World Cup 2018 got into a rhythm yesterday as Uruguay and Iran snagged late winners to earn matching 1-0 score lines over Egypt and Morocco respectively before the marquee game of the day lived up to the hype as Spain and Portugal battled to a 3-3 draw. Today features the longest day of World Cup 2018 as four consecutive games will be played across almost twelve hours. Group C and Group D play both their opening round matches today.
Time: 3:00 AM
Location: Kazan Arena, Kazan
TV: Fox Sports 1 (English) and Telemundo (Spanish)
Announcing team: JP Dellacamera and Tony Meola (English)
France’s last game before kicking off the World Cup was a scheduled win against a dejected USMNT transitioning to a youth movement, with an interim manager and a squad that had given it’s best player, Christian Pulisic, the week off.