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| ('d023a70b1', 6)  | France - despite topping their >>>group<<< - have been pretty abject .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('d023a70b1', 9)  | But if France have underwhelmed , Argentina have pushed their supporters - including Diego Maradona - to the brink of collapse with their >>>group stage performances<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('d030c55b8', 17) | Former Real Madrid player Hierro , 50 , was promptly placed in charge and steered the team through the >>>group stage<<< before the loss to Russia , the lowest ranked team at the tournament .                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('d039a6c90', 27) | Colombia might have been missing the injured James Rodríguez but they still occupied a superior rung of the football ladder to Tunisia or Panama or the scratch Belgium XI who England encountered in the >>>group stages<<< .                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('d09d81cbc', 25) | Many were unsatisfied with the performances through the >>>group stage<<< and were calling for Hierro to pick the sort of team that he did .                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('d128769df', 5)  | Southgate must now reflect on England 's first loss at this World Cup as he prepares to face the dangerous Colombians in Moscow on Tuesday at 19:00 BST , while Belgium go to Rostov to >>>play<<< Japan on Monday .                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('d128769df', 9)  | The build-up to this game was played out in the context of who would top the >>>group<<< - with the suggestion finishing second might provide an easier route than winning Group G.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('d128769df', 50) | They also had 11 shots in their previous >>>match<<< against Panama , scoring six times .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('d144b984a', 14) | Even topping >>>Group D<<< ahead of Argentina , Iceland and Nigeria was a battle against the odds , although their pristine group run was a far comfier ride .                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('d183f2da0', 2)  | With top spot in >>>group G<<< on the line , a bizarre situation has arisen in which neither Belgium or England may want to actually win their final game and therefore top the group .                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('d183f2da0', 3)  | England and Belgium are locked together with two wins apiece at the top of >>>Group G<<< heading into their final encounter on Friday morning ( AEST ) .                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('d183f2da0', 4)  | Conventional wisdom would suggest that >>>winning the group<<< should provide the " easiest " possible passage to the latter stages of the tournament .                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('d183f2da0', 7)  | The path to the final for the team that wins >>>Group G<<< looks like this :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('d1891d519', 6)  | The 16 that >>>exited<<< before the second round are simply listed .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('d1e50599d', 2)  | What a >>>group stage<<< we had and what a weekend that followed it .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('d22b79299', 7)  | The stunning win over Germany has changed the mood among the football public that had been dismayed by defeats against Sweden and Mexico in the first two >>>games of Group F.<<<                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('d365d18f2', 32) | Egypt were swept away too , in a 3-1 >>>win<<< that meant a place in the last 16 was safe .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('d44534f23', 10) | The 61st-ranked Japanese were given little chance of making an impact at the tournament , but their gritty >>>group stage<<< display and last-16 match versus Belgium won over the fans .                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('d45e14b08', 2)  | Defeat in Kaliningrad for a much-changed England confirmed them as >>>group runners-up<<< , and they will now face Group H winners Colombia in the last 16 .                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('d47d46d6b', 4)  | Croatia were already confirmed as >>>group winners<<< , with Nigeria lying second .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('d58192832', 20) | Belgium , which narrowly avoided joining Germany , Argentina , Spain and Portugal as big-name eliminations , won all three of its >>>group matches<<< and scored a tournament-leading nine goals at that stage .                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('d66bf3047', 3)  | France more or less cruised through >>>Group C<<< , finishing top with seven points , but were criticised heavily for their stodgy style .                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('d66bf3047', 9)  | Argentina 's tournament has been largely dreadful , but it at least perked up in the third >>>group game<<< following the deployment of Ever Banega in central midfield .                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('d6c4a7a56', 62) | Japan , meanwhile , should be well-rested after sitting six players during the final >>>group-play match<<< , a decision that nearly derailed their bid to go through .                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('d800e209c', 45) | However , the Danes fired nine shots on goal in >>>group play<<< , the second-lowest total .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('d800e209c', 67) | The midfielder and Tottenham star can score and distribute , evidenced by his goal and assist in >>>group play<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('d8b72a0fc', 38) | Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has received plenty of praise for his performances so far , including a man-of-the-match showing against Argentina in the >>>group stage<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('d8b8b2c13', 9)  | Following Germany 's >>>first-round exit<<< , Bierhoff told newspaper Die Welt it might have been better to omit Ozil from the tournament .                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('dab3c159f', 7)  | For Lionel Messi it was not how he wanted it to end ; blown away on a steaming-hot afternoon in Kazan , struggling to make an impact himself but ultimately let down by a defence that struggled against average opponents in the >>>group stage<<< and was then destroyed by elite ones when it mattered .                                                             |
