World Cup 2018 started on Thursday with Russia blasting Saudi Arabia 5-0 to take a commanding lead in Group A in the only game of the day. Well friends, it is now time to dig in and hunker down. We have at least three and often four games every day until the group phase ends on June 28th. Today sees one Group A game and both Group B first round matches.
Time: 5:00 AM
Location: Ekaterinburg Arena, Ekaterinburg
TV: Fox Sports 1 (English) and Telemundo (Spanish)
Announcing team: Mark Followill and Warren Barton (English)
With Russia winning in an impressive 5-0 performance over Saudi Arabia yesterday effectively putting their marker down for the goal differential tiebreaker, this match just became much more important.