Matchday 3 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is here. In this third and final match of the group stage, both teams in each group will play simultaneously. This help prevent match fixing by teams and players, stemming back to an incident during the 1982 World Cup.

In the final match of group play that year, Germany and Austria played each other. Algeria was also in their group and had won their third match the day prior. A win by Austria or a draw would have seen Austria and Algeria advance. But a win by Germany would have sent Germany and Austria through. Corel graphic suite 2018 crack.

Germany took a 1-0 lead early in the match. After that, both the Austirans and the Germans merely passed the ball around with no apparent desire to score. It was a lazy match that resulted in boos and the subsequent scheduling change.

Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 Egypt

Mathematically, both Saudi Arabia and Egypt cannot advance past the group stage. But neither team let up. In the dying seconds of stoppage time, Saudi Arabia got a late goal to get their first World Cup win since 1994.

Mohamed Salah got Egypt on the board in the 22nd minute. After receiving a long ball, he toe-poked it over the keeper from the top of the box. Saudi Arabia were awarded two penalties in the first half. The first was saved by Essam El-Hadary. The second was well placed at the close of the first 45 minutes. The two are tied at the half. Free download subtitle indonesia.

The two sides continued to battle back and forth until literally the last minute. Never letting up, Salem Al Dawsari found a cross and one-timed a shot just past the Egyptian keeper for the game winner.

While both teams were eliminated, Saudi Arabia leaves Russia with a bit more pride from the victory. Egypt returns home still winless in World Cup play.

Goals

• 22' - Mohamed Salah (EGY)
  
• 45' +6'- Salman Al Faraj (RSA)
  
• 90' +5' - Salem Al Dawsari (RSA)
  

Cards

• 5'- Ali Gabr (EGY)
  
• 86' - Ahmed Fathi(EGY)
  

Full match recap, live blog and highlights

• Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt live blog (CBS Sports)
  

Uruguay 3 – 0 Russia

Uruguay wins Group A, will face Portugal

Uruguay won all three of their group stage matches and wins Group A. They will play the Group B runner-up, which will be determined after the late matches today.

Uruguay started off strong as Luis Suarez got his second of the World Cup in the 10th minute. After a Yuri Gazinskly yellow card gave Uruguay a free kick just outside the box, they pulled off a brilliant set piece. Movement on the wall got the Russian defenders to move leaving Suarez a clear shot directly on goal. He buried it in the bottom corner.

Diego Laxalt took a corner kick rebound from distance which got a lucky deflection from a Russian defender to put Uruguay up by two.

Russian defender Igor Smolnikov could not keep up with the Uruguay attack. He tackled Matías Vecino a bit too aggressively, earning a yellow card. But then hauled down Laxalt just nine minutes later for a second yellow and an ejection. At halftime, Russia was down two goals and also down a man.

After a 90th minute corner kick shot was blocked by Russian keeper, Edinson Cavani beat Luis Suarez to the rebound to put the icing on the cake for Uruguay. They won easily, 3-0, and will now face the runner up of Group B in the knockout stage.

With the loss, Russia finishes second in Group A and will play the Group B winner.

Goals

• 10' - Luis Suarez (URU)
• 23' - Denis Cheryshev (URU)
• 90' - Edinson Cavani (URU)
  

Cards

• 9' - Yuri Gazinskiy (RUS)
  
• 27' - Igor Smolnikov (RUS)
  
• 36' - Igor Smolnikov (RUS)
  
• 36' - Igor Smolnikov, RED (RUS)
  
• 59' - Rodrigo Bentancur (URU)
  

Full match recap, live blog and highlights

• Uruguay vs. Russia live blog (CBS Sports)
  

Iran 1 – 1 Portugal

Portugal advances as Group B runner-up.

Iran had the change to go through today with a win. Despite multiple chances, they just couldn't pull ahead. In the end, they had to settle for a draw and will now exit the 2018 World Cup as Portugal and Spain advance.

Portugal needed the entirety of the first half to get on the scoreboard and took a 1-0 lead going into the half. It took Iran the next 48 minutes to recover. Halfway through stoppage time, they were awarded a penalty. Karin Ansarifard took it well, earning the draw for Iran.

Goals

• 45' - Ricardo Quaresma (POR)
  
• 90' +3'- Karim Ansarifard (IRN)
  

Cards

• 33' - Raphael Guerreiro (POR)
• 52' - Ehsan Hajsafi (IRA)
• 54' - Sardar Azmoun (IRA)
• 64' - Ricardo Quaresma (POR)
  
• 83'- Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)
  

Full match recap, live blog and highlights

• Iran vs. Portugal live blog (CBS Sports)
  

Spain 2 – 2 Morocco

Spain wins Group B on the total goals scored tiebreaker

Despite being mathematically eliminated, Morocco played with heart and went after Spain hard. Morocco had the lead twice and held their second lead into stoppage time. Spain managed to tie it up with a last minute goal to earn the draw and hold on to one point in the standings.