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| ('daff77a94', 12) | But Les Bleus were n't always so fancied and showed their own creaks in a tense run to winning >>>Group C.<<<                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('dba1bf021', 2)  | Cristiano Ronaldo ’s four goals in the >>>group stage<<< were the reason Portugal qualified for the World Cup ’s knockout round .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('dba1bf021', 43) | Notable : Striker Luis Suarez leads La Celeste with two goals through the >>>group stage<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('dbb9c301b', 22) | " After all the criticism following the >>>group stages<<< , we have proven ourselves as a team again today .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('dbe62af39', 3)  | Of the relatively evenly-matched teams in >>>Group H<<< , they are the only side with a handful of game-changers in attack , capable of hurting any opponent .                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('dbe62af39', 4)  | After having a man sent off third minute of their World Cup opener , they recovered to win their final two >>>group stage<<< games by an aggregate score of four goals to nil , finishing top of the group .                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('dcf811c1f', 15) | Despite their obvious attacking talent , there were still plenty of questions around this France team after a >>>group phase<<< during which they never really hit their stride .                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('dcf811c1f', 50) | They had scored three goals from 12 shots on target in the >>>group stages<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('dd921f223', 0)  | England vs. Belgium 2018 World Cup : Belgium tops England , 1-0 , wins >>>Group G<<<                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('dd921f223', 1)  | Belgium captured the World Cup ’s >>>Group G<<< on Thursday , defeating England , 1-0 , on a goal from Adnan Januzaj in the 51st minute .                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('dd921f223', 27) | Well , the match will still decide the top two spots in >>>Group G<<< , just not in the manner we ’d hoped .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('dd921f223', 32) | The winner of >>>Group G<<< has a route to the finals that includes Brazil or Mexico in the quarterfinals then either Uruguay , Portugal , France or Argentina in the semifinals .                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('dd921f223', 34) | Meanwhile , the >>>Group G<<< runner-up faces either Sweden or Switzerland in the quarterfinals and then either Spain , Russia , Croatia or Denmark in the semifinals — a high-end vacation by comparison .                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('dd921f223', 35) | At this point fans of >>>Group H<<< teams may take umbrage with the fact that these scenarios discount the round of 16 , and while that is true , those teams are fairly comparable in talent and do n’t carry the same matchup incentive as avoiding decidedly tougher teams in the later rounds .                                                                     |
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| ('dd921f223', 55) | What ’s at stake : A win , or a draw in which England wins the fair play tiebreaker , would mean a round of 16 matchup with >>>Group H<<< ’s runner-up instead of Group H ’s winner .                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('dd921f223', 61) | Notable : Belgium has won six straight World Cup >>>group stage<<< games .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('de1aba588', 3)  | Welcome to our live blog of Russia against Spain , technically on your race cards as Spain vs Russia , I guess on account of Spain being Group B winners and Russia , the hosts of this >>>FIFA World Cup 2018<<< , being the runners-up in Group A. It ’s an intriguing clash between the team who have perhaps over-performed the most in the World Cup so far , i.e. |
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| ('de504da83', 16) | Russia were seen as no-hopers by most observers when this tournament began , when even getting out of their >>>group<<< for the first time since the end of the Soviet era had been seen as beyond them .                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('de7a78e41', 4)  | England now head home from France in disgrace after again failing to deliver at a major tournament just two years after they flopped at the World Cup in the >>>group stages<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('df1ee9f97', 8)  | Although playing further forward than he does for Real Madrid means Modric is involved less in the build-up than he is for his club , his influence is still huge - witnessed by his goal-scoring performance in the 3-0 win over Argentina in the >>>group stages<<< .                                                                                                 |
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| ('df1ee9f97', 28) | In this World Cup , Croatia topped their >>>group<<< with a 100 % winning record ahead of Argentina , but have scraped through knockout games against Denmark and the hosts via penalties .                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('df2010513', 1)  | Having qualified from the >>>group stage<<< with such distinction , Croatia now face the obdurate , well-organised Danes for a place in the quarter-final .                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('df65392fe', 5)  | Should England top the >>>group<<< and win their round of 16 tie , in the quarter-finals it looks like they 'll face one of Brazil or Germany who are currently positioned to face off in a mouthwatering match in the next round .                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('df73290ac', 20) | French beauty just had not quite been seen , even through the loss-less but thrill-less >>>group stage<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('df73290ac', 22) | Waves and waves of that transition beauty deluged Argentina , which had to squeeze through South American qualifying just before the curtain , then squeak through >>>Group D<<< just before curtains , yet rebounded from that early Mbappe romp and actually led 2-1 .                                                                                                |
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| ('df73290ac', 64) | The sides had n’t played their best in the >>>group stage<<< , but it appears they ’re warming up here in their first knockout game .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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