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1. Brazil is stunned as Belgium progresses
Belgium shocked Brazil in the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 2-1 win at Kazan. A goal from Fernandinho's side gave the advantage to Roberto Martinez's men in the 13th minute, before a superb shot by Kevin De Bruyne doubled the advantage of the Europeans shortly after the half-hour mark.
Brazil should probably have been punished Manchester City teammate Vincent Kompany, but the Tite team did not do enough to reverse the trend despite Renato Augusto's head with 14 minutes to to play. Belgium will play its first World Cup semifinal since 1986 on Tuesday, while Brazil waits for a sixth star.
2. The ease of France against Uruguay
The wounded Edinson Cavani has always been a major defeat for Uruguay, which has proved that France had lost 2-0 in the first quarter-final. of the day. Raphael Varane dominated Didier Deschamps just before half-time, before a major mistake by goalkeeper Fernando Muslera allowed Antoine Griezmann to score his third goal of the tournament.
Afternoon for France, which has never been unduly stretched by an Uruguayan attack that never took place. The victory of the Blues means that they will participate in the semifinals of the World Cup for the first time since 2006.
3. Southgate coach of racing horses
England manager Gareth Southgate is compared to a racehorse trainer on the eve of the shock of quarterfinals between the three Lions and Sweden. Jamie Vardy, Kyle Walker and Ashley Young are all injured or hit in nursing following the shootout win over Colombia, and their boss is aware that players may be trying to mislead him in anticipation from a match as important. The guys would always be willing to risk injury for these games, but that can not be at the expense of performance, "said Southgate. So you must have a trainer's eye of a racehorse sometimes to sort out this problem. Just because we will not see everything, but we will have an idea of what they report and how they work, and then we can try to make the best decisions possible. "
4. Sweden warns that they should not be underestimated
Sweden could be neglected at Saturday's meeting with England, but Janne Andersson's team has often triumphed over this position – and captain Andreas Granqqvist has warned the Three Lions that they should not be taken lightly.
"I have read something about people in England, suggesting that Sweden was a dream opponent, "said the central back." Someone said something about 99 times out of 100, they would have us beaten? Well, it's fun for England to have that kind of confidence. Let's play the game and see how things are going. Sweden is generally playing well against England. We had good results against them. "
5. Lovren surpasses the 1998 generation
Croatia had a brilliant start to the World Cup in 1998, reaching the semi-finals in France with a team of Davor Suker, Zvonimir Boban and Robert Prosinecki Defender Dejan Lovren believes that the current Zlatko Dalic team is ready to take a chance. "Of course, we respect this generation [1998]," said the Liverpool player They are the most successful team in the history of Croatia, they have set the bar so high, but we are very strong and, with luck and hard work, we can surpass the 1998 generation.
