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Highlights: Colombia 1-1 England (3-4 pens)
2018 FIFA World Cup on the BBC
Host: Russia Dates: June 14 – July 15
Live: Coverage on BBC TV, BBC Radio and BBC Sport with additional coverage on Red Button, Connected TV and mobile application . 19659005] Seven-goal clbadics, incredible lifts and England winning a penalty shootout – one of the best World Cups of recent times enters the quarter-finals on Friday.
BBC Sport looks at the main scenarios we are reaching the last eight, including the man who loves Uruguay but who now must try to knock him out.
"The very Uruguayan Frenchman seeks to bring down his mates"
Uruguay v France (Friday, July 6 – 15:00 BST, Nizhny Novgorod)
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Highlights: France 4-3 Argentina
There will be an interesting clash between France striker Antoine Griezmann and Uruguayan defenders Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez, his teammates from Atletico Madrid. They are so good friends that Godin is the godfather of Griezmann's daughter
Griezmann met Godin and Gimenez at the Madrid airport wearing a Uruguayan jersey after winning the World Cup qualifier – and stated that he felt "Uruguayan". 19659003] "It's a nationality I love, a country that I love and it's going to be very moving for me."
Uruguay midfielder Nahitan Nandez, who was playing for Penarol – a team of which Griezmann is a member – said: "Griezmann is very Uruguayan, he pretends to be a Uruguayan, for him, it's okay to be a special match, as for us. " All I can say is that we hope that he behaves well on the ground and remembers Antoine Griezmann loves the popular South American bribe
However, the l & # 39; Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez of Barcelona has had less time for such a feeling: "He is French and he does not know what it's like to feel Uruguayan." said the 31-year-old.
" He does not know who we are or what we need to do to succeed in football, he loves our customs and can speak the same language – but we have a different feeling. "
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Highlights: Uruguay 2-1 Portugal
Atletico Madrid side lovers, the game itself promises to be a fascinating encounter. Both countries are among the best strikers in the world and have eliminated two of the best players in the world in the previous round.
The France team will count three of the five most expensive football players, once the 180 million euros Kylian Mbappe) transfer from Monaco to Paris St-Germain arrives. Mbappe became the first teenager since Brazil's big Pele scored twice in a World Cup match when France beat Argentina's Lionel Messi 4-3 in an epic eighteenth.
Uruguay – which surpbaded Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal – Suarez and Paris St. Germain's top scorer, Edinson Cavani, is ahead. The pair has a combined total of 98 international goals.
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From Messi to Mbappe – the pbadage from greatness to the next generation?
Schedule of the World Cup – route from the road to the final
Belgium could pay the price for defeating England
Brazil v Belgium (Friday, July 6 – 19:00 BST, Kazan)
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Highlights: Belgium 3-2 Japan
Belgium is probably cursing right now that they are in the "difficult" part of the World Cup after winning Group G. [19659003] They came from 2-0 to beat Japan is in an absolute thriller Monday – the first team to do it in a knockout game since 1970 – but its reward is to face tournament favorites and five-time champion from Brazil.
Had they lost to England? draw, no previous winner would have stood between them and the final.
Belgium – now undefeated in 23 games – is the only team in Russia to have won all four matches and may have found the killer who had been questioned "
" When we went 2-0 Down [against Japan] there was the psychological feeling of "OK, we have nothing to lose," which freed us, "said Red Devils manager Roberto Martinez.
"It's as if it would be against Brazil, except a sensation like that of the first second."
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Highlights: Brazil 2-0 Mexico
Many of the remaining superstars in the tournament should feature in this game – Barcelona, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Paris St-Germain all provide at least one player to both teams.
Neymar was one of the most outstanding players in the competition – but not always for the right reasons. He scored twice in Russia but his reaction to the tackles earned him a lot of mockery.
Another important thing to remember is that for all the discussions on Brazil's offensive stars, they have only conceded one goal in their last nine games. five shots on goal against them in the tournament so far.
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Brazil vs Belgium and Sweden vs England on BBC TV
Is the golden generation of Belgium ready to deliver?
Neymar "charm Brazil, but annoys everyone"
Is football coming home?
Sweden vs England? (Saturday, July 7 – 15:00 BST, Samara)
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2018 World Cup: England's historic victory over shots against Colombia
England entered this World Cup with a new-looking team, largely devoid of tournament disappointments. And they have already shown that they eliminated Colombia on penalties in the round of 16 – the first time the Three Lions won a World Cup shootout.
Levels of excitement exploded in England as British-Sweden-Russia / Croatia's way to the final was opened in front of them
They know that they do not have to be in the country. may never have a chance to return to their 1990 semi-final or their 1966 triumph.
But before they can look so far, England manager Gareth Southgate is aware that his team has to go beyond a "bloody" Swedish side.
"We do not have a good record against them, I think we have always underestimated them"
"They have good plans, they have a clear way of playing – and that's what they do. is hard to play against, they are more than the sum of their parts most often, so it's an extremely difficult game for us. "
The Scandinavians have a strong team dynamics with no names After finishing the internati They finished above the Netherlands in qualifying, beat Italy in dam and then helped to eliminate Germany by finishing over them in the Group F.
England and Sweden drew 2-2 in the 2006 group stage, with Joe Cole scoring. A rehearsal of this dashboard and 'penalty experts' & # 39; England could be facing another shootout.
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Highlights: Sweden 1-0 Switzerland
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What does the potential route to England look like?
"Southgate men have pbaded all the tests in a hostile environment"
& # 39; A world record with the players we produce & # 39;
Russia v Croatia (Saturday, July 7 – 19:00 BST, Sochi)
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Highlights: Croatia 1-1 Denmark (3-2 on pens)
Russia, the lowest-ranked team of its own World Cup, entered the tournament without any hope in the country or abroad. They weakened a weak group, but then surprised Spain's 2010 champion in penalty kicks on the last lap after a return-to-wall performance. They are now two wins – against Croatia and Sweden or England – far from the final.
This is a meeting between Russia, the largest country in the world, and Croatia, a nation of only 4.1 million people. In Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic, the Croatians have midfielders who play an important role in the Real Madrid and Barcelona teams.
They are in the quarter-finals for the second time. In 1998, five years after joining FIFA after their independence from Yugoslavia, they reached the semi-finals and have no chance of reaching the final.
Clasico's rivals, Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic and 101-times defender Vedran Corluka is at 30 and Ivan Perisic, 29, of Inter Milan.
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Highlights: Spain 1-1 Russia (3-4 pens)
Croatian legend Davor Suker, winner of Golden Boot in 1998, told BBC Sport: "It will be a tough match against Russia. are physically strong and have a lot of energy in the stadiums and on the streets, which makes a powerful team
"For Croatia, it's impressive to qualify for 10 of the 12 major competitions – we are a nation of four and a half million people, so it's a world record with the players we produce. I am so proud to be part of it. "
This is the best race of the Russian World Cup since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it has never crossed the group stages as a separate nation, but has reached the semifinals of 1966 "as did Patrick Jennings of BBC Sport after seeing victory over Spain:" Everyone is watching now. People are talking to you about their 90 grandmother years who suddenly became obsessed after the second group match, a 3-1 win over Egypt that sealed Russia's place in the knockout phase.
"This is a special atmosphere The world's largest nation, experiencing the birth of a new chapter in its football history, 144 million people and as many smiles. "
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" Is it OK to support the Russian team? "
Woman predicts I would decide game – Rakitic
Source: bbc.com
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