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sandensea

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Thu Jun 28, 2018, 06:45 PM Jun 2018

Now the World Cup really starts: Here's the draw from the Round of 16 until the Final [View all]

After a hectic World Cup group stage full of emotion there is now the calm - but that will only be for a day, as on Saturday the Round of 16 will start.

There will be no second chances this weekend with France taking on Argentina and then Uruguay facing Portugal, both on Saturday.

The winners of these two games will face each other in the quarter finals, on the most difficult side of the draw. Mexico plays Brazil on Monday, as do Belgium and Japan.

Spain, who finished first in their group thanks to Video Assistant Referees (VAR), missed the most dangerous draw, and they do not meet a former World Cup winner until England, at the semi finals.

First up for Spain though are Russia on Sunday, and if they get through the host nation they would face the winner of the Croatia-Denmark match that same day.

Finally on Tuesday Sweden faces Switzerland, and Colombia are up against England. Of course the big absentee from the Round of 16 is Germany, while Uruguay, Croatia, and Belgium emerge from the group stage undefeated.

Who will win the World Cup? Who are favorites to lift the trophy on July 15th in Moscow?

At: http://www.marca.com/en/world-cup/2018/06/28/5b354502e2704e02238b461e.html



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