makes some lineup changes: Igor Smolnikov replaces Mario Fernandes, Fedor Kudriashov replaces Yuri Zhirkov, and Aleksey Miranchuk plays for Aleksandr Golovin, who is sitting on a yellow card.
Goalkeeper: 1 Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
Defenders: 13 Fedor Kudryashov (Rubin Kazan), 3 Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), 4 Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), 23 Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg)
Midfielders: 8 Yuri Gazinskiy (Krasnodar), 11 Roman Zobnin(Spartak Moscow), 19 Aleksandr Samedov (Spartak Moscow), 6 Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal), 15 Aleksey Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Forwards: 22 Artem Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula)
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Uruguay vs. Russia Top Story Lines
• Both teams will be playing in the round of 16. Their most likely opponents in that round will be difficult: Spain and Portugal.
• The winner of this game wins the group, with Russia prevailing if it’s draw, because it has a better goal difference, 8-1 versus 2-0.
• Iranian fans gathered outside Portugal’s team hotel last night, chanting, blowing horns and singing. The revelry was so loud and lasted so long, that Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo eventually made an appearance in his window and signaled to the Iranians that he was trying to get some sleep.
• Uruguay joins Croatia as the only teams that have not yet surrendered a goal.
• Russia’s eight goals tie England and Belgium for the most at the Cup through two games. The offensive explosion is surprising, as the team struggled in the months leading up to the event, drawing Turkey in its final warm-up, for example.
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• Playing the same teams as Russia, Uruguay also got two wins, but they were both by 1-0 scores.
• What The Times said (about Uruguay vs. Saudi Arabia): “If you’re not watching this game, you’re not missing much.”
• Russia’s top scorers have been Denis Cheryshev, with three goals, and Artem Dzyuba with two. Cheryshev was a surprise selection to the team, and only got on the field because Alan Dzagoev was injured early in the first game.
• Suarez, the team’s star, got the goal in the second game, against Saudi Arabia.
• Despite the gap in performance in Games 1 and 2, and home-field advantage, Uruguay is the slight favorite with bookmakers.
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