Lionel Messi-led Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal crashed out in the Round-of-16 in the FIFA World Cup last night, with France and Uruguay securing quarter-final berths. FIFA World Cup 2014 finalists Argentina were beaten by France, 3-4 at Kazan.
Griezmann puts France ahead!
Mbappé draws a penalty for Les Bleus and Griezmann puts it away to make it 1-0. #WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | 40 mins gone in the first half at Kazan. And #Argentina still trail after Griezmann's 13th-minute penalty.#FRA 1-0 #ARG#WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | Super strike from Di Maria to equalize for #Argentina.#FRA 1-1 #ARG #WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | Angel Di Maria's stunning strike helps #Argentina restore parity at Kazan after Greizmann's penalty gave #France the lead. Half-time score:#FRA 1-1 #ARG #WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | #Argentina lead after Messi's strike takes a deflection off his own teammate and the ball enters the French net.#FRA 1-2 #ARG #WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | Now #France equalize; Pavard, the right back, scores his first international goal.#FRA 2-2 #ARG #WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | #Mbappe scores, #France lead again.#FRA 3-2 #ARG #WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | Kylian Mbappe has his second of the game to extend #France's lead.#FRA 4-2 #ARG #WorldCup #FRAARG
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | Sergio Aguero pulls one back for #Argentina. Can they find another one?#FRA 4-3 #ARG #WorldCup
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
Later, in the other pre-quarterfinal, Portugal went down against Uruguay, riding on an excellent brace by Edinson Cavani at Sochi. Cavani headed the opener in the 7th minute, before Pepe made things square early in the second half. Cavani, then, sealed it for Uruguay with a stunning strike that curled past Rui Patricio in the 62nd minute.
#FifaWorldCup2018 | Advantage #Uruguay at halftime at Sochi.#URU 1-0 #POR #WorldCup #URUPOR
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | #Uruguay breached, finally at #Rusia2018. Pepe, unmarked, heads to equalize for the 2016 European Champions.#URU 1-1 #POR #WorldCup #URUPOR
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
#FifaWorldCup2018 | #Portugal's joys short lived! Cavani has his second (62nd minute) of the night, #Uruguay lead again.#URU 2-1 #POR #WorldCup #URUPOR
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) June 30, 2018
Uruguay and France will meet in the quarterfinals on Friday.
In the two Round-of-16 games Sunday, 2010 winners Spain will clash with hosts Russia, with Croatia taking on Denmark. The Spain-Russia match will be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow at 7:30 PM, while the Croatia-Denmark clash will kick off at 11:30 PM at Nizhny Novgorod.
