Nigeria made an important 2-0 victory over Iceland and further tightened the intrigue in Group C at the World Cup in Russia in 2018. Ahmed Musa shined with two hits in the Vikings’ door and now with four goals on his Mondial account the most accomplished Nigerian, but not only he had a historic night to be proud of.

Nigerian guard Francis Uzoho kept his net dry and became the second youngest goalkeeper in history who did not allow a goal in a world championship match. The youngest is the Korean Li Chan-Myong, who became famous for his heroism against Italy at 1966, when he was only 19 years old and 198 days old.

Mexican national team captain Andres Guardado urged his teammates not to underestimate the upcoming match against the group stage of the 2018 World Cup against South Korea. The Aztec victories defeated World Champion Germany 1: 0 and point to one of the pleasant surprises of the world championship in Russia.

“We still have not achieved anything, we have three very important points won against Germany, but we have not qualified, no more points for success against the Germans, we have to show the same game as the match against Germany,” Guardardo commented.

Mexican team manager Juan Carlos Osorio wants his selections to show a strong game and to give fans of the world the pleasure.
“We should not be thinking about what we did in the previous game, we must be well prepared for a fight against a tough opponent, everyone must be extremely focused and motivated, and our rivals can change their style and formation during the games,” he commented Osorio to the media.

Portuguese defender Joao Cassello is getting closer to a transfer to Juventus, Calciomercato says. The Valencia defender will reinforce the Italian champion, who will have to pay 38 million euros for the player’s rights.
Although Cassello’s last season’s play in Inter, the “Nerazzurri” did not want to pay his redeemed clause of 35m euros. Now the “bianconers” have agreed with Valencia and will hire Cancelo for the sum of 8 million euros. The remaining 30 million Juventus will have to pay by the summer of 2019. The player will receive 3 million euros per season.

Chelsea plans to take Juventus defender Daniele Rougny in line, Italian media say. “The Blues” are still negotiating with Napoli’s leadership on the release of coach Maurizio Sari, who is highly wanted by London owner Roman Abramovich.

If Sari heads Chelsea, he will want to attract Rougini into his squad. The two of them worked together in the team of Empoli, as Sari was the coach who gave the Italian defender a chance to break into professional football.
Chelsea’s leadership has already prepared a 35m-euro bid for Rougini to try to tempt Juventus. The defender has already negotiated his personal conditions with Londoners and is expected to receive 3.5m euros per season.

Who will keep the Liverpool door next season? All fans of Merseyside are asked about this after the inconclusive appearances of Loris Karius and Simon Mignole last season. Until recently it was believed that Alison from Roma was the favorite for this post, but he seemed to prefer to move to Real Madrid.
That’s why Liverpool liked another goalkeeper in the face of Irving Pavlenka from Werder (Bremen). That’s what the author of Bildt says. The Czech watchman made a good debut season in Germany, and in 38 games he kept his net dry in 10 cases. Only 12 months ago he arrived in Bremen from Slavia (Prague) for just 3 million euros.

Uruguay and Saudi Arabia face each other at the Rostov Arena in a match from Group A of the FIFA World Cup. Uruguay are playing for a qualification for the 1/8-finals, while Saudi Arabia would like to defend their honour after a humilating 0-5 defeat against Russia in the first round. We are going to discuss this game in our vip soccer predictions today.

It’d be a lie to tell that Uruguay’s start at the World Cup was very impressive. Yes – La Celeste enjoyed a 1-0 win over Egypt, but we all expected more from players like Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Diego Godin and the rest of them. Against the Pharaohs Uruguay had to wait until the 89th minute, when the central defender Jose Gimenez scored a winning goal.

It was not Suarez’ and Cavani’s day and we all saw that. When these two players are not at the top of their game, it’s a big problem for the South American team. How you can suggest, these two strikers are the superstars of the team and they have the responsibility to inspire it to win. It didn’t work against Egypt, so it was the central back Jose Gimenez who became the unexpected hero of the day.

Given the fact that Uruguay didn’t play well in the first game, it won’t be surprising if Oscar Tabarez makes some changes in his starting line up. Of course, it’d be a shocker to see Suarez or Cavani benched. It won’t happen. But some other players could sit on the bench, if Tabarez didn’t like what he saw against Egypt.

Let’s not forget that Egypt played in this match without their superstar Mohamed Salah, which makes Uruguay’s uninspiring performance even more of a problem. Oscar Tabarez and his players came to Russia with the ambition to reach the last phases of the competition, just like they did it in 2010. But if they play like this in the next matches, most probably it won’t happen.

Saudi Arabia didn’t have the start they hoped for against the host Russia. In the opening match of the World Cup, the Green Falcons suffered a humilating 0-5 defeat in Moscow. For sure it was not the best day for the Copa America manager Juan Antonio Pizzi as well. The former Spanish international thought that he have prepared his team well, but in reality his players were just outperformed by the Russians in every aspect of the game.

