World Cup preview: Group A

Defender Ilya Kutepov (C) of the Russian men's national football team during a training session at Novogorsk, Russian team base camp. Source: Getty Images
With football's 2018 World Cup soon to kick off, attention is now focused on the relative strengths of the teams and in Group A, faltering tournament host Russia is hoping to benefit from what is seen as a favourable draw.
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