The round of 16 continues on Monday, with the five-time champions Brazil in action against a Mexico heavily involved in the elimination of defending champions Germany. The second match of the day sees Belgium take on Japan. The winners of these...
Brazil sealed passage to the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup after a comfortable 2-0 win against Mexico. Neymar opened the scoring 51 minutes in when the Brazilian superstar tapped in Willian’s whipped cross, and then with two minutes to go the Paris Saint-Germain winger turned...
A last-gasp Nacer Chadli winning goal saved Belgium from an embarrassing exit with a 3-2 comeback win against Japan. The two teams were coming into this Round of 16 clash in very different mindsets. Belgium finished the group with three wins and...
Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev saved two spot-kicks as hosts Russia stunned the world to beat Spain 4-3 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the competition. A painful clash between former Chelsea left-back Yuri Zhirkov and Real Madrid right-back Nacho left...
Croatia needed penalties to overcome Denmark to secure a 2018 FIFA World Cup quarter-final with hosts Russia. Both sides scored in the opening minutes in Nizhny Novgorod, with Mathias Jørgensen putting Denamrk into a shock lead before Mario Mandžukić quickly responded....
A sublime double from Edinson Cavani sent Uruguay into the quarter-finals of the World Cup where they will play France who defeated Argentina earlier in the day. There was plenty of intrigue going into this contest. Was Cristiano Ronaldo going to...
This was meant to be a tight, timid World Cup second round fixture between two sides maligned for their underwhelming performances in the group stage. But instead it was Kylian Mbappé’s game. On a pitch that possessed Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and,...
Spain take on Russia in the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Not many people would have expected Russia to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition with a game to spare,...
The knockout rounds of the World Cup are upon us, and we have some tantalizing match-ups to look forward to. The dominating trend of the competition so far has been how the “favourites” have really failed to step up to the...
The knockout rounds of the 2018 World Cup will get underway on Saturday, with two mammoth clashes. France take on Argentina in the first game of the day in Kazan, before Uruguay face off against Portugal in Sochi. If the unpredictable...
