Portugal superior after edging out Croatia 2-1 in a hard-fought match, and Cristiano Ronaldo’s group will now face European champion Spain on Monday.
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The highlight now shifts to Lionel Messi‘s Argentina, which today is looking to bring an end to Cape Verde’s outstanding World Cup run. Our NBC News group will be live-blogging the game, so come be part of us!
World Cup Recap
Portugal superior to the spherical of 16 after a wild 2-1 win towards Croatia yesterday in Toronto.
The sport was tied 0-0 after a reasonably uneventful first half, however the second half greater than made up for it. Croatia struck first, with Ivan Perišić scoring within the 53rd minute.
Soon after, Portugal drew a penalty kick off a nook and Ronaldo coolly sent in a objective, the primary time he’s scored in a World Cup knockout spherical.
The sport remained tied into stoppage time and appeared destined for additional time till Portugal sent a cross into the field and Gonçalo Ramos headed within the go-ahead objective within the 94th minute.
Croatia’s Josko Gvardiol practically scored an equalizer about 13 minutes into added time, however the objective was taken away for an offside name by way of replay overview. This most likely marked the final World Cup sport for Croatia legend Luka Modrić, 40, whereas Portugal’s star Ronaldo survived to play one other sport.
Portugal will now play European champion Spain in a star-studded conflict in Dallas on Monday. The winner of that tie will face both the United States or Belgium in a quarterfinal on July 10.
In yesterday’s different video games, one of many event favorites, Spain, eased previous Austria 3-0 whereas Switzerland received its first knockout sport since 1938 when it beat Algeria 2-0.
World Cup Preview
Argentina’s World Cup conflict with Cape Verde in Miami has all of the hallmarks of a David-vs.-Goliath contest — though that is one story that’s unlikely to finish in a fairy-tale upset.
Led by residing legend Messi, Argentina is the defending World Cup champion and has lifted soccer’s greatest prize thrice.
Cape Verde, in contrast, is ranked sixty fourth on the planet by FIFA, has a 40-year-old goalkeeper and is the one group to succeed in the spherical of 32 with out profitable a match. Cape Verde superior after recording a attract all three group video games, whereas Argentina (ranked second by FIFA) received all three of its matches, with Messi enjoying a starring function.
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But Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni urged his group to not underestimate its opponent.
“We are not surprised, to be honest,” Scaloni stated. “They are a good team. And they are not here by chance. We must respect them. And that’s what we will do.”
If Argentina does progress, it can meet the winner of one other of in the present day’s contests, Australia vs. Egypt, performed in Dallas.
What We’re Watching
World Cup! All the video games are on Telemundo and Peacock, and all instances are Eastern:
- 2 p.m.: Australia vs. Egypt
- 6 p.m.: Argentina vs. Cape Verde
- 9:30 p.m.: Colombia vs. Ghana
That’s it for now! We’ll be again Monday.