After a rare World Cup-free day,the round of 16 kicks off in New Zealand with the first places in the quarter-finals up for grabs.
Portugal will face Morocco in the World Cup quarter-finals after Goncalo Ramos,who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting line-up,scored a stunning hat-trick.
With Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench,the superstar striker’s replacement scored a hat-trick to lead Portugal to a big win and into the World Cup quarter-finals.
Brazil’s Richarlison stunned Serbia and millions worldwide with the second goal of his double to get the tournament favourites off to a winning start.
Liam Chipperfield was just a toddler when he watched his father,Scott,rack up league titles in Switzerland with FC Basel. Now he’s carrying on the family tradition - and it may yet continue in green and gold,too.
Italy’s soccer-mad fans might be starting to fear the worst as their team has been sent back to the play-offs,where they missed World Cup qualification in 2018. But there will be no such issues for England supporters.
Spain recovered from a bizarre own goal to beat Croatia 5-3 before Switzerland fought back from 3-1 down to eliminate the 2016 finalists on penalties.
Switzerland and Denmark are the latest nations to secure their spots at Euro 2020 and Italy have finished their qualifying campaign with a 9-1 win.
Liverpool have boosted their attacking options with the signing of Switzerland forward Xherdan Shaqiri from Stoke City.
Switzerland are the sixth-best soccer team in the world but Roger Federer said his"lethargic"countrymen got what they deserved after their loss to Sweden.
Sweden barged their way into the World Cup quarter-finals thanks to Emil Forsberg's heavily deflected shot.