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Argentina vs Croatia: How big a blow is Marcos Acuna's absence?

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Argentina vs Croatia: How big a blow is Marcos Acuna's absence? Football fans couldn't take their eyes off of Friday's second quarter-final meeting. The Netherlands and Argentina played out a World Cup classic as the pair went the distance at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. It was a gripping contest that no neutral fan wanted to end, so when Wout Weghorst popped up w...

Assessing Rodrigo De Paul's importance for World Cup chasing Argentina

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Assessing Rodrigo De Paul's importance for World Cup chasing Argentina When a footballing powerhouse like Argentina loses to a relative minnow like Saudi Arabia, a scapegoat is needed. After that shock 2-1 defeat in the group stage, Rodrigo De Paul was the principal pick of supporters in Buenos Aires and beyond.De Paul did not have his best game against the Saudis, alt...

Messi, Neymar and Fernandes make World Cup quarter final best XI

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Messi, Neymar and Fernandes make World Cup quarter final best XI With four teams now left in the competition, we look back at the best XI from the World Cup quarter finals. Seven of the eight teams featured in this XI with Argentina having the most representatives in the squad with three, while there are no England players present in the team.Dominik Livakovic (C...

Modric defying Father Time as Croatia again reach World Cup semi-finals

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Modric defying Father Time as Croatia again reach World Cup semi-finals Brazil were minutes away from securing their place in the World Cup semi-final. Neymar scored a superb individual effort at the end of the first half of extra time and they seemed destined to progress to the next round, only for Bruno Petkovic to strike late on to take the game to penalties. From th...

England vs France: World Cup quarter final team news and prediction

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England vs France: World Cup quarter final team news and prediction England and France will face off on Saturday in the final 2022 World Cup quarter-final. In recent years, France have generally had the upper hand in this match-up winning three of the last five, including the last meeting in 2017 which they won 3-2, but in the World Cup, both meetings have been won ...

Morocco vs Portugal: World Cup quarter final team news and prediction

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Morocco vs Portugal: World Cup quarter final team news and prediction Morocco and Portugal will face off on Saturday for the third time at a World Cup in the third 2022 World Cup quarter-final. Morocco went all the way to penalties against Spain to book their place, while Portugal recorded the second biggest win of this year’s tournament, winning 6-1 against Swi...

Ramos already proven the stronger candidate to lead talented Portugal side

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Ramos already proven the stronger candidate to lead talented Portugal side When it was confirmed that Portugal had dropped Cristiano Ronaldo in place of Goncalo Ramos for their last-16 meeting with Switzerland, it was seen as a welcome reprieve. Ronaldo is arguably one of the games greatest strikers, but in time, he has become more a hindrance than a help for both club and...

Gakpo using World Cup to play part in Man Utd audition

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Gakpo using World Cup to play part in Man Utd audition Cody Gakpo has been a revelation for Netherlands at the World Cup, scoring three goals in four appearances, and helping to guide his national team to a quarter-final showdown with Argentina tonight. Throughout the tournament, we have seen links to Manchester United with the transfer almost certain t...

Netherlands vs Argentina: World Cup quarter final team news and prediction

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Netherlands vs Argentina: World Cup quarter final team news and prediction Netherlands and Argentina last faced off in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, where Argentina progressed to the final on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Argentina made a poor start to the tournament, but have recovered, while the Netherlands have been impressive in their campaign so far and they’re ...

Win big with the best World Cup quarter-final Big5 tips

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Win big with the best World Cup quarter-final Big5 tips After a World Cup group stage that brought so many dramatic shocks, the Round of 16 was all going to plan until Spain lost to Morocco!Luis Enrique’s men had apparently practiced penalties 1,000 times… only to go and miss every single one. It’s a shame they don’t award wins f...