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Argentina – Iceland 


FIFA announcing ARGENTINA vs ICELAND official starting lineups – formations for the First Stage Group D game on Saturday 16 June at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow, Russia at 16:00 local time. It is Referee Szymon Marciniak from Poland to direct the game.
ARGENTINA (4-2-3-1): Caballero; Salvio, Otamendi, Rojo, Tagliafico; Biglia, Mascherano; Meza, Messi, Di María; Agüero.
Subs: 20. Enzo Pérez, 2. Gabriel Mercado, 4. Cristian Ansaldi, 6. Federico Fazio, 7. Éver Banega, 8. Marcos Acuña, 9. Gonzalo Higuaín, 12. Franco Armani, 20. Giovani Lo Celso, 21. Cristian Pavón
Coach: Jorge Sampaoli
ICELAND (4-4-1-1): Halldórsson; Sævarsson, Árnason, R. Sigurðsson, Magnússon; J. Guðmundsson, Gunnarsson, Hallfreðsson, B. Bjarnason; G. Sigurðsson; Finnbogason.
Subs: 3. Samúel Friðjónsson, 4. Albert Gudmundsson, 5. Sverrir Ingason, 9. Björn Sigurðarson, 12. Frederik Schram, 13. Rúnar Rúnarsson, 15. Hólmar Eyjólfsson, 16. Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, 19. Rúrik Gíslason, 21. Arnór Traustason, 22. Jón Böðvarsson, 23. Ari Skulason
Coach: Heimir Hallgrímsson
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#SomosArgentina La Selección ya se encuentra en el estadio para su debut ante #Islandia. pic.twitter.com/WMLzLL36cR
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 16, 2018
The matches keep on coming!
Next up: #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/gbtQB307a6
— FIFA World Cup ? (@FIFAWorldCup) June 16, 2018
#ARG are here ?
Ready for Round 2? Find out where you can watch the game ? https://t.co/xliHcxWvEO
— FIFA World Cup ? (@FIFAWorldCup) June 16, 2018
#SomosArgentina Estos son los once jugadores elegidos por Jorge Sampaoli para el debut en #Rusia2018 pic.twitter.com/4gjaDXAQhJ
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 16, 2018
Hi, #ISL!
Find out where you can watch #ARGISL ? https://t.co/xliHcxWvEO
— FIFA World Cup ? (@FIFAWorldCup) June 16, 2018
2018 FIFA World Cup
First stage – Group D
Argentina – Iceland
Saturday 16 June 2018
Spartak Stadium
Moscow, Russia
16:00 Local Time
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Wilmar Roldán (COL)
Fifth Official: Alexander Guzmán (COL)
VAR: Mark Geiger (USA)
AVAR1: Pawel Gil (POL)
AVAR 2: Joe Fletcher (CAN)
AVAR 3: Gery Vargas (BOL)