Title contenders Portugal and Mexico fought out an entertaining 2-2 draw in the Confederations Cup on Sunday, with each team scoring in the last five minutes.
Chile's star player Arturo Vidal fiercely argued with referee Damir Skomina when a goal scored in first-half stoppage time by Eduardo Vargas was overruled nearly one minute later.
Cristiano Ronaldo has made his first public remarks since news broke of his desire to leave Real Madrid, though he made sure only to focus on Portugal's latest match against Mexico.
Cedric Soares' 86th-minute shot was deflected in to put Portugal ahead again, but Hector Moreno snatched a point for the mexicans in the 91st minute.
Germany held on to beat Australia 3-2 and move into second place in Group B after the first round of matches, behind Chile. New Zealand is at the bottom of the group with no points.
"There will be a full stadium in Moscow tomorrow, the supporters will give us strength, give us hope, I think that we can achieve the victory", he added.
Russian Federation appear to be high on confidence after a string of promising performances and for the first time in a while they seem capable of matching a top European side like Portugal. "We must be ready for them".
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Portugal defender Pepe insists that the team are ignoring the ongoing speculation over Cristiano Ronaldo's future at Real Madrid during their Confederations Cup campaign.
I'm not going to sit here and say this is a learning experience because we want to actually get results here.
"Very happy for my first goal", he told Uefa. They aren't one man team though, with both Sandro Ramirez and Marcos Llorente catching the eye in their Group B opener.
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Raphael Guerreiro failed to deal with a cross into the box and Carlos Vela teed up Hernandez, who met the cross with a diving header.
Mexican media said the chant was also heard at matches at home to Honduras and the US earlier this month, although Federation Internationale de Football Association could not immediately reached for comment on whether disciplinary proceedings had been opened in those cases.
The victory gave Chile a flawless start to their maiden Confederations Cup campaign, after they qualified by successfully defending their Copa America title a year ago.
"The VAR tests during this Confederations Cup are also helping us to improve the processes and fine-tune communication", Infantino acknowledged.
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