Today at the World Cup: Matches in Groups C and D

Today at the World Cup in Russia, the first round matches in Groups C and D will be played. You can follow the rich program of the third day of the World Cup in Russia live on BHRT.

The first match in Group C will be played in Kazan between France and Australia.

France comes to the World Cup in Russia with great ambitions. Coach Didier Deschamps' team is full of young superstars such as Mbappé, Pogba, Kanté, and Lemar, and with the brilliant Griezmann in attack, the Gallic roosters are among the top 5 biggest favorites for the world champion title.

The Australian footballers will likely seek their chance to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup in duels with Denmark and Peru.

Watch the match at the Kazan Arena, France – Australia, starting at 12:00 PM on BHT1.

The competition in Group D opens with a match in Moscow between Argentina and Iceland.

Fanatical Argentinians always send their national team off with great expectations, but the Gauchos have not lifted the trophy since 1986 and the famous generation led by Maradona.

Four years ago in Brazil, Argentina reached the final where they lost to Germany in the 113th minute with a goal by Mario Götze.

One of the best players of our time, Lionel Messi, will try to add the missing trophy to his collection – the world champion title with Argentina.

Iceland was the most pleasant surprise of the European Championship in France in 2016. The Viking dance was stopped in the quarterfinals by the host Tricolors, and Iceland conquered the football world with uncompromising fighting spirit and team cohesion.

The match Argentina – Iceland will be officiated by Polish referee Szymon Marciniak.

The second match of the 1st round of Group C will be played today in Saransk between Peru and Denmark.

Peru reached the final tournament in Russia with a fascinating streak of 14 undefeated matches, and an additional reason for optimism is FIFA's decision that captain Paolo Guerrero has the right to play after his doping suspension was temporarily lifted.

This case attracted the attention of the world public, and the President of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, also reacted, providing assistance to the national team captain along with state bodies.

This will be Peru's first appearance at the World Cup since 1982.

The Danes are regular participants in European and World Championship finals, but it will be difficult for them to repeat the success of the golden generation from 1992 when they sensationally won the European Championship title.

The biggest star of the team is Christian Eriksen, who had an excellent season at Tottenham, and Denmark's advancement to the round of 16 will largely depend on his performance in Russia.

The third day of the World Cup will conclude with the Group D match in Kaliningrad between Croatia and Nigeria.

Croatia has been an "underdog favorite" for years, hoping to achieve the feat of the legendary Vatreni from France in 1998 when they won historic bronze in their World Cup debut.

The captain of the Croatian national football team, Luka Modrić, believes that the team is ready to achieve great results at the World Cup.

"We have a good generation, many players play in big clubs. Not only do they play, but they are also key players. We also have young players coming up, a mix of youth and experience. There are great expectations from us, and rightly so. We expect the most from ourselves, even more than you can bet on," Modrić said before the match against Nigeria.

An interesting fact is that the Croatian national football team has never lost to an African team in its history.

Nigeria evokes bad memories and associations for Bosnian fans from the controversial match at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, in which New Zealand referee Peter O'Leary dashed the dreams of the BiH national team to reach the round of 16 in their debut World Cup appearance.

Nigeria remains an impressive running team, but names like Amokachi, Amunike, Yekini, Babangida, Babayaro, Kanu, Finidi, Okocha... have not emerged from that country for a long time.

The 1st round Group D match in Kaliningrad, Croatia – Nigeria, starts at 9:00 PM, with live broadcast on BHT1.