Eagles' current situation in the World Cup

The National team that have players from Benfica's squad in their squad lists have already played round 1 of the World Cup group stage.

The Official Site shows you the current scenario and what Rúben Dias (Portugal), Salvio (Argentina) Ebuehi (Nigeria), Zivkovic (Serbia) and Seferovic (Switzerland) .still have left to play.

GROUP B

Portugal competes with Spain , Morocco and Iran. The Portuguese team was the first to take the stage against Spain. A great Football match at the Fischt Stadium, in Sochi, and 3-3 in the scoreboard. The Man of the Match? Cristiano Ronaldo, with a hat-trick. Rúben Dias, the centre-back from the Eagles, was an unused substitute.

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STANDINGS

Place	Team	Points	Matches	GF-GA
1st	Iran	3	1	1-0
2nd	Portugal	1	1	3-3
3rd	Spain	1	1	3-3
4th	Morocco	0	1	0-1

WHAT IS LEFT TO PLAY

Round	Match	Date	Time	Location
1	Portugal-Spain (3-3)	June 15	7:00 pm	Fisht Stadium
2	Portugal-Morocco	June 20	1:00 pm	Luzhniki Stadium
3	Iran-Portugal	June 25	7:00 pm	Mordovia Arena

GROUP D

At Argentina, Salvio was a starter in "La Alviceleste's opening match against Iceland. The Argentina national team entered the match on the front foot, opening the scoring through Agüero, at 19’, but conceded the equalizer a few minutes later.

The benfiquista was an option for Jorge Sampaoli in the right side of the defense, played the 90’.

The Argentineans have the chance to make amends against Croatia the draw. The match from round 2 starts at 7:00 pm on June 21, at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.

STANDINGS

Place	Team	Points	Matches	GF-GA
1st	Croatia	3	1	2-0
2nd	Iceland	1	1	1-1
3rd	Argentina	1	1	1-1
4th	Nigeria	0	1	0-2

In the same group, Nigeria faced the Croatians in the opening round. The team from the Balkans won by 2-0.

The new signing from Benfica, Ebuehi, was an unused substitute. the Super Eagles face Iceland in the next round. The match is scheduled for 4:00 pm on June 22, at the Volgograd Arena.

WHAT IS LEFT TO PLAY

Round	Jogo	Data	Hora	Local
1	Argentina-Iceland (1-1)	June 16	2:00 pm	Spartak Stadium
1	Croatia-Nigeria (0-2)	June 16	20h00	Kaliningrad Stadium
2	Argentina-Croatia	June 21	19h00	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
2	Nigéria-Iceland	June 22	16h00	Volgograd Arena
3	Nigeria-Argentina	June 26	19h00	Saint Petersburg Stadium

GRUPO E

Also in this group cohabit two Benfica players: Zivkovic for Serbia and Seferovic representing Switzerland.

STANDINGS

Place	Team	Points	Matches	GF-GA
1st	Serbia	3	1	1-0
2nd	Brazil	1	1	1-1
3rd	Switzerland	1	1	1-1
4th	Costa Rica	0	1	0-1

In the first round, The Serbs beat Costa Rica with a free kick goal from Kolarov. Zivkovic remained in the bench; Switzerland stopped Brazil with a 1-all draw. The forward from the Eagles, Seferovic, played up front and was replaced by Emboló at 80’.

WHAT IS LEFT TO PLAY

Round	Match	Date	Time	Location
1	Brazil-Switzerland (1-1)	June 17	7:00 pm	Rostov Arena
1	Costa Rica-Serbia (0-1)	June 17	1:00 pm	Samara Stadium
2	Serbia -Switzerland	June 22	7:00 pm	Kaliningrad Stadium
3	Switzerland -Costa Rica	June 27	7:00 pm	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
3	Serbia-Brazil	June 27	7:00 pm	Spartak Stadium