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Russia Could Be Messi's Last Chance to Win a Cup of the world.
This Saturday begins the four days of the second round of Russia 2018, the start of the decisive phase of the tournament.
The 16 remaining teams have come here after an intense first round which left ] 122 goals 36 349 completed pbades, 158 yellow cards and many dramas with the kind permission of VAR.
Here are some of the key points to consider in this decisive step, which begins with the match between Argentina and France at 14:00 GMT
How will the draws be defined?
If the match is tied for 90 minutes, will be played an additional 30 minutes . If the tie remains, they will go to penalties.
- Matches and results of Russia 2018
For the first time in a World Cup, teams will be allowed to make a fourth change during overtime. 19659013] Image copyright
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Ronaldo could also say goodbye to Russia on Saturday.
Super Saturday with the two best world
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who for 10 years have alternated the title of best player in the world could say goodbye to this Saturday in Russia [19659007MessiscoredinArgentina2-1againstNigeriawhobecamewith Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta in the third Argentina to score goals in three different World Cups.
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Against France, Messi will have the responsibility to show the power of Argentina , who has ]
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The Frenchman Antoine Griezmann will face Messi on Saturday.
"The fans and some Argentinean media are above him, so of course he feels pressure ," said midfielder Pablo Zabaleta, Messi's former partner in the press. national team, at the BBC.
"It's a human being and it's not easy to be the best player in the world."
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo will lead the Portuguese national team in a promising match against Uruguay
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Ronaldo, who seeks to push Portugal to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2006, he played in one of the best matches of the World Cup in the group stage against Spain, when he scored a hat-trick .
Both players have a great responsibility, plus Jose Mourinho, Manchester United coach a few days ago, it is "probably the last chance " to win a World Cup.
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In a promising match against Portugal, Suarez will face Cry Stiano Ronaldo.
Four heavyweights clash for a place in the quarterfinals
The Kazan stadium was the scene of the elimination of Germany the current champion.
Now you will also see another fall of champion: France or Argentina
Argentina won the Cup twice while France was champion in '98, when they played locals.
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In the other match will be Uruguay, which together with Croatia and Belgium, was the only team that got the 9 points possible in the first round.
In addition, it is the only team that did not received goals in the first three matches
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Neymar, the world's most expensive player, has long been on the field during the World Cup.
Clash of titans
Germany is eliminated, but of the 16 teams still in contention, 11 are ranked in the top 15 of the FIFA rankings.
The Brazilian five times champion in 1945, hopes that his star striker Neymar will be able to stand long enough to beat Mexico on Monday in Samara
Neymar, the most expensive player in the world ] has long been during the World Cup that a Rio de Janeiro bar was giving free drinks every time the attacker fell in the grbad during the match against Serbia.
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"It was on the front page that Neymar was on the ground once every nine minutes in this World Cup ", said the South American football expert Tim Vickery
Spain, champion in 2010, he was absent from his m e jor level but they have an invincibility of 23 games against Russia on Sunday.
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Several of the Belgian figures They are already 30 years old, like Vincent Kompany.
Belgium, third in the ranking of FIFA, will be seen Monday against Japan. For many of his figures who have already spent 30 years as Vincent Kompany, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen and Dries Mertens, could be his last world cup.
Gareth Southgate, Technical Director of England, he described the match at which they will face Colombia on Tuesday as "England's greatest match in a decade."
Japan can make history
Japan, which will face Belgium, is one step away from reaching for first time the quarter-finals.
Mexico, for its part, aspires to achieve something similar against Brazil because if it wins, it will reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 1986, when it played at home.
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