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Bono was great today!

Amrabat has been one of the best players in the whole tournament, absolutely heroic performance from him. That man has an iron heart and lungs. Hopefully Morocco can be the first African team in the semi final, if any team deserve it then it’s them. Who would have thought that after playing Spain, Belgium, Croatia and Canada that they’re unbeaten and only Canada could score against them.

I can't comprehend how Spain has reached 3 European semifinals in the last 2 years with that sterile style.

Is Portugal all fired-up because they won't be facing Spain?

Really impressive performance by Portugal. I haven't seen them play such good football in over a decade. I really don't think Ronaldo should be starting from now on, they looked much more dynamic without him and they play with more freedom in attack.

Croatian mentality was crazy today, they really fought till the end. Liva was astonishing, and they owned us during the PK shootout. Our defenders and DMFs bottled it, while Croatia did not give up.

Clear handball in front of the referee - no yellow card because it's Messi
It's incredible how FIFA favors him and CR7 at this tournament, nobody else gets such weird decisions (just look at Romero who got booked for the same thing in first half). Hopefully either Croatia beats them with their mentality or France wipes the floor with them in the final..

I wouldn't be surprised if the final ends up being Argentina vs Portugal. Imagine the sensational titles on media and newspapers...

No, it will be France vs Argentina. And then it's the 90th minute, penalty for Argentina - Messi steps up, converts it - final result: 1:6 (Messi - 3x Mbappé, Giroud, Griezmann, Dembelé).
And speaking of referee: Paredes butchers Aké down and deliberately fires the ball into the stands - that should have been a double yellow but not on this side of the pitch..

Oops, our comments had