Aleksandr Golovin and The Marketing Miracle That Is The World Cup

Three Saudi Arabia players will face punishment after their disastrous opening-day World Cup defeat by hosts Russian Federation.

Some famous faces will be among Panama’s travelling support for their World Cup debut against Belgium in Sochi on Monday.

The official opening ceremony kicked off the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 14 June, BelTA informs. “We saw that we are on the right track but we should forget this game and concentrate on the next one”, Cherchesov said after ending a seven-game winless run in emphatic style.

Jose Mourinho has prompted speculation of a summer move for Russia star Aleksandr Golovin after praising the Russian worldwide following his dazzling display in the World Cup opener on Thursday. It was also the biggest victory margin in the opening game of a World Cup since 1934, reports Efe.

“Incredible, incredible”, as the home fans would say as Russian Federation, going into the tournament without a victory in seven matches, scripted the biggest victory by a host nation in the opening game of a World Cup since Italy in 1934!

Yet Russians are still riding a wave of jubilation and the World Cup is off to a scintillating start.

This is the first time Saudi Arabia reaches the World Cup finals since the 2006 edition in Germany.

Saudi’s defeat was widely hailed as one of the worst performances at a World Cup in recent times, and nearly certainly rules them out of progressing to the last 16.

With two group games remaining and Uruguay and Egypt, it is safe to say that things may yet get worse for the Saudi Arabian players.

Their punishment have not been revealed yet, but many are scared for the players who come from a country where they still live in fear of capital punishment.

Saudi Arabia’s route to the knockout round is much more hard. One of those cheering for Saudi Arabia was Mona Mohammad, a 35-year-old who works for an oil company and was pushing her baby in a pram decorated with Saudi flags.

But on Friday morning, the nation was in jovial mood with Sports.ru declaring the team ‘played like Atletico Madrid’.