The group stage of the FIFA World Cup in Russia has ended. The games of the 1/8 finals now begin. Who will play in the first playoff match in Kazan, and when will it take place?
The first round of the playoffs consists of eight matches. The very first of them will take place in the capital of Tatarstan Kazan. The game will take place on June 30 at 17:00 at the Kazan-Arena stadium.
In this match will play one of the favorites of the entire World Cup national teams of France and Argentina. The teams approached the upcoming game in different moods.
The French national team confidently plays their matches in the tournament and took first place in their group. Of course, her group was easier than that of Argentina, but this does not diminish the team's merits. France in the first round of the group stage beat Australia 2: 1, and then Peru 1: 0. And only in the third round the team relaxed and drew 0: 0 with Denmark. Moreover, it was the first goalless draw in the tournament. The French national team have a great attack led by young star Kilian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann. In the midfield, Paul Pogba, Ngolo Kante and Musa Dembele stand out. The only problematic line of the team is the goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who occasionally makes mistakes, although he is the captain.
As for the Argentine national team, it performed very unsuccessfully in the group and literally reached the 1/8 finals in the last minutes of the third match. In the first round, the team drew 1: 1 with Iceland, in the second they lost to Croatia 3: 0, and in the third they beat Nigeria 2: 1 with a goal from Marcos Rojo in 86 minutes. Team leader Lionel Messi is not at all comfortable. He clearly came to the tournament in bad shape. Messi moves very slowly across the field and creates little dangerous moments at the front gate. Perhaps it was the unrealized penalty kick in the first game with the Icelanders. And the other leaders of the national team look very bad. This applies primarily to Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero.
The match France - Argentina on the signboard looks the most interesting of all the games of the 1/8 finals. But the main contender for the victory in the game is still the French.
