After a day of break, the first at the World Cup, the quarterfinal matches begin.
France and Morocco will play in Boston on Thursday at 22 p.m., a rematch of the semi-final in Qatar three and a half years ago.
The winner of this match for a place in the final will face the winner of the Spain-Belgium clash - that match is on Friday at 21 p.m.
Quarter-final pairings
Thursday (Boston): French - Morocco 22.00 PM
Plot (Inglvud): Spain - Belgium 21:00
Saturday (Shrine): Norway - England 23.00
Sunday (Kansas City): Argentina - Switzerland 03.00
Paraguayan goalkeeper Orlando Hill has attracted attention with his performances at the World Cup and could move to Europe this summer.
Several clubs from the Spanish La Liga want him, with Valencia reportedly the most persistent, and the price is a pittance in today's football - Argentine San Lorenzo is asking seven million euros for the 26-year-old goalkeeper.
The new Croatian coach should be Slaven Bilić, local media report.
The Croats were left without a coach today after Zlatko Dalić left the bench.
Bilić managed the national team from 2006 to 2012.
The legendary Liverpool captain is really unlucky.
The storm is not calming down after the Argentina - Egypt match (3:2).
The Egyptian Football Association announced that it has filed an official complaint with FIFA and requested that the refereeing team that officiated the World Cup round of 16 match against be expelled from the tournament.
The Egyptians claim that serious refereeing errors and "double standards" directly influenced the defeat to Argentina in Atlanta.
The most controversial moment came with Egypt leading 1-0, when Mostafa Zika's goal was disallowed after a VAR review for a previous foul by midfielder Marwan Ati on Lisandro Martinez. The Egyptian team also believes that Mohamed Salah was fouled in the opponent's penalty area shortly before Argentina's winning goal in stoppage time, but that the referee failed to react.
The president of the Egyptian Football Association, Hani Abu Rida, has asked FIFA to investigate the head referee and the entire refereeing team, stating that their decisions led to Egypt's elimination.
The statement from the Confederation calls for an investigation into the work of the referees and the VAR team due to, as they state, "obvious errors and refusal to review key footage," as well as the expulsion of the entire refereeing team from the World Cup. The Egyptians also assessed that their national team was the victim of discrimination.
In the last three World Cups, Argentine Lionel Messi has had the most shots on goal (79) and created the most chances (46).
Chances of winning the title, according to Opta's forecast.
Spanish football expert Roberto Martinez is no longer the coach of the Portuguese national team, the country's Football Federation confirmed today.
The Portuguese Football Federation said goodbye to the Spanish expert via a video posted on the social network X, with the caption "Thank you, Roberto Martinez."
After the defeat to Spain in the round of 16 of the World Cup, Martinez has already announced that he is leaving the position of coach of the Portuguese national team, and told the president of the country's Football Association, Pedro Proenca, that he can freely start looking for his replacement.
The Spanish expert became the coach of the Portuguese national team in January 2023. With the Portuguese national team, he was the champion of the Nations League in the 2024/25 season, while in a total of 45 matches in which he led the team, he recorded 32 wins, six draws and seven losses.
Zlatko Dalić is officially no longer the coach of Croatia.
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Michael Oliver will referee the match between Spain and Belgium. It will be his seventh World Cup match officiating.
Granit Xhaka's farewell after the match against Colombia.
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Manuel Akanji has joined the ranks of players who were inaccurate in penalty shootouts at both the European and World Championships.
There are also Filipe Cocu and Sergio Busquets.
Messi broke another record - the most goals by a player over 30 years old in a single championship.
Colombia failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
Messi became the first player to miss two penalties in a single World Cup.
Six European teams are in the quarterfinals of the World Cup - France, Switzerland, Norway, England, Spain and Belgium.
Switzerland has reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time since 1954.
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The Egypt coach was angry after being eliminated from the World Cup.
Enzo Fernandes' goal against Egypt was the 3.000th in World Cup history.
On this day in 2014, Germany outclassed Brazil in the World Cup semi-finals, winning 7:1.
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