Football World Cup 2018 / Group D.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Croatia Croatia	3	3	0	0	007: 100	+6	09
2.	Argentina Argentina	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
3.	Nigeria Nigeria	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	Iceland Iceland	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Group D of the Football World Cup 2018 :

Argentina - Iceland 1: 1 (1: 1)

Argentina

Iceland

Lineup

1st matchday

June 16, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST ) in Moscow ( Spartak Stadium )

Spectators: 44,190

Referee: Szymon Marciniak ( Poland ) ¹

Match report

Willy Caballero - Eduardo Salvio , Nicolás Otamendi , Marcos Rojo , Nicolás Tagliafico - Maximiliano Meza (84th Gonzalo Higuaín ), Javier Mascherano , Lucas Biglia (54th Éver Banega ), Ángel Di María (75th Cristian Pavón ) - Lionel Messi , Sergio Agüero coach: Jorge Sampaoli

Hannes Þór Halldórsson - Birkir Már Sævarsson , Kári Árnason , Ragnar Sigurðsson , Hörður Björgvin Magnússon - Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (63 Rúrik Gíslason ), Aron Gunnarsson (76. Ari Freyr Skúlason ), Gylfi Sigurðsson , Emil Hallfreðsson , Birkir Bjarnason - Alfreð Finnbogason ( 89. Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson ) Coach: Heimir Hallgrímsson

1-0 Aguero (19.)

1: 1 Alfreð Finnbogason (23.)

Hannes Halldórsson saves a penalty from Lionel Messi (64th).

Player of the Match: Hannes Þór Halldórsson (Iceland)

¹Assistants: Tomasz Listkiewicz and Paweł Sokolnicki , fourth official: Wilmar Roldán Video assistants: Mark Geiger (VAR), Paweł Gil (AVAR1), Joe Fletcher (AVAR2), Gery Vargas (AVAR3)

Birkir Bjarnason had the first big chance of the game for Iceland in the 9th minute. Agüero's lead was equalized just minutes later by Alfreð Finnbogason after Caballero failed to capture a cross from Ragnar Sigurðsson. In the second half Iceland concentrated almost exclusively on the defensive, Argentina had only a few chances to score despite their superiority and over 70% possession. Messi missed the greatest chance for the winner when he failed with a penalty kick to Hannes Halldórsson.

Croatia - Nigeria 2: 0 (1: 0)

Croatia

Nigeria

Lineup

1st matchday

June 16, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. in Kaliningrad ( Kaliningrad Stadium )

Spectators: 31,136

Referee: Sandro Ricci ( Brazil ) ²

Match report

Danijel Subašić - Šime Vrsaljko , Domagoj Vida , Dejan Lovren , Ivan Strinić - Ivan Rakitić , Luka Modrić - Ante Rebić (78th Mateo Kovačić ), Ivan Perišić - Andrej Kramarić (60th Marcelo Brozović ), Mario Mandžukić (86th Marko Pjaca ) Coach: Zlatko Dalić

Francis Uzoho - Abdullahi Shehu , Leon Balogun , William Troost-Ekong , Brian Idowu - Victor Moses , Wilfred Ndidi , John Obi Mikel (88th Simy ), Oghenekaro Etebo , Alex Iwobi (62nd Ahmed Musa ) - Odion Ighalo (73rd Kelechi Iheanacho ) Trainer: Gernot Rohr ( Germany )

1-0 Etebo (32nd, own goal)

2-0 Modrić (71st, penalty kick)

Rakitić (30th), Brozović (89th)

Troost-Ekong (70th)

The 2-0 was the 2,400. World Cup goal

Player of the Match: Luka Modrić (Croatia)

²Assistants: Emerson de Carvalho and Marcelo van Gasse , Fourth Official: Antonio Mateu Lahoz Video Assistants : Daniele Orsato (VAR), Wilton Sampaio (AVAR1), Carlos Astroza (AVAR2), Artur Dias Soares (AVAR3)

Croatia took the lead thanks to an own goal from Etebo who deflected a Mandžukić header off a corner for Croatia. Troost-Ekong took a penalty in the second half for grabbing Mandžukić at a corner. Modrić converted this to the 2-0 final score. Nigeria could hardly develop a goal threat throughout the game.

Argentina - Croatia 0: 3 (0: 0)

Argentina

Croatia

Lineup

2nd matchday

June 21, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST ) in Nizhny Novgorod ( Nizhny Novgorod Stadium )

Spectators: 43,319

Referee: Ravshan Ermatov ( Uzbekistan ) ³

Match report

Willy Caballero - Gabriel Mercado , Nicolás Otamendi , Nicolás Tagliafico - Eduardo Salvio (56th Cristian Pavón ), Javier Mascherano , Enzo Pérez (68th Paulo Dybala ), Marcos Acuña - Lionel Messi , Sergio Agüero (54th Gonzalo Higuaín ), Maximiliano Meza Coach: Jorge Sampaoli

Danijel Subašić - Šime Vrsaljko , Dejan Lovren , Domagoj Vida , Ivan Strinić - Ivan Rakitić , Marcelo Brozović - Ante Rebić (57th Andrej Kramarić ), Luka Modrić , Ivan Perišić (82nd Mateo Kovačić ) - Mario Mandžukić (90th + 3 ′ Vedran Ćorluka ) Coach: Zlatko Dalić

0: 1 Rebić (53.)

0: 2 Modrić (80.)

0: 3 Rakitić (90. + 1 ′)

Mercado (51.), Otamendi (85.), Acuña (87.)

Rebić (39th), Mandžukić (58th), Vrsaljko (67th), Brozović (90th + 4 ′)

Player of the Match: Luka Modrić (Croatia)

³Assistants: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov and Jakhongir Saidov , fourth official: Norbert Hauata Video assistants: Felix Zwayer (VAR), Corey Rockwell (AVAR1), Bastian Dankert (AVAR2), Danny Makkelie (AVAR3)

The first half offered chances on both sides, with Acuña's crossbar being the closest to the first goal. After the break, the Croatians used a mistake by the opposing goalkeeper Caballero to take the lead. But although coach Sampaoli temporarily used his full offensive powers, the Albiceleste could not land a goal in an aggressively led game. After the Europeans took the lead in the 53rd minute, they increased to 3-0 through Modrić from 22 meters and later through Ivan Rakitić and were able to qualify early for the final round.