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The World Cup is full of amazing goals, skills and everything in between. But, while people may be mesmerized by Philippe Coutinho ripping a right-foot curler against Switzerland or Lionel Messi scoring an unbelievable goal against Nigeria, we can’t forget about the World Cup bloopers. The fails, the mess-ups, the times when you would just wish the ground would open up a hole and you could hide from the world. 

Here’s our take of some of the best World Cup bloopers at the 2018 tournament so far.

The first two matches on Tuesday were not very exciting as France and Denmark had a goalless draw to protect their round-of-16 spots and Australia did not come to play. The next two games, however, nearly gave me a heart attack because it was down to the wire for Lionel Messi's survival in the World Cup. Holy sh*t is all I can say about the Argentina match. 

Here's the best of the World Cup social media action from Tuesday.

Diego Maradona is having himself one hell of a World Cup. And you know what? It might be just what Argentina needs.

Maradona lived and died with La Albiceleste on Tuesday. Facing elimination, Argentina survived with a 2-1 win over Nigeria thanks to an unlikely savior, though the scapegoat was the same as usual. It was just enough to see Argentina advance in second place in Group D, well behind Croatia, which put Iceland away 2-1.

Today marked the begining of the end for the group stage. Groups A and B played their final games, which is always a cause for drama because most of these games will decide who advances to the Round of 16. There was an enormous amount of people claiming that the refs and the use of VAR was very one-sided in almost every match, which goes to show how big these games were today.

Australia: the land of Vegemite, beautiful beaches, plenty of animals that want to kill you, a plethora of other animals that likely won’t kill you but could if they wanted to and the mighty Socceroos. 

It turns out Australia is home to animal pitch invaders as well. More specifically, it's home to a pitch-invading kangaroo. 

Let’s be honest here. Panama was bad on Sunday. Really bad. Los Canaleros embarrassed Concacaf and every Concacaf nation that didn’t qualify, although no specific nations immediately come to mind. The 6-1 loss for Panama vs England was the worst performance of any team thus far at the World Cup. 

A specter is haunting the World Cup — the specter of Liga MX club Cruz Azul.

El Tri are in great form after defeating South Korea 2-1 and they are currently at the top of the table in Group F, followed by Germany, Sweden and South Korea.

But it seems that recent good results are not only due to Mexico’s outstanding performances.

“Crying and tears may be favored by natural selection because they bring about helping behavior by the spectator. This helping behavior is explained by the assumption that crying and tears ‘imitate’ some of the perceivable characteristics of a baby that has just been born.”  — Frans Roes

World Cup social media was alive and well during the first two matches of the day, but boy did things get cooking once Argentina collpased against Croatia. Here are our favorite tweets from today's action.

Denmark vs. Australia

Another game, another VAR penalty for the Aussies — giving the Socceroos a point against Christian Eriksen and the Danes.

Really dislike Kasper Schmeichel. 100% of his dad's personality, 70% of the talent.

A goal in football is always followed by a wild celebration. These celebrations are often a player’s signature, and they include pointing to the sky and thanking the footballing gods, the always cool knee slide or the epic running explosion while screaming in unison with the fans. The World Cup goal celebrations at the 2018 tournament have been no different.

This year’s World Cup provides an opportunity for the planet to see a variety of signature celebrations. Below are some of the best World Cup goal celebrations that we’ve seen so far.