Today the curtain opens on its 16th phase. world Cup with two very strong matches.

The start will be in Doha (17:00), where the Netherlands will meet the United States at the Khalifa International Stadium, and at 21:00 Argentina will meet difficult Australia on its way.

Netherlands-USA (17:00)

The Netherlands didn’t… impress in the group stage, but still managed to take first place in Group 1 and will face a great and very young US team along the way.

The Dutch will be left without an injured Fribong (sprain), and the Americans will play at full strength.

Possible compositions:
NETHERLANDS: Noppert, Timber, Van Dijk, Ake, Dumfries, De Roon, Frankie De Jong, Blind, Claassen, Hakpo, Depay.
USA: Turner, Dest, Carter-Vickers, Rome, Robinson, McKenny, Adams, Musa, Weah, Sargent, Pulisic.

Argentina-Australia (21:00)

Argentina showed “character” after the first loss to Saudi Arabia, got the desired wins in the games with Mexico and Poland and finished first in Group 3.

Her opponent is a very dynamic Australia, set for… a battle and a big surprise. Kangaroos will compete with the full squad, and the Argentines have doubts only about Di Maria.

Possible compositions:
ARGENTINA: E. Martinez, Molina, Otamendi, Romero, Tagliafico, McAllister, Fernandes, De Paul, Alvarez, Messi, L. Martinez.
AUSTRALIA: Ryan, Karasic, Shooter, Rawls, Besic, Moey, Lecky, Irwin, McGree, Goodwin, Duke.

Detailed program and “pairs” of the “16” stage of the World Cup in Qatar

17:00 Netherlands-USA

21:00 Argentina-Australia

17:00 France-Poland

21:00 England-Senegal

17:00 Japan-Croatia

21:00 Brazil-N. Korea

17:00 Morocco-Spain

21:00 Portugal-Switzerland

Source: RES-IPE