The group stage is all over, followed by the 1/8 finals, the first to play is Brazil and Chile, the South American combination, in terms of strength, Brazil should have a lot of advantages, and it is a local battle, plus the last group stage, Kaka's performance is very good, and it also gives Scolari more options in the arrangement.

However, Chile should not be taken lightly, and they also showed good quality in the group stage.

In the end, the two sides fought in secret for 90 minutes, and the battle ended in a 1:1 draw, and in the ensuing extra time, the two teams that had exhausted their physical strength could not achieve anything, and the two sides could only decide the winner through penalty kicks.

Cesar emerged as Brazil's hero in the shoot-out, saving a penalty from Chile's number one star Alexis Sanchez to help Brazil overcome their opponents and advance to the next round.

Kaka was still unable to make the starting line-up for this game and did not come on until the end of the second half, when he was the first to come on in the penalty shoot-out and scored the ball steadily, which can be regarded as contributing to the promotion of the Brazilian team.

In the next match, Colombia played against Uruguay, and without Suarez, Uruguay stopped moving forward. The 35-year-old Forlan ushered in his second start in this World Cup, which was also his farewell game to the World Cup, and as a result, he failed to contribute any goals, assists, and a life-and-death battle with Colombia, Forlan had no bright spots except for a clash with opponent defender Yeppers, which can be regarded as an "old" conflict, after all, the combined age of both sides has reached 73 years old.

Four years ago at the World Cup in South Africa, Uruguay reached the semi-finals without being favoured, and Forlan was the main contributor and became the Silver Ball of the World Cup of the year.

But since the end of the World Cup, his career has also begun to enter the twilight years, and then joined Japan's Osaka Sakura, in the Japanese league, Forlan's form is not good, but because of his experience and appeal in the national team, he still entered the 23-man squad in Uruguay.

In the first game against Costa Rica, without Suarez, Forlan started the game, but the 35-year-old veteran no longer has the ability to turn the tide, and his presence, to put it mildly, can only drag down the team's attack.

After that game, the media commented on Forlan: "Uruguay without Suarez seems to have fallen into a whirlpool, and the omnipotent Forlan four years ago has also lost his spirituality, this is the cruelty of time." ”

Tonight against Colombia, the team again did not have Suarez, Forlan ushered in his 112th national team game, but unfortunately, in front of younger opponents, the former World Cup silver boot has become quite old, Uruguayan fans said: Forlan is a legend, but the Uruguayan coach should not arrange him to start in such a game, he can no longer move, can not effectively hit opponents.

Forlan's only bright spot in the game came in the 37th minute, when Uruguay's cross from the left was met and Forlan fell in the box and Yepeska, and after a verbal altercation, Forlan hit Yepes with his shoulder in the back, who raised his hand to counter-attack and missed Forlan.

The referee rushed over to pull the two apart, but the two were still scolding each other, Forlan could not threaten the opponent on the field, and could not effectively retreat to respond, and was finally replaced by Stuani in the 53rd minute.

This is Forlan's last trip to the World Cup, although Forlan is not lacking in ambition, however, he has struggled to contribute to the team, in this era of time is easy to throw people away, the 35-year-old Forlan is no longer able to do so, he can only say goodbye to the World Cup, but as Uruguayan fans say, he is a legend, the light that led the team to the semi-finals four years ago will always be bright.

In stark contrast to the aging Fran is Colombian rising star James Brown. Rodriguez, five goals in four games, Rodriguez has become a first-line star on a par with Messi and Neymar, and even some media have said that he is the successor of Degan, in an interview with the media after the game, Rodriguez said: "Yes, I'm very excited now, I'm so happy, we've never achieved such a good result, this is the result of our efforts, of course, there are more difficult games waiting for us in the future, so we still need to continue to work hard, It's a huge honour for me to say that I'm the successor to Degan, he's a real champion and I'm a big gap between me and him, but I'll take your comments as a huge encouragement and work hard for that goal! ”

The next day, the game continued, the Netherlands won 2-1 against Mexico, in the game dos Santos took the lead for Mexico, the score remained until the end of the game, just when people thought that the Dutch team's progress would come to a halt, Sneijder stepped up at this time, his goal in the 88th minute, helped the Dutch team equalize, the morale of the orange team was boosted, two minutes later, Huntelaar created a penalty, and scored a solid penalty. The Netherlands achieved an almost impossible comeback.

