and here in the arab world. for advocates, for activists, for players of those seven countries who wanted to wear the armband, this is about a human rights issues that they don t want to compromise on. for the host and all the spectators that have come from all parts of the world, especially tha arab and muslim world, this is about respect which they don t feel they ve been getting from the west and other cultures. and it s all really playing out here in the world cup on the world s biggest of stages. on thursday, the final eight teams play their first matches of the tournament. in group g it s switzerland against cameroon, and brazil against serbia. and in group h, uruguay take on south korea, while portugal face ghana.much more on the world cup on the special section of our website just log on to bbc.com/news or download the bbc app.
from breel embolo, who acknowledged he was playing against cameroon, the country of his birth. success can always be greeted respectfully. joe wilson, bbc news. well, the fourth game of the day saw uruguay and south korea play out a goalless draw. neither side really threatened too much. uruguay did hit the post in the latter stages with federico valverde s long range effort. son heung min went close for south korea late on too but nothing to separate the sides who share group h with portugal and ghana. wales play the next game, it is the first of tomorrow s four against iran, a win would put them at the top of the group for the time being and after missing their draw on monday, jo allen is fit again. captain gareth bale has been reflecting on not being allowed to wear the one love anti discrimination armband. and he
interesting in that match is that breel and below scored switzerland. the reason that is interesting is he was born in cameroon, moved to switzerland when he was six years old. what a moment for him and he was incredibly respectable when he scored that goal. he just raised his arms, remained silent, no celebration, looked up at the sky, so he is giving don t make given a lot of credit for how respect leahy treated that moment breel embolo. scoring that first goal, their only goal in that match. also, brazil s game that we are going to see today against serbia, that is happening in group h, and i think we ll be watching to see neymar in action today because he is one of the stars of the brazilian team of course and he is just two goals short right now of equalling pele s all time record
have sold further shares. portugal forward cristiano ronaldo is to leave manchester united with immediate effect. the decision follows a controversial interview in which the 37 year old criticised the club and said he had no respect for manager erik ten hag. both parties stated that ronaldo s exit was mutually agreed . a statement from the club thanked him for his immense contribution across two spells at old trafford . they added, everyone at manchester united remains focused on continuing the team s progress under erik ten hag and working together to deliver success on the pitch . ronaldo is with portugal at the world cup and is set to captain them in their opening group h game against ghana on thursday. i think both parties will be delighted now. he ll busily done that interview with the mindset that he wanted to get out of that football club, he wasn t happy, made a very clear. but i also think that eric ten hart has got what he wanted