Playing against Saudi Arabia is a great chance for Uruguay to prove that they are better than what we saw from them in the first round. They are playing against one of the weakest teams at the World Cup, so for players like Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani it’s a golden opportunity to shine. After the average performance against Egypt, Suarez and Cavani need some confidence booster in the next game. Against Saudi Arabia this can happen, if the South Americans make some changes in their play and find the right rhythm.

These are our vip soccer predictions today for the World Cup game from Group A between Uruguay and Saudi Arabia. We can conclude that this is a clash between two teams from a different quality. Oscar Tabarez’ boys have a lot to proove after the first game, despite of beating Egypt. They know that a win against Saudi Arabia will mean a qualification for the 1/8-finals. But they’d also want to boost their confidence up. As for Saudi Arabia, the Green Falcons would like to redeem themselves after the 0-5 loss against Russia. But it won’t be easy for them.

Ylen Lopethegi, who was thrown out of the national team, said a few words that he had heard from journalists at the airport in Krasnodar. At the same time, the new coach Fernando Jero gave a press conference. “I am very sad, but I want to make a great championship and win,” said the future coach of Real Madrid.
“We have a great team to win the cup,” Lopeggi said. He will speak in more detail after returning to Spain.

Lazio’s midfielder Philip Djordjevic leaves the team to move to Kyiv, said Verona on his official site.

The 30-year-old Serb becomes a free agent on July 1, and the “flying ass” will not pay a transfer fee for his rights.

In the last season, Djordjevic did not play a single game for Lazio.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes England can play strong on the World Championship in Russia as there are many young and promising footballers who may not have many matches with the national team but are already trying to play in top-level meetings.

“England has a group of young players who already have experience, and they all play in the most controversial world championship – the Premier League – all of which are part of the best teams and have the experience of playing in the Champions League, which is the highest level of football at all, yes, I think these players can have success, “Mourinho said.

“I do not think any of the outsiders could be a big surprise, but the top teams from South America and Europe will be fighting for the title,” the Portuguese added.

The big favourite for the first place in Group H of the World Cup 2018 Colombia faces Japan in the city of Saransk. Let’s have a look at this clash in our vip soccer bets for today.

Colombia are a team to fear. Four years ago Los Cafeteros reached the 1/4-finals in Brazil, when they lost against the host of the competition after a close fight. Despite of losing this game, Nestor Pekerman’s team made an impression of a quality team, who can beat anyone anytime. One of the team’s stars James Rodriguez even became the topscorer of the tournament.

Now – four years later, Pekerman is still managing this team and he’s ready to inspire his players for another memorable performance. Los Cafeteros finished 4th in the South America region of the qualifiers. They won 27 points and finished with a record of 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. Colombia finished the qualifiers in a pretty bad shape, unable to win neither one of their last four matches. But lucky for them, they already had enough points to qualify for the World Cup. Everyone will be hoping that the team’s form is going to be better in Russia, of course.

Los Cafeteros won two of the five friendly games they played after the end of the qualifiers. The Colombian team enjoyed wins over China and France, made draws against Australia and Egypt and suffered one defeat against South Korea.

Just as always, there are some really good players in the Colombian team. The big star of the squad is Bayern Munich’s midfielder James Rodrigez, who was the World Cup top scorer four years ago. Monaco’s Radamel Falcao is the country’s top scorer of all time, while players like Juan Cuadrado and Davinson Sanchez contribute with a lot of quality as well.

Nestor Pekerman will lead for the second time Colombia at the World Cup. The former manager of Argentina is doing a very solid with this team and the results prove it. If he manages to repeat the performance from 2014, he will become one of the most successful coaches in the history of the Colombian national team.

Japan will be Colombia’s first opponent at the World Cup. Let’s talk about them a little bit, shall we?

For the Samurai this is going to be a sixth consecutive appearance at the World Cup. Their best performance is reaching the 1/8-finals, which happened twice – in 2002 and 2010. Four years ago they were stopped in the group stage, so you can be sure that they will try to do better this time.

Japan signed their tickets for the World Cup by winning Group B of the 3rd round of the qualifiers in Asia. The Samurai outperformed Australia and Saudi Arabia for the first place. Their final record showed 20 points and a record of 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

How the Japanese team did in the friendly games after the qualifiers? Akira Nishino’s players suffered three defeats, which was not a good sign before the World Cup. The Asian team lost against Ukraine, Ghana and Switzerland. They also made a draw against Mali. Surely they will hope that their results in Russia will be better.

Let’s say a few words for Akira Nishino as well. The 63-years old coach of Japan is a former international, having played 12 times for the national team. He has some rich experience at club level, managing teams like Nagoya Grampus, Vissel Kobe, Gamba Osaka and Kashiwa Reysol.

These are our vip soccer bets for the World Cup clash between Colombia and Japan.