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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 –
9:19am
Flight drama for Saudi squad
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) has issued a
statement saying the squad had landed safely after an engine on the
team plane had a “technical failure”.
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Saudi Arabia, who play Uruguay tomorrow in World Cup group A,
were flying to Rostov-on-Don when an engine caught fire mid-flight,
Sky Sports reports.
Saudi player Hatan Bahbir said on Twitter that the
squad had “arrived safely” and were “all fine”. Bahbir added: “It
was a simple malfunction.”
SAFF also tweeted: “The Saudi Arabian Football Federation
would like to reassure everyone that all the Saudi national team
players are safe after a technical failure in one of the aeroplane
engines that has just landed in Rostov-on-Don airport, and now
they’re heading to their residence safely.”
Saudi’s match against Uruguay starts at 4pm tomorrow. They
lost their opening group fixture 5-0 against host nation
Russia.
Zero tolerance.Nikola Kalinic has been sent home from the #WorldCup
Full story: https://t.co/UXE52NsvTr pic.twitter.com/Wp7nVhG8U3 — BBC Sport (@BBCSport)
June 18, 2018
Kalinic sent home by Croatia
Nikola Kalinic has been sent home by Croatia after he
refused to come on as a substitute during the 2-0 group D victory
against Nigeria on Saturday.
The Guardian reports that the striker had
claimed he was not fit to play. Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic
confirmed Kalinic had left the squad.
Dalic said: “During the Nigeria encounter, Kalinic was
warming up and was supposed to come on in the second half. However,
he then stated he wasn’t ready to come on due to a back issue. The
same thing happened during the Brazil friendly in England, as well
as before the practice session on Sunday.
“I have calmly accepted that, and since I need my players
fit and ready to play, I have made this decision.”
Coutinho’s wonder strike was not enough for Brazil against
Switzerland.
Brazil question VAR
The Brazilian Football Confederation (BFC) has asked Fifa
to clarify how the video assistant referee (VAR) was used during
the 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Sunday.
ESPN reports that Brazil are questioning if VAR
was used to check two second-half incidents: a push on defender
Miranda when Switzerland scored and a foul on Gabriel Jesus that
could have led to a penalty.
A BFC statement said: “These two actions constitute clear
errors by the referee, which thus should form part of the
reviewable decisions that are analysed through VAR.”
ESPN says the confederation “wants to know whether the
plays were reviewed in any way”.
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