Morocco took the lead in the 14th minute. Poor passing in the back led to a Morocco turnover. Khalid Boutaib wasted no time cutting in behind one-on-one with The Spanish keeper DeGea. Boutaib made no mistake shooting the ball through DeGea's legs for the opening goal.

Spain reclaimed the lead just 5 minutes later with much better passing. Iniesta had the assist as Isco finished with precision.

In the 81st minute, Morocco re-took the lead off a corner kick and looked headed for an upset.

But Spain came back with a free kick in stoppage time. Initially called on the offside, The video assistant referee overturned the inital call, noting the Iago Aspas was, in fact, onside for Spain. That goal made it 2-2. Spain stole a last-minute draw to win the group.

Goals

• 14' - Khalid Boutaib (MAR)
  
• 19' - Isco (ESP)
  
• 81' - Youssef En-Nesyri (MAR)
  
• 90' + 1' - Iago Aspas (ESP)
  

Cards

• 21' - Karim El Ahmadi (MAR)
• 29' - Nordin Amrabat (MAR)
• 31' - Da Costa Manuel (MAR)
• 31' - Mbark Boussoufa (MAR)
• 90' - Achraf Hakimi (MAR)
  

Full match recap, live blog and highlights

• Spain vs. Morocco live blog (CBS Sports)
  

2018 World Cup Standings

Here are the current standings. Teams are awarded three points for a win and one for a tie. Here are the standings thus far. Teams are awarded three points for a win and one for a tie. Teams listed in italics have been eliminated.

Groups A and B are finalized. Uruguay will face Portugal and Spain will face Russia in the Round of 16.

Group A Standings

1. Uruguay (3-0-0) 9 points
2. Russia (2-0-1) 6 points
3. Saudi Arabia (1-0-2), 3 points
   
4. Egypt (0-0-2) 0 points
   

Group B Standings

1. Spain (1-2-0) 5 points (+1 goal differential)
2. Portugal (1-2-0 ) 5 points (+1 goal differential)
3. Iran (1-1-0), 4 points
   
4. Morocco (0-1-2) 1 point
   

Group C Standings

1. France (2-0-0) 6 points
2. Denmark (1-1-0) 4 points
3. Australia (0-1-1), 1 point
   
4. Peru (0-0-2) 0 points
   

Group D Standings

1. Croatia (2-0-0) 6 points
2. Nigeria (1-0-1) 3 points
3. Iceland (0-1-0) 1 point
   
4. Argentina (0-1-1) 1 point
   

Group E Standings

1. Brazil (1-1-0) 4 points
   
2. Switzerland (1-1-0) 4 points
3. Serbia (1-0-1) 3 points
4. Costa Rica (0-2-0) 0 points

Group F Standings

1. Mexico (2-0-0) 6 points
2. Germany (1-0-1) 3 points
3. Sweden (1-0-1) 3 points
4. South Korea (0-0-2) 0 points

Group G Standings

1. England (2-0-0) 6 points
2. Belgium (2-0-0) 6 points
3. Tunisia (0-0-2) 0 points
   
4. Panama (0-0-2) 0 points
   

Group H Standings

1. Japan (1-1-0) 4 points
2. Senegal (1-1-0) 4 points
3. Colombia (1-0-1) 3 points
   
4. Poland (0-0-2) 0 points

Download a printable World Cup bracket

CBS Sports has created a downloadable World Cup bracket for you to follow along every World Cup match. The bracket contains all teams within all eight groups and how they place into the round of 16 in the knockout stage.

FIFA has licensed since 1986, of which only a few were received positively by the critics, but given the popularity of the competition, they all did positively on the market, and the license is one of the most sought-after. Originally in the hands of U.S. Gold, Electronic Arts acquired it in 1997 and is the current holder.^[1]

World Cup Carnival (Mexico '86)[edit]

World Cup Carnival, released by U.S. Gold, was arguably the worst start a franchise could have endured. While the license was acquired with time to spare and was carefully planned, internal problems plagued the project's development until it could not be completed anywhere near a commercially usable date. As Mexico '86 was coming closer, U.S. Gold decided to acquire the rights of an older game, World Cup Football by Artic, re-fit it with the properly licensed items, and market it as a revolutionary new title. However, this late effort was received with cynicism from all in the video game industry: gamers, retailers and reviewers alike, and started a trend of 'less than what was expected' games based on football licenses. It was published on the C64, the ZX Spectrum and the Amstrad CPC.

World Cup Soccer: Italia '90[edit]

Virgin Mastertronic released the official home computer game of the 1990 World Cup. It was released on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum. Like the 1986 game, this was actually a reworked existing game (World Trophy Soccer). The game is presented in a bird's-eye view but when the player gets near the goal, it switches to a 3D view of the penalty area and the player must try to score before a defender arrives on screen. The player can only choose to play as England, Belgium, Italy or Spain. The teams do not have the correct coloured strips and the tournament is not the same as the actual World Cup.

