Spain — Portugal, Brazil — Norway — all Round of 16 pairs of the FIFA World Cup
The stage starts this evening.
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The Round of 32 games at the World Cup concluded with the Colombia — Ghana match. Colombia won 1:0 and advanced to the Round of 16.
Thus, all pairs for this stage are known.
The Round of 16 opens today with the Canada — Morocco match (20:00).
Other pairs:
- France — Paraguay (early Sunday morning, 00:00)
- Brazil — Norway (Sunday, 23:00)
- Mexico — England (Monday, 03:00)
- Spain — Portugal (Monday, 22:00)
- USA — Belgium (Tuesday, 03:00)
- Argentina — Egypt (Tuesday, 19:00)
- Switzerland — Colombia (Tuesday, 23:00).
Facebook of football insider Fabrizio Romano
The quarter-final matches will be held from July 9 to 12, the semi-finals on July 14 and 15, the bronze medal match — on July 18, the final — on July 19.
An interesting fact: 9 out of 10 African teams at the World Cup advanced to the play-offs; not only Tunisia did not advance, but seven were eliminated in the Round of 32: South Africa, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Algeria, Cape Verde, Ghana. Morocco and Egypt remained.