Day: June 29, 2018

These two Western Conference teams go head to head with hopes of getting back to winning ways after they both suffered defeats in their last MLS and US Open Cup games recently.

FC Dallas come into this game as slight favourites as they sit 2nd on the league table, just three points behind leaders, Sporting KC, while home side Minnesota United are only five points better than bottom-of-the-table San Jose Earthquakes and even if they win this game, they would still be down at the bottom end of the table.

The last time these teams met, it was the host who emerged victorious with a 4-1 win. What made the victory even sweeter was the fact that they had gone a goal down before coming back to thump Dallas. By the end of 90 minutes, Dallas were a man down and they had missed a penalty.

Fc Dallas have won four of their last six games, while Minnesota United have won three of their last six games. After 15 games, Minnesota United have scored just 19 goals, which is the second lowest scored by any team in the Western Conference.

Uruguay were considered outsiders to win this competition and the South Americans who have not conceded a goal so far, they could go all the way.

After they decided not to play more than one friendly game before this competition, many questioned how they would do in this World Cup, but while they have not scored so many goals, they have managed to not concede any.

The Uruguayans started their campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Egpyt, before beating Saudi Arabia by the same scoreline. By the time they played in-form Russia in their final group game, they have found their rhythm and they won that game 3-0. They head into this game with five goals scored in three games and none conceded in their last six games.

Portugal came into this competition as European champions and they started with a 3-3 against Spain with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring all their goals. They beat Morocco in their next match 1-0, thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo again. Their final game against Iran almost ended with them getting eliminated as the Iranians missed chances to win the game, luckily it ended in a 1-1 draw to set up this clash.

Portugal have been overly reliant on Cristiano Ronaldo as he has scored four of their five goals so far, facing Diego Godin and Jose Jimenez would be a tough test for him, time would tell if he would pass.

These two teams were expected to set the World Cup ablaze when the competition started, but they have been far from being as impressive as that.

The French team were considered to have the best-attacking talents in this competition, but they have scored only two goals so far and one was a penalty. Les Blues started their campaign with a 2-1 win over Australia before earning a 1-0 win over Peru. Their last group game against Denmark was expected to be a cracker, but it ended as a bore draw. They would need to get better when they get forward, else they could be eliminated by this lucky Argentinian team.

Argentina started their campaign with a 1-1 draw against minors Iceland with Lionel Messi missing a penalty, their next game against Croatia ended in an embarrassing 3-0 loss. They needed to win their last game against Nigeria after the Africans had beaten Iceland 2-0.

That match saw Lionel Messi score his first goal of the competition in the first half, but Nigeria equalized in the second half. The two teams began to search for the winner, and the Nigerians had countless chances to get it, but they spurned them. In the end, Marcos Rojo scored a fine volley in the 86th minute and that was enough to set up this clash.