World Cup draw: Zuber vs. Neymar, Kramaric vs. Messi

Zuber’s Switzerland will play their first game in Group E against Brazil and Neymar whilst Sandro Wagner and Germany begin their World Cup defence against Mexico. Andrej Kramaric and Croatia will hope to get off to a good start against Nigeria.

First impressions

Andrej Kramaric said this about his country’s draw: “it is a really hard group. Argentina are one of the best teams in the world and with Messi they have an unbelievably strong team. But that’s the sort of opposition you can expect to face at a World Cup. Then we’ve also got Iceland. They’re a team who we know well from the qualification campaign. They won our group – that says it all really. And Nigeria are an African side who are strong physically and in terms of stamina. They can make it hard for us.”
The group stages won’t be a walk in the park for Steven Zuber either – “It is a tough, good and exciting group. Brazil are a top team but we want to get out of the group and reach the last 16 at least.”

The groups with TSG involvement at a glance

Group D

Argentina
Iceland
Croatia
Nigeria

Group E

Brazil
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Serbia

Group F

Germany
Mexico
Sweden
South Korea

The first game of the World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia will take place on 14th June 2018. The World Cup final will be in Moscow on 15th July.