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By the last-32‚ we had already said farewell to the likes of Luka Modric and Manuel Neuer‚ two legends of the game who have continued to defy Father Time. Neymar brought the curtain down on his World Cup career following Brazil's 2-1 defeat against Norway in the last-16‚ before Monday night saw the last dance for Cristiano Ronaldo ‚ who has ended his illustrious career without capturing football's greatest prize.
Jamie Carragher has blasted Thomas Tuchel over his 'bizarre' decision to call up Trevoh Chalobah after Tino Livramento suffered injury‚ insisting it has left England short at the World Cup. England scraped through the last 32 after Harry Kane's dramatic late double rescued a 2-1 win over DR Congo‚ setting up a tricky test with World Cup co-hosts Mexico at the Azteca Stadium on Monday morning. After a promising 4-2 victory over Croatia in their first game‚ the Three Lions have looked unconvincing despite topping the group and reaching the last 16‚ sparking concern over the crucial meeting in Mexico City.
Josko Gvardiol's 103rd-minute equaliser was ruled out because‚ after a VAR check‚ his team-mate Igor Matanovic was adjudged to have headed the ball to an offside team-mate earlier in play.
A tiny wave of motion wobbling along a screen brought Croatia players to their knees and sent Portugal through to the World Cup last 16 on Thursday night. The Snickometer or 'Snicko' as it is more widely known‚ is technology invented by an English computer scientist more familiar to cricket fans having been used since the 1990s and has never had a more high-profile or controversial moment. With Portugal leading 2-1 deep into stoppage time in Toronto‚ Croatia thought they'd fired in the most dramatic equaliser imaginable through Josko Gvardiol.
LEWIS STEELE: Cristiano Ronaldo finally scored a World Cup knockout goal at the grand old age of 41 - but deputy Goncalo Ramos stole his thunder for Portugal. Boss Roberto Martinez has been hounded all tournament for his reluctance to drop or substitute veteran Ronaldo but he got his in-game moves spot on as his team overcame a gutsy and spirited Croatia side in Toronto. Ronaldo was not one of four substitutions in the 63rd minute and he repaid his manager's faith five minutes later to score a penalty which cancelled out Ivan Perisic's 53rd-minute opener.
Scotland's miserable World Cup is officially over and the Tartan Army are heading home after Croatia defeated Ghana on Saturday night. A chastening 3-0 defeat at the hands of Brazil‚ which followed on from a nervy win over Haiti and an uninspiring 1-0 defeat to Morocco‚ had Steve Clarke and his players resigned to heading home at the first opportunity. That has now been mathematically confirmed as wins for Belgium‚ Bosnia & Herzegovina‚ Croatia‚ Ecuador‚ Senegal‚ as well as precious points for Iran‚ Paraguay and Sweden‚ meant that Scotland finished as one of the four worst third placed teams.
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