yury gazinsky scored the first goal in 2018 fifa world cup.
yury gazinsky scored the first goal in 2018 fifa world cup.
who scored the first goal in 2018 fifa world cup?
yury gazinsky
on 11 may 2018, he was included in russia's extended 2018 fifa world cup squad. on 3 june 2018, he was included in the finalized world cup squad. on 14 june 2018, he scored the first goal of the 2018 fifa world cup in the 12th minute of the opening match against saudi arabia. russia went on to win the match 5–0. he stayed on the bench in the round of 16 defeat of spain before appearing as a substitute in the quarterfinal shoot-out loss to croatia.
yury gazinsky
in first match for 2018 fifa world cup qualification, serbia started off their campaign with a 2–2 draw against ireland at the rajko mitic stadium. republic of ireland take the lead in 3rd minute. the eagles equalized by filip kostić's goal in 62nd minute and seven minutes later take the lead after dušan tadić successfully completed the penalty. conceded goal in 80th minute has costed serbia three points. one month later, serbia made a first victory, over moldova in chișinău. filip kostić scored first goal on the match again, this time in 19th minute. captain branislav ivanović scored in 37th minute. dušan tadić scored in 59th minute and with one goal and two assists helped serbia to beat moldova 3–0. three days later, on 9 october 2016, serbia defeated austria (3–2) at rajko mitić stadium and made very important victory. brace from aleksandar mitrović in 6th and 23rd minute and dušan tadić's in 74th minute masterpiece helped serbia to win the match. on 12 november 2016, aleksandar mitrović's goal in 86th minute, helped serbia to take a point against euro 2016 semi-finalists, wales in cardiff. on 24 march, in first match in 2017, serbia defeat 3–1 georgia in tbilisi. dušan tadić scored the equalizer, from "penalty spot" in 44th minute. aleksandar mitrović with beautiful goal give serbia lead in 64th minute. mijat gaćinović replaced filip kostić 81st minute, and scored a goal five minutes later in his first game for national team. on 11 june 2017, aleksandar mitrović scored the only goal for eagles, against wales (1–1) in the front of 47,000 fans at rajko mitić stadium. on 2 september 2017, serbia defeated moldova 3–0 at partizan stadium. mijat gaćinović scored 20th minute and ten minutes later assisted for aleksandar kolarov's first goal in these qualifications. aleksandar mitrović scored the third goal for serbia on this match and continued his amazing performance in these qualifications (six goals in last five qualification matches). three days later, serbia defeated ireland in dublin 1–0 and come on the step of 2018 fifa world cup. aleksandar kolarov scored a goal in 55th minute. nikola maksimović was sent off thirteen minutes later and eagles played almost half an hour with a player less. serbia needed a victory on one of two remaining matches. on 6 october, at ernst-happel-stadion in wien serbia has lost 3–2. the eagles take the lead in 11th minute, after luka milivojević's first goal for national team, but austria reversed result in 76th minute, but nemanja matić has scored the equalizer seven minutes later. in 89th minute, austrians scored the winning goal. three days later at rajko mitić stadium, aleksandar prijović's goal in 74th minute against georgia sent serbia to the 2018 fifa world cup. a couple days after match, coach slavoljub muslin was sacked. mladen krstajić succeeded muslin as coach of the serbia national team, initially as a caretaker. he led team on two matches in november. in first match, he made victory against china 2–0, but in second serbia draw 1–1 with south korea. in december, it was announced he would take on the role permanently and at least until the end of the 2018 fifa world cup. in march, serbia played two matches against two strongest african teams. in first match, in turin, serbia lost 1–2 against morocco. dušan tadić scored goal for serbia, in his 50th match for national team. on 27 march, serbia beat 2–0 nigeria in london. mitrović scored two goals for serbia. in first week of june, serbia played two matches in graz against south american teams. in first match, serbia lost 0–1 against chile, but in second they demolished bolivia with 5–1. serbia scored four goals in first half. mitrović scored first hat-trick in national team.
history of the serbia national football team