The quarterfinal matches are over! The big news is that Brazil are out of the tournament which means we will have, for a fourth straight World Cup, a European champion, the last non-European team being Brazil in 2002. Here are the highlights of the four matches. Top 4: England Luckily Outlast Disappointing Sweden 0-2 Harry…
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FIFA World Cup Last 16 Lookback: Spain Defeated in a Huge World Cup Shock
The Last 16 is over and that was crazy! Here’s a look back on some of the amazing matches in the first knock out stage of the 2018 World Cup. Top 5: England Defeats Colombia on Penalties, Advance to Quarterfinals England are into the quarter-finals after they beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties, at the end…
FIFA World Cup Round of 16 Top Goals: Belgium’s come-from-behind winning goals
For our Round of 16 update, we select 5 of the coolest goals so far in the group stage, all of which deserves a special place on the World Cup record of goals made. From Mbappe’s second goal against Argentina, to Pavard’s amazing goal miles from the post, to Vertonghen’s goal which revived Belgium’s chances against…
World Cup Round of 16 Tactical Analysis: Colombia vs England
For our fifth tactical analysis, we take a look at the big match between Colombia and England, the last match in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16, with James Rodriguez’s team facing the confident Harry Kane and England, a team who wants to bring back home the world cup. COLOMBIA Colombia will have a…
World Cup Round of 16 Tactical Analysis: Sweden vs Switzerland
For our fourth tactical analysis, we take a look at the match between Sweden and Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16. Seb Larsson and Marcus Berg will go head to head against Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka, the match will decide who among them are the best striker. SWEDEN Sweden is a well…
World Cup Round of 16 Tactical Analysis: Croatia vs Denmark
For our third tactical analysis, we take a look at Croatia versus Denmark, the fourth match of FIFA World Cup Round of 16. After a decent start, Denmark will face the surprise Last of 16 entry Croatia and see which team will advance to face either the host Russia or the favorites Spain. CROATIA Croatia…
World Cup Round of 16 Tactical Analysis: Spain vs Russia
For our second tactical analysis, we take a look at Spain versus Russia, the third match of FIFA World Cup Round of 16. The favorites Spain will face the host Russia in what the latter’s first real test as a team. RUSSIA Russia will have a 4-2-3-1 formation with full backs pushing aggressively. Their central midfielders…
FIFA World Cup 2018 Fearless Forecast
Here’s our fearless forecast for the FIFA World Cup 2018 quarterfinals to the Final match. We predict that France and Spain will meet on the Final as Brazil will falter (again) on the semifinals, while Sweden will see their golden age of football as they soared up to the semifinals. Round of 16 Uruguay vs…
World Cup Round of 16 Tactical Analysis: France vs Argentina
For our first tactical analysis, we take a look at France versus Argentina, the third match of FIFA World Cup Round of 16. The greatest player of all time Lionel Messi will play against Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann, this should be exciting. FRANCE Defense The defense will be provided by Raphael Varane, Lucas Hernandez, and Samuel…
FIFA World Cup Fixtures Scenarios: Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Mexico, Germany, Sweden, & Colombia
Here are the scenarios coming to the last round of fixtures for Groups E to H in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia featuring the favorites Brazil, Germany, and Colombia. Plus Serbia, Switzerland, Mexico, and Sweden. Group E Brazil (Chances of Advancing: 65%) A win or a draw is enough for Brazil to advance to…