The atmosphere at SoFi Stadium is electric
Teams: Belgium v Iran
Let’s get this out there first because the game is getting started.
Belgium manager Rudi Garcia has made a quartet of changes to the XI that drew 1-1 with Egypt, with De Cuyper, Raskin, Saelemaekers and Lukaku in for Castagne, Onana, Doku and De Ketelaere.
Belgium: Courtois; Meunier, Ngoy, Mechele, De Cuyper; Raskin, Tielemans; Saelemaekers, De Bruyne, Trossard; Lukaku. Subs: Castagne, De Ketelaere, De Winter, Fernandez-Pardo, Witsel, Lammens, Lukebakio, Onana, Penders, Seys, Theate, Vanaken, Moreira
For Iran, Amir Ghalenoei has made three changes, bringing in Hardani, Kanani and Hajisafi.
Iran: Beiranvand; Hardani, Kanani, Khalilzadeh, Nemati, Hajisafi; Rezaeian, Ghoddos, Ezatolahi, Mohebbi; Taremi. Subs: Alipour, Cheshmi, Dargahi, Eiri, Ghayedi, Ghorbani, Hosseini, Hosseinzadeh, Jahanbakhsh, Moghanloo, Mohammadi, Niazmand, Razzaghinia, Torabi, Yousefi
Top of the morning
If you are in Australia it is the morning. If you do the early work shift caper, you are up and consuming your coffee. If you are up especially to watch the football, you may already be on to your second coffee, because a match has already been run and won.
Spain, the global powerhouse ranked No.3 by FIFA who were last week HELD TO A DRAW by Cape Verde, have well and truly bounced back with a 4-0 walk in the park against Saudi Arabia. More on that in a bit, but let’s first just look at what else is in store on this lovely Monday.
Belgium and Iran are right now kicking off in Los Angeles (more on that in a bit too). Then we have:
Uruguay v Cape Verde (8am AEST)
New Zealand v Egypt (11am AEST)
It’s an early start and an early finish today, but no less enthralling based on the fixtures.
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