9-7-18 FIFA WORLD CUP
FIFA WORLD CUP
QUARTER FINALS
URGUAY 0-2 FRANCE
VA VA VARNE
After Paul Pogba had outmuscled Vecino and powered up the
field, Antoine Griezmann found the ball at his feet on the edge of the Uruguay
penalty area. He tried a shot, which Muslera had covered. Trying to parry
instead of catch the ball, the goalkeeper could only watch in horror as it
slipped through his hands and dropped over the line.
France had a free-kick wide on the right, which Antoine
Griezmann took. With a stuttering run up, he swung the ball into the penalty
area, where Raphael Varane had made a run, got the flick and sent the ball
skimming past Fernando Muslera and inside the far post.
MY
OPINION
The goalkeeper from Uruguay will
be remembered for that mistake for quite a while but this has showed the class
that France have and the fact that they still have that sense of style that is
needed. They can push on but need to rely on people like Pogba.
BRAZIL 1-2 BELGIUM
DELIGHTFUL DE BRUN
Hazard’s corner is whipped to the near post, and flies into
the Brazilian net off Fernandinho’s right arm. That was a complete defensive
shambles! There wasn’t anyone in red near him.
Belgium are on the break. They zip upfield en masse. Lukaku
turns into space and romps down the middle. It’s a great run. He rolls a pass
right to De Bruyne, who takes a stride and launches a low screamer into the
bottom left
Neymar has a shot. Courtois saves. Brazil come again.
Coutinho, 30 yards out, down the inside-left channel, spots Augusto alone in
the area. He loops a gorgeous, perfectly weighted cross onto Augusto’s head.
Augusto guides his header into the bottom right, out of Courtois’ reach
MY
OPINION
This is not the typical
Brazilian performance as we always expect a sense of natural quality from them
and for them to attack with a sense of power and we did not get that Belgium
were defensively strong and can take this into their semi-final.
SWEDEN 0-2 ENGLAND
MAGIC MAGUIRE
Remarkably, England score from another corner, with Harry
Maguire bagging his first goal for his country. Ashley Young sent the ball in
from the corner flag and Harry rose at the penalty spot to send a powerful
header past Robin Olsen and inside the left upright
Completely unmarked at the far post, Dele Alli heads home
from about five yards out after leaping to convert a Jesse Lingard cross from
the right. In the Samara Arena.
MY
OPINION
This was a great result for
England and might make a lot of people happy who were annoyed with Brexit[B1] . I do think that this team has got a chance but will be
shocked at the fans response when they come home. I do think Sweden should have
responded after the first goal.
RUSSIA 2-2 CROTIA
Crotia win 4-3 on pens
RAKATIC RANGE
Denis Cheryshev scores his fourth goal of this amazing
Russian World Cup campaign. And it’s an unstoppable screamer! Cheryshev, from
deep, one-twos with Dzyuba down the inside-left channel. Receiving the return,
he takes a touch inside to move into a pocket of space, then curls powerfully
into the top left from 25 yards!
Perisic flicks Mandzukic free down the left. Nobody comes
across to meet the striker; Ignashevich was the nearest, but he’s slow to
realise the danger. Mandzukic is allowed to wander into the box, look up, and
pick out Kramaric, who bends down to steer a header across Akinfeev and into
the bottom right
Croatia go straight up the other end and win a corner on the
right. Vida rises on the spot to meet the set piece, and sends a slow downward
header into the bottom right!
Smolov dances down
the left, reaches the byline, and checks back. He hooks into the centre, and
Subasic does very well to claw away with red shirts lurking. Then Pivaric
deliberately elbows a ball floating down the Russian right.
The free kick is curled into the box by Dzagoev. An
outswinger. Fernandes rises highest, and flashes a header into the bottom left!
Penalties:. Brozovic scores! High to the right, even though
Akinfeev guessed correctly.
Dzagoev slips his penalty into the bottom right, sending the
keeper the wrong way
Dzagoev gestures to get the crowd up when he walks back to
the centre. It puts Kovacic off: he sidefoots tamely to the bottom right, and
Akinfeev guesses correctly!
Fernandes drags a dreadful penalty wide left. That was
awful.
Modric scores, but only just! He aims low and left. Akinfeev
gets a hand on it, but pushes it onto the post, whereupon it rebounds and
settles into the other side of the net.
Ignashevich batters his penalty into the bottom left.
Subasic went the wrong way.
Vida lashes his into the left as well.
Kuziaev slaps his into the bottom left
Rakitic has done very little tonight, but he slips his
penalty into the bottom left, Akinfeev going the wrong way
MY
OPINION
I think that Penalties are a cruel
way for a host nation to go out of their own World Cup and that should always
be the headline. Croatia have shown at times during this World Cup that they
will be a force to be reckoned with.
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