Just as the Christmas holidays always seem to go by too quickly and after they're over you always wish that you enjoyed every day a little more, so does the World Cup seem to rush by and before you know it the days of three, or four, group stage matches are over and then it's the final. And the next day? Nothing. The countdown to the next one starts.
I've been going through the Russia 2018 matches day by day and I'm up to June 19th. And already Russia will be playing their second match. So enjoy June 14th-19th because the excitement of your team's first match will be over and now we'll be moving on to the different, nervous excitement of the make or break second match.
Russia's second Group A match is against Egypt. On the same day Group H teams play their first matches: Colombia vs Japan and Poland vs Senegal. On paper this could be the least exciting group, but let's hope we are surprised.
Japan and Colombia also played on June 19th in 2014. While Japan played Greece (0-0) in one of the few boring first round matches in Brazil, Colombia beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in a match more typical of the fun football in brazil.
Japan also played on June 19th in 2010 when they lost 1-0 to Holland. I decided to be a little scientific and do some research into what the odds are of Japan having better luck this time round on June 19th. Apparently, the number 19 carries misfortune as it is pronounced "juku" which when written in Kanji can mean "multiple suffering." That probably explains Japan vs Greece in 2014. Multiple suffering, not for Japan playing the match, but for us watching it. Colombia may have a good day on June 19th this year.
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