Virgin also released official console games in Europe as World Cup Italia '90 for the Sega Mega Drive and Master System consoles. The Mega Drive version is a port of World Championship Soccer. The Master System version was another game, also released as Super Futebol II in Brazil.

A number of unofficial games were also released including Italy 1990 by previous license holders U.S. Gold.

World Cup USA '94[edit]

This game from U.S. Gold was ported to most active platforms of the day: DOS, Amiga, Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega CD, Master System, SNES and handhelds Game Boy and Game Gear. The Sega CD version included a CD soundtrack including two songs by the Scorpions and FMV views of 3D renders of the stadiums used in the competition.

World Cup 98 (France)[edit]

For the first time in a football game, accurate national team kits were introduced complete with kit manufacturer logos and official merchandise. The game built on the previously released FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 engine, although it features some minor gameplay improvements such as in-game strategy changes and more tactically accurate player positioning. As in the FIFA series, World Cup 98 features a song in the menu: 'Tubthumping', by Chumbawamba. The game also features voice-overs by Des Lynam and Gary Lineker in the team schedules. The World Cup classic mode is also an interesting feature, with classic black and white sepia-toned graphics and commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme creating the feeling of watching an old World Cup game. The playable teams also included several nations that did not qualify for the finals, but were considered too important to exclude. It was released for Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy.

Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98[edit]

In Japan, Konami was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the Nintendo 64 video game Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98. It was developed by Konami's Osaka based team, KCEO, and was only released in Japan. This was released in the rest of the world as International Superstar Soccer '98, without the official FIFA World Cup licence, branding or real player names.

World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98[edit]

In Japan, Konami was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the PlayStation video game World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98. It was developed by Konami's Tokyo based team, KCET, and was only released in Japan. This was released in the rest of the world as International Superstar Soccer Pro '98, without the official FIFA World Cup licence, branding or real player names.

World Cup '98 France: Road to Win[edit]

In Japan, Sega was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the Saturn video game World Cup '98 France: Road to Win.

2002 FIFA World Cup (Korea/Japan)[edit]

An amalgamation between the game engines of FIFA 2002 and FIFA 2003, the game still incorporates the power bar for shots and crosses but with a steeper learning curve and higher chances of being penalized by the match referee. The national team kits are accurate along with player likeness and the stadia of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Unlike the previous games in the FIFA series, the game had an original soundtrack performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

It was released for Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox.

The game was a launch title for Nintendo GameCube in Europe.

2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany)[edit]

Created by EA Sports and was released during the last two weeks of April 2006. This game features not only the World Cup finals themselves, but the six regional qualification rounds. There are 127 national teams. You can also create a player and put in your favorite team. There are minor improvements in the game play over FIFA 06. The Global Challenge Mode includes 40 challenges based upon classic matches of the World Cup or qualification matches. Penalty Shoot-Out mode offers a more realistic experience.

2010 FIFA World Cup (South Africa)[edit]

The included teams were confirmed by Electronic Arts on 17 February 2010. The game contains 199 of the 204 national teams that took part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process. Electronic Arts stated that they have included every team that FIFA have permitted them to use, with some others not being allowed for 'various reasons'. The five teams that were in the draw for World Cup qualifying but are not included in the game are African teams Central African Republic, Eritrea, and São Tomé and Príncipe, and Asian teams Bhutan and Guam. All five withdrew from the qualifying stage before it began. Additionally, the game does not feature Brunei, Laos, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines who did not participate in World Cup qualifying.

The game includes all 10 venues used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well as stadiums from each qualifying region and a range of 'generic' stadiums.

2014 FIFA World Cup (Brazil)[edit]

The game contains all of the 203 national teams that took part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification process. The national teams of Bhutan, Brunei, Guam, Mauritania and South Sudan, all of which did not participate in World Cup qualifying, and Mauritius, that withdrew before playing any match, are not featured in the game.

The game includes all 12 venues used at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as stadiums from each qualifying region and a range of 'generic' stadiums.

There's also an EA-licensed collectible card game for Android and iOS: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil World-class Soccer. The game is released in Japan and mainland China only.^[2]

FIFA 18 DLC (Russia '18)[edit]

On 30 April 2018, EA announced a free expansion for FIFA 18 based on the 2018 FIFA World Cup, featuring all 32 participating teams (and the ones already featured in FIFA 18) and all 12 stadiums used at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[3] This update was released on 29 May on PlayStation 4,Xbox One, Windows and Nintendo Switch, with an update to mobile devices later, on 6 June. Coins transfer over from the actual Ultimate Team game and there is no transfer market, meaning all players have to be obtained from packs.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Brand collaborations'. FIFA.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
2. ^'Fifa game'. www.fifa16freecoins.net. Retrieved 20 September 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ^'FIFA 18 gets free World Cup mode in May'. Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2018-06-05.

External links[edit]

MobyGames links for:

• Italy 1990 (US Gold), World Cup Italia 90 (Sega)