The Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off today and the entire world is looking up to the host Russia to deliver the best of the biggest sporting event in the world.

According to PremiumTimes, there are three things that will constantly be highlighted by the media – Video Assistant Referee [VAR], racism, and goals.


VAR

FIFA has decided referees need help so they have conscripted more referees to become Video Assistant Referees [VAR] to help ensure that more often than not, the proper decisions are made on the pitch.

“If you see some assistant referee not raising the flag, it’s not because he’s making mistakes,” said Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of FIFA’s referees’ committee.

Collina added: “It’s because he’s respected the instruction to keep the flag down. They were told to keep the flag down when there is a tight offside incident and there could be a very promising attack or a goal-scoring opportunity because, if the assistant referee raises the flag, then everything is finished.”

In what many had called for – the need for technology to increase the efficiency of referees to get correct decisions -= this trial must succeed for many others to follow.

Racism

Bryan Idowu changed nationality last year and will represent Nigeria at Russia 2018.

He told Amkar Perm website in 2016, “…Then it was hinted to me that with my skin colour the path to the main team was unfeasible. The reason was the fans, who don’t like dark-skinned players.”

Racism in Russia is a fact, whether it would rear its head during this tournament is the question. As recent as March this year, Russian fans heckled some black players from France during a friendly match – a case for which FIFA fined Russia’s soccer federation $29,600.

Aleksandr Alayev, the Russian federation’s acting chief told Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, Russia would make the persons responsible for the rude actions to pay and that the federation “will do everything possible to prevent the repetition of such incidents in the future.”

Goals

Football is about goals and will always be. The greatest cheer in the stadium and far away from the action across many television sets is when the net bulges.

The Technical Study Group for the 2014 World Cup revealed, “the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil was marked by top quality and attacking football, excellent players, and a positive general football philosophy.

“The teams’ objectives were to score and win matches instead of trying not to lose or concede. This led to a glut of goals, 171 in total at an impressive average of 2.67 goals per match, which matched the record set in France in 1998.”

The UEFA Champions League, with which many judge FIFA’s footballing extravaganza, also saw more attacking football, which led to more goals, and spectacular at that, being scored.

Will the matches in Russia be open and free flowing or will they be cagey and boring? The fans want to see goals!

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Russia and racism are like 5 &6.they just hate blacks with passion

Get ready to see many foul and offside goals in Russia


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Hope to see more pitch invaders.

4. Nigeria will not win again game.

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That racism thingy.

Obainoneandonly:
Russia and racism are like 5 &6.they just hate blacks with passion

you Don go the place b4 ahbi??

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The main concern is nigeria bringing the trophy home!

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Obainoneandonly:
Russia and racism are like 5 &6.they just hate blacks with passion

Buy wetin our ancestors collect from dem

thus world cup is gon b d best one yet!!..Im so pumped!!..

if dem do racism reach ur syd jst brk deir nose..simples!!

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You can't take racism away from Russia which still makes it baffles me how they won the bid to host the world cup

I hope the likes of Senegal team won't be affected by the perception at the country rate of racial abuse

Is supporting Nigeria a thing of patriotism, faith or false hope?


For me it is faith, I pray Nigeria gets the world cup

Interesting.

See Awesome Preparations Russia has made Ahead of the World Cup

Well, the warning to women still holds...we hope you women adhere to it to avoid those 3 things stated up there

Nigeria will play 1-1 against Croatia

Nigeria 1-0 Iceland.

Nigeria 2-2 Argentina.

4. Nigeria game will be boring and filled will Mikelis Obism and Onazification.



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bookiesondebt:
I need to be banned at least for once
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All of you I mention above,ori yin Ti buru.

Ye are all stupid

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Pls add dis one one pig has selected us for semi finals and the last but not the least our jersey is the best ooo

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watin u smoke?

Actually,I mixed codeine with cannabis come pour am inside one big baby oku bottle

One thing is for sure, a dark horse always emerge in a World Cup. I'm team #DieManschraaft

Obainoneandonly:
Russia and racism are like 5 &6.they just hate blacks with passion

do blacks love dem selves Africa vs african american, afonja vs Igbo, abok1 vs igbo, igala vs okun etc

bookiesondebt:

Actually,I mixed codeine with cannabis come pour am inside one big baby oku bottle

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