have been waiting for is finally here the twenty eighteen world cup is underway and our very own matt herman from d.w. sports is on the set with me to talk us through the opening day and to take a look ahead at what's to come in this separate state just tournament but first let's take a peak at how russia kicked things off in black she started. with the moscow streets full the fans owns in the russian capital as busy as could be the new sneaky stadium bursting at the seams and the world of football watching closely the opening ceremony had a lot to live up to plenty of pressure on robbie williams shoulders then. the pop star had been accused of selling his soul to putin by agreeing to take part though neither he nor the eighty thousand fans inside the stadium appeared especially fans it seems putin's stated principle of keeping sports and politics apart is widely shared. williams was joined for a duet by russian operatic singa lena. a collaborative rendition of his song an angel's hitting a harmonious note an atmosphere unlike those that football grounds are used to. but this isn't just any

first full day of matches has served up plenty of drama and breaking it all down for us is max matt herman joining us from for it so i mean there was one game that everyone was really focusing on this evening we were watching a short while ago it was portugal versus spain and it was a nail biter oh it was more than a nail biter it was everything so much happened in this game is the best world cup game of football i've seen in a really long time it all got started very quickly as well christiane although was fouled in the box kind of a light challenge but let's look at the tape he stepped up to the penalty spot put portugal and france three and a half minutes into the scheme that put spain under real pressure. they responded to that pressure diego costa. some pretty nifty moves in the penalty area his own couple of cut backs and in the far post but portugal were nearly done christian although decided to take a crack of his own it was just too hard for daddy day in goal. i'm not even halfway done here soon. and then after halftime spain put things level diego costa finishing off a beautiful

nigeria another team is very hard to judge it's going to be a very interesting day fascinating stuff matt herman from sports breaking it all down for us thank you so much. yes yes. you're watching deja vu news we have more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can always get to diffuse on the go that is on our apps you can download it from a google play or from the app store on your album i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching and to see you again soon. turkey is gearing up for another election. half the voters. under the age of thirty . they are the ones who will decide the country's political future. a whole generation has come of age under president recha type anyone. but how many young adults really do need the president's slogans. in sixty minutes on d w. the fast pace of life in the digital shift as the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information on the witness finds and interviews with makers and users. in forty five minutes the. earth. home is of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start wit

where the first full day of matches has served up plenty of drama to talk it all over we've got matt herman here from sports so good to see you matt talk us through the real nail biter of the evening up to now morocco iran what happened there yeah this was a real nail biter it was scoreless through eighty nine minutes there was lots and lots of stoppages in the second half there were six minutes of time added on and something happened in those six minutes let's look at the tape here the own goal very late on from. this before do. you know in the one minute left in this game it looked like these two teams were going to settle for a draw that might have benefited them i put it past his keeper of real tears as you see there from morocco jubilation for iran this is a very good start for them would be it looked like this might be a tough route from them but this is a really nice start if this is a harsh result has to be said they threatened to play iran off the pitch in the first half hour so i thought they were going to win this game and. i had the better chances but you know it is part of iran

i look at my now and this spectacular win for russia we have that herman joining us from our sports desk and matt i mean it's really could not have gotten better for that right five goals here incredible absolutely i mean this was you know a pretty much custom made start for this russia team which came into the turnout with a ton of question marks over its head and whether they were really ready for this level of competition you know when you're the host of world cup you don't play qualifying matches russia's ranking in the world you know fee for rankings fell all the way to seventy and a lot of folks thought that even saudi arabia might be a tough test for them and that just wasn't the case at all they scored early they scored often they got two goals from dennis cherry show a very interesting player who might turn out to be one of their their key performers he's one of the few russian players who play in a top five european laiki place in spain and in fact grew up in spain he's just about as spanish as the u.s. russian from his footballing a brain and if guys. like that can step up and show the

coverage starts right here with that herman or tournaments officially opening in moscow as we speak i'm now joined in the studio with my highly esteemed colleague matt hermann who will be covering the cup for us and that there's been plenty of action in the russian a capital even before kickoff with the stadium hosting a spectacular opening ceremony for. fans have lined up the streets and filled the public viewing zones in moscow while the eighty thousand supporters inside the stadium were treated to a good performance by none of these on the market rate their british pop star robbie williams the tournaments opening match between host russia and saudi arabia have since kicked off. all right well let's start off with you max they're going to hit the ground running what do you what do you make of this first match i mean we have to see how it goes of course this first match i mean it might be a bit of a damp squid this is not the most glamorous match in the tournaments the two lowest ranked teams in the entire field so this might not be glittering football but it will be passionate football certainly from the russian side they're going to have as you s