FIFA Confederations Cup: Russia vs Portugal
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Game Information
Wednesday, June 21 | Miercoles 21 de Junio
15:00 GMT
Otkrytiye Arena (Moscow), Russia | Otkrytiye Arena (Moscú), Rusia
Match Preview
Russia, the home team, will face Portugal in the second game for Group B in the Confederations Cup in Russia. Russia, as the host team, feels as if they the sky is the limit for them in the competition, and the favorable result they were awarded in the first match against New Zealand gives them the confidence to continue on that path. On the other hand, Portugal is the favorite team to win since they have one of the, if not, the best player in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, and after obtaining a tie in the previous match against Mexico, they need to grab the win and grab 3 points in this match to increase their chances of overcoming the group stage.
Preview Del Partido
El equipo anfitrión Rusia recibe en Moscú a Portugal en la segunda fecha del grupo B de la Copa Confederaciones Rusia 2017. Rusia como equipo anfitrión se encuentra en la obligación de llegar lo más lejos posible en la competición, y el haber obtenido un resultado favorable en la primera fecha les da el impulso anímico para seguir en ese camino. Por otra parte Portugal posee la banda de favorito ya que tiene en sus filas a uno de los mejores sino el mejor jugador del mundo, Cristiano Ronaldo, y luego de obtener un empate con el seleccionado de México buscaran de obtener los 3 puntos en esta cita y aumentar sus posibilidades de superar la fase de grupos.
Russia
After having achieved a favorable result in their first match, the host team, led by the DT, Stanislav Cherchesov are actively seeking to obtain a favorable result against the favorite team, Portugal, if they can manage to do so, they would practically be placed in the next phase of the tournament, and it is crazy to think that this could occur!
Russia's record against Portugal consists of two wins, one draw and two defeats, and this in conjunction with the great moment the Russian team has because of their victory in the opening match of the competition, and in conjunction with the support of the audience, that will be nothing but huge, because the match will take place in the capital of Russia, Moscow. With that being said, we can take for granted that the Russians will give a great fight in this match.
Luego de haber obtenido un resultado favorable en su primer partido el equipo anfitrión dirigido por Stanislav Cherchesov busca de obtener un resultado favorable ante el seleccionado de Portugal, de lograrlo prácticamente se colocarían en la próxima fase del torneo, y no es muy descabellado pensar que esto podría ocurrir.
El record histórico de Rusia contra Portugal es de 2 victorias, 1 empate y 2 derrotas, en conjunto con el buen estado anímico que tienen el seleccionado Ruso por la primera victoria,y sumando el apoyo de su público que será el máximo ya que este encuentro se llevara a cabo en la capital de Rusia, Moscu, nos asegura que los Rusos darán una gran pelea para llevarse los 3 puntos en este encuentro.
For this match, the team won't have any injured or banned players and the expected line up is the 3-5-2 formation.
Para este encuentro el equipo no tendrá a ningún jugador lesionado ni suspendido, se espera que el Dt forme con la formación 3-5-2.
Portugal
In the first game against Mexico, Portugal's team suffered a tie, that felt like a defeat, since they dominated the encounter from the beginning, advancing in the marker, 1-0 and later with a 2-1 that seemed to sentence the encounter, but the player, Héctor Moreno equalized the encounter with a header in the 90th minute.
This in conjunction with the terrible events due to a terrible fire that happened last weekend, that made the players feel bad for the match with Russia, but, we must remember, that they have great players with high technical quality and they are used to play on the most important teams of the world, and, just to name a few: Ronaldo, Quaresma, Nani, Pepe and Gomes among others, and they would enter pitch to give everything in order to obtain a victory that helps them to move along to the next round, because if they lose this encounter, they would be practically eliminated from the competition.
En la primera fecha contra el equipo de México el equipo de Portugal sufrió un empate con sabor a derrota, ya que dominaron el encuentro desde el principio, adelantándose en el marcador 1-0 y posteriormente con un 2-1 que parecía sentenciar el encuentro, pero el jugador Héctor Herrera logro ecualizar el encuentro con un cabezazo en el minuto 90. Por lo cual los Lusos sienten este empate como una derrota.
Esto en conjunto con los terribles acontecimientos debido al terrible incendio que ocurrió en su tierra natal hacen que el equipo se encuentre en un mal momento, pero hay que recordar que poseen grandes jugadores con altísima calidad técnica y que están acostumbrados a jugar en los equipos más importantes del mundo, Ronaldo, Quaresma, Nani, Pepe y Gomes entre otros, que entraran a darlo todo en el campo para obtener una victoria que los ayude a clasificar a la siguiente ronda, ya que de perder se encontrarían prácticamente eliminados de la competencia.
Fernando Santos will have all of his players available for this match and the team is expected to line up with a 4-4-2 formation. And, Portugal is the favorite team to win this match.
Fernando Santos tendrá a disposición todos sus jugadores. Se espera que el equipo alinee con 4-4-2 para este encuentro. Portugal es el equipo favorito para ganar este encuentro.
@steemsports when are you going live again? SuperBowl was fun!
Cheering for Portugal Simce steemfest is in Lisbon!
This is going to be fantastic with a lot of football enthusiasm. Nowadays football is unpredictable because each country knows how to play well. I believe the best team can win
I bet Russia wins, but anything can happen. Both teams are good, but the local one has an edge I think
Dimension of football has advance in so many ways, you may thought of a patrticular team but football nowadays are unpredictable.
Match between the two countries is a bit difficult to guess. Ronaldo is thinking of a move from Realmadrid. While Russia became the home team. I think this match without any winner or draw
Ronaldo's final season? Might be history in the making!
Don't think so. He has perfect fit now. He can play until 35-37 easily
I hope so! Awesome to hear!
Russia win!
0-0 draw until 88th minute then Ronaldo scores. Don't expect many goals in this game.
Or maybe the 8th minute. I collected bank on this game!
Portugal did not dominate the game with Mexico...Portugal hardly touched the ball in the first half. Overall Mexico had posession of the ball 61% of the match. And Hector Herrera did not score to tie the game it was Hector Moreno.
Put a little bit of effort in making these posts.
Hi how are you? It is the writer of the post, my bad for mistaking the name of the player that did the equalizer fr mexico at the last minute of the game. But for my point of view if a team has to come back twice, even if they have 61% possesion of the ball, it does not dictate that they were dominating the game, because as i said on the post they came back from 1-0 and 2-1. I think that Portugal dominated the game as they were ahead the whole game. All
This is just my point of view just to point out that we as a team put effort in all the stuff we do, im sorry that i made a mistake with the playera name and i will put more effort on double checking all that info in the posts to come. Thanks for your comment.
I understand that we can have different points of view and I respect that. The way I see it is that just because a team goes ahead in the scoreboard it doesn't mean that they dominated. Both teams had 11 shots on goal, Portugal had 5 on target and Mexico 3. Of course Portugal has more quality players up front but even then they scored first because of a gross error from one of the Mexico defenders. In the end I think it was a fair result.
Russia and Portugal play in group A not B
Wonderful Post