Hosts Russia
got the World Cup off to a flying start by hammering Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the
opening game in Moscow.
Fears that
Russia may become just the second host nation to fail to qualify from the group
stages have been quashed for now, but their next opponents Egypt were given a
huge boost by the return to fitness of Mohamed Salah ahead of their clash with
Uruguay on Friday.
Friday’s
standout fixture, though, comes in Sochi where a shell-shocked Spain, still
rocking from the sacking of Julen Lopetegui, take on Cristiano Ronaldo’s
Portugal.
Here are
three things we learned from day one of the 2018 World Cup.
Russia turn
up in time
High on the
list of Russia’s pre-tournament concerns was whether they had the team to
capture a nation’s imagination.
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