Liverpool youngster launches "Three Lions"
Head coach of the England team - Gareth Southgate confirmed that young defender Trent Alexander-Arnold will start in the friendly match against Costa Rica. This will be the first match in which this player will wear the England DT shirt.
In the 2017 2018 season, Alexander-Arnold played quite impressively for Liverpool. He started in the UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid in Kiev.
In addition to the right-back position mentioned above, Coach Southgate will make some other changes compared to the friendly match with Nigeria. In which, goalkeeper Jack Butland will start in place of Jordan Pickford.
The match between England and Costa Rica will take place at Ellan Road at 2:00 a.m. on June 8 and will be broadcast on K+PM channel.
AFA President Apologizes to Israel
After the friendly match between Argentina and Israel was recently canceled, the President of the Argentina Federation of Labor (AFA) spoke for the first time.
He spoke at a press conference held in Barcelona (Spain) on June 6: Yesterday, the decision that the Argentina team will not go to Israel and play a friendly match with the national team was made. We apologize to Argentines living in Israel and to Israelans who have spent money to buy tickets to see the Argentina gate.
According to the original plan, the match would not take place at Teddy Stadium in the capital Jerusalem. However, this stadium was built on the land of a Palestinian village that was destroyed by Israel.
For this reason, many Palestinians have expressed their dissatisfaction. The president of the Palestine Federation of Labor - Jibrill Rajoub even called on fans of his country to burn photos and shirts of Lionel Messi if he attended that match. The AFA president understood the threat to the Tango team and made the above decision.
The argentia team will continue to train in Barcelona, Spain before moving to Russia on June 9.
2018 World Cup rookie receives defeat
Panama lost by a minimal score to Norway's Ullevaal away match. The only goal scorer of the friendly match in the 4th minute was the Bournemouth striker - Joshua King.
This is not Panama's good preparation for a VCK World Cup for the first time, even though they have held the ball and shot more than Norway. In the upcoming tournament in Russia, Panama will be in Group G with Belgium, England and Cambodia.
In another friendly match a few hours earlier, Nigeria lost 0-1 to the Czech Republic.
