Chapter 597: World Cup Round of 16

At 2 o'clock on June 29, the two matches started on time at the Kaliningrad Stadium and the Mordovia Stadium.

At the Mordovia Stadium, Panama and Tunisia, two teams with 0 points, started a battle for honor!

In the 6th minute of the game, Slitti passed Machado on the left side and passed to the goal, Ben Youssef grabbed a point near the small penalty area, and Penedo confiscated the ball.

In the 7th minute of the game, Slitty used a barb shot on the penalty line, but unfortunately he didn't eat the right part and hit the ball wide.

In the 20th minute of the game, Tunisia passed to the penalty area on the right, and Beduwi's header at the back point flew to the bottom left corner of the goal, and Penedo fell to the ground to save the ball.

In the 33rd minute of the game, two consecutive shots from the periphery of Panama were blocked, Roman Torres returned to the front of the penalty area, Jose Rodriguez hit Meria with a long-range shot and flew towards the goal, Masruti couldn't save, Panama broke the deadlock! 1 to 0!

In the 39th minute of the game, Haddadi crossed from the left, and Ben Youssef shook his head in the middle and hit the goal slightly out of the far corner.

In the 41st minute of the game, Tunisia crossed from the left to the right side of the penalty area, and Khazri volleyed high.

In the first minute of first-half stoppage time, Penedo saved two dangerous shots from Khazri in quick succession, and Roman Torres cleared the ball in front of goal.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides, with both sides making substitutions, with Cummings and Badri coming in for Panama and Tunisia respectively.

In the 51st minute of the game, Badri knocked the ball on the left side and knocked on the middle, Slitty burst into the arc of the penalty area with the ball, and then passed diagonally to the right side of the penalty area. Tunisia equalized 1-1!

In the 53rd minute of the game, Khazri took the ball to the front of the penalty area, fell to the ground after confronting Roman Torres, Ben Youssef followed up to get the ball, and pushed the far corner in the penalty area and was blocked by Penedo!

Panamanian captain Fernando Torres fell to the ground and was replaced by Tejada shortly after.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Panama crossed from the left, Masruti hit the ball not far away, and Bárcenas followed up and shot was blocked by Masruti.

In the 66th minute of the game, Tunisia played a delicate combination on the left, Badri passed to Haddadi, who crossed in front of the goal on the left side of the small penalty area, and Khazri easily pushed the goal at the back post! Tunisia 2-1!

In the 70th minute of the game, Jose Rodriguez forced a shot in the Tunisian penalty area, and Masruti easily confiscated the ball.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Panama Balcenas scored a goal, but before the goal, the referee had whistled Tejada for a foul for scrambling, and the goal was invalidated.

In the 89th minute of the game, Tunisia replaced Khazri, who made a pass, with teenager Slarfi.

In the 90th minute of the game, Panama's cross from the left created danger, but it failed to form a shot in front of the goal, the football slid past the goal, and then the referee blew for Arroyo, who rubbed the ball on his toe in front of him, for offside.

In the 93rd minute of the game, Peonedo's long pass from the back to the edge of the penalty area was missed, and Godoy received a teammate's header and volleyed it wide.

In the 95th minute of the game, Panama won a set-piece at the edge of the penalty area, and Bárcenas shot at the goal, and the angle was too positive to be taken into the arms of Masruti, and finally Tunisia 2-1 Panama, and the two teams ended their World Cup journey.

In the end, Panama were beaten 2-1 by Tunisia, and this victory was the first time Tunisia have won a World Cup since their first victory in 1978.

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Kaliningrad Stadium, which rotated most of the players for the match between Belgium and England!

In the 6th minute of the game, Tielemans received a pass from Shazli at the top of the penalty area and made a slight adjustment to shoot from a distance, and the ball was saved by Pickford.

In the 10th minute of the game, Belgium crossed the ball from the right, Fellaini nodded the ball to the goal, Batshuayi grabbed the spot, Pickford did not control the ball, the ball rolled towards the goal, Gary Cahill cleared the ball on the goal line.

In the 19th minute of the game, Tielemans brought down Danny Rose in defense, and the referee showed Tielemans a yellow card.

In the 28th minute of the game, a corner kick from the right side of Belgium was passed into the penalty area, Fellaini stopped the ball and volleyed, the ball was blocked by Alexander-Arnold in front of the goal.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Rose dribbled the ball on the left and tried to counterattack, but Dendoncker brought him down, and the referee showed Dendoncker a yellow card.

In the 49th minute of the game, Rashford took the ball on the left side and stepped on the dance steps to break through the three-man defense in a row and entered the penalty area, but the last step was big, and the ball was cut off by the opponent.

In the 51st minute of the game, Belgium broke the deadlock! After receiving a pass from Tielemans on the right side of the penalty area, Januzaj changed direction at his foot and shook off Rose's left-footed shot, and the ball flew into the far corner of the goal around Pickford's ten fingers!

England 0-1 Belgium! Excited, Batshuayi let himself go and kicked a football, only to be slapped in the face.

In the 57th minute of the game, Vermaelen collided with Vardy during the aerial battle, resulting in a head bleeding, and the team doctor rushed into the field to deal with it.

In the 66th minute of the game, Vardy sent a delicate through ball from the middle, Rashford inserted a one-on-one shot, the ball went wide of the right post, the referee thought Courtois had saved and gave a corner, but from the replay, Courtois did not touch the ball.

In the 74th minute, Kompany came off the bench to replace the injured Vermaelen.

In the 89th minute of the game, substitute Mertens received a pass from Tielemans on the right side of the penalty area and volleyed, and Pickford knocked the ball out with a double fist.

In stoppage time, Michy Batshuayi took the ball on the right side and cut into the penalty area and crossed to the middle, Fellaini's shot was blocked by the opponent, England was in danger in front of the goal, and finally the referee awarded a foul on Mertens in the chaos.

At the end of the match, Belgium defeated England 1-0 to advance to the round of 16 together, Belgium faced Japan in the death half, and England played Colombia!

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After that, all the group matches of this World Cup have ended, and the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia has ended, and all the teams that have advanced to the round of 16 have been produced.

The biggest upset was that defending champion Germany lost 0-2 to South Korea in the final round and was eliminated in the group stage.

In the round of 16 of this World Cup in Russia, there are 10 European teams, 4 South American teams, 1 Asian team and 1 North American team, and 5 African teams have all been wiped out.

The top 16 teams are: Uruguay, Russia, Spain, Portugal, France, Denmark, Croatia, Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland, Sweden, Mexico, Belgium, England, Colombia and Japan.

Among the strong teams, only the defending champion Germany was unexpectedly eliminated, and the number of matches in the round of 16 knockout rounds was also confirmed.

The 16 teams are divided into two halves, with Portugal, Brazil, France, Argentina and Belgium in the upper half being known as the Death Half, and Spain and England in the lower half.

Top half: Uruguay vs Portugal, France vs Argentina, Brazil vs Mexico, Belgium vs Japan

Bottom half: Spain vs. Russia, Croatia vs. Denmark, Sweden vs. Switzerland, Colombia vs. England