On Tuesday we saw the last two games of the Round of 16 and Sweden and England were able to advance over Switzerland and Colombia, respectively. In short, Sweden was boring and defensive as usual, and England fans were nervous as hell the whole game, so you know there were plenty of great World Cup tweets.
Mexico’s 2-0 elimination from the 2018 World Cup at the hands of Brazil will live long in the memory. Stunning victories over Germany and South Korea, coupled with a miraculous qualification to the Round of 16 despite that huge letdown against Sweden, had served to enhance the El Tri narrative to a fever pitch ahead of the match at Samara Arena.
Portugal vs Uruguay. The stigma going in was a back-and-forth gritty match between two defensively minded teams. Cristiano Ronaldo would be leading the offense for Portugal and Luis Suarez and Edison Cavani would give Portugal their toughest test yet.
It didn’t take long for the Portuguese defense to be tested by Uruguay’s elite striking pair. The pair connected on a give-and-go that crossed the entire field. Edison Cavani lasered one 50 yards to Luis Suarez and then the Uruguayan talisman rifled a cross right back to El Matador for a goal vs Portugal.
France got off to an early lead against Argentina before the Angel Di Maria goal vs France equalized before half. But let’s quickly go back to The18’s predictions for this match, because we nailed this one, folks. (Not that it was any rocket science.)
Connor: France - Argentina can't play conservatively, but they can't go toe-to-toe with France. Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante absolutely boss the midfield - it could get ugly.