Football. ua presents the announcement of the 2018 World Cup match between Argentina and Iceland.

Group D, 1st round, June 16, 16:00. Opening of the arena. The arbitrator - Shimon Marciniak (Poland). Broadcasting the match on Inter.

The start of the World Cup in Group D will be given by the permanent favorites of the mundiales Argentines and debutants of the tournament from northern Iceland, which will become the smallest country ever presented at the World Cup.

Argentineans suffered losses a few weeks before the World Cup, when the main goalkeeper Sergio Romero was injured and was unable to go to the championship. The place of the main keeper of the team in the tournament and in the match with Iceland, must take veteran Willie Caballero. Another player who got on the list of 23, but did not go to the 2018 World Cup, was Manuel Lancini.

In the Icelandic team with injuries all the way around, after the damage to the knee, the team's leader Gilfi Sigurdsson returned. Note that the head coach of Argentineans Jorge Sampaoli called his starting lineup at yesterday's press conference.

Approximate compositions:.

Argentina: Caballero - Salvio, Otamendi, Rojo, Tagliafico - Mascherano, Billa - Mesa, Messi, Di Maria - Aguero Iceland: Haldorsson - Saevarsson, Ingason, Sigurdsson, Magnusson - Gudmundsson, Gunarsson, Halfredsson, Bjarnason - Sigurdsson - Finnbogason.

Interesting Facts:.

- Argentina lost only one of the last seven matches (4B, 2H) group stage World Cup against Europeans (England in 2002).

- Argentina for the past 40 years was four times in the final of the World Cup.

- 334 000 inhabitants - never so sparsely populated country did not perform at the mundials.

- Argentina won its group in the last three world championships.

The trainers say:.

Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina): We are looking forward to the start of the World Cup. Argentina is well prepared. Over the past month, we have worked everything we could. Tomorrow there will be an excellent game that we will win and prove that Argentina is one of the strongest teams in the world. Messi? He is now in great physical shape and is looking forward to the start of the championship. I think that this is not the last World Cup in his career. He will decide when he finishes. This is a great football player and you all know this ".

Heimir Hadlgrimsson (Iceland): We deserve to come here. It's not just, it's not a miracle that we got to the World Cup. And as for Messi. I do not have a magic formula, how to stop Lionel. Everyone tries, but he always scores.

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