In the other game, Costa Rica played Greece, in which Ruiz, who had previously beaten Italy, scored a goal in the first half, and the tenacious Greeks did not give up, they equalized in the last minute of the game by Papastathopoulos, and just when everyone thought that the Greeks would create a myth again, the Costa Ricans had the last laugh in the penalty shoot-out and reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time in history.

France convincingly beat Nigeria 2-0 in the other quarter-final that followed, with Karim Benzema scoring the first goal in the game but assisting Paul Pogba's first goal, and in stoppage time, Job's goal sealed the win.

Speaking at the press conference ahead of the match between Germany and Algeria, Algeria coach Halilhodzic looked confident: "It's going to be a difficult game, Germany are three-time World Cup winners and one of the favourites in this World Cup, the German players are in good shape and they are strong-willed. It's going to be a difficult game and Germany are the favourites for this game, but Algeria are ready to surprise and surprise everyone and we are very confident that we have nothing to lose about this game. ”

In the past few World Cups, the German team has been a very consistent team, almost all of them have reached the last four, Halilhodzic said that although the German team is very strong, but will also give it their all: "The German team is very fast in attack and does not give the opponent too many chances, although occasionally they are a little bit up and down, but they generally stick to the end of the game, we are the side that is not favored in this game, I have told our players that this is the most important game of our career, we will do our best, We will try to give this competition a better result. ”

When the game started, Algeria did do as their head coach said, let go of everything and enjoyed the game to the fullest, and although they failed to repeat the miracle of 1982, Algeria dragged Germany into extra time, and the African Foxes deserved a commendable performance.

32 years ago, the German team lost 1:2 to Algeria in the group stage of the World Cup in Spain.

In the final round, the Algerian game ended first, the German team and the Austrian team played a tacit goal to do Algeria to advance together, because the game was in Gijón, known as the Gijón shame in history, FIFA changed the rules in the subsequent World Cup, requiring the final round of the group stage to be played at the same time.

After 32 years, Germany and Algeria met again, and the score was still 2:1, but this time the winner was Germany.

Although the German team won through extra time, the game was hardly satisfactory for German fans.

For a long time in the first half, Algeria even laid siege to the German team, and Neuer turned out to be the busiest man on the field, and if he hadn't performed well, the German team might have conceded a goal in the first half.

Although it was not favored, and even before the start of the World Cup, some people thought that they would be eliminated early, but it was such a team that left the German team with little to do in 90 minutes, and even almost counterattacked.

Although they were eliminated in the end, Algeria, who scored a goal until the last minute, was still glorious and deserved to be respected, and fans should also praise this tenacious African team.

Although they eliminated their opponents to reach the quarter-finals, Germany's performance in this game was not satisfactory, they only found Algeria's defensive flaws in extra-time to score, for this situation, in an interview with the media after the game, Germany coach Loew said: "We played very hard today, but fortunately we have the tenacity of willpower and the confidence to win, and finally got through the danger, in the first half we did not play well, in the second half we made changes, the scene gradually adjusted. After Khedira and Schurrle came on, the performance improved and we finally took control of the game and although we didn't settle the battle in 90 minutes, I was very happy with the final win. ”

The seventh game of 1/8 was played between Argentina and Switzerland, and people naturally voted for Argentina before the game, believing that the Pampas Eagles should naturally win under the leadership of Messi.

But the process of the game was not as easy as people imagined, Messi's performance in this game was not good, and it can even be said to be sluggish, but the Swiss team played vigorously in this game, almost breaking Argentina's front teeth.

At the most critical moment, it was not Messi who stood up, but Zemaria, whose goal in the last minute of extra time finally helped Argentina get through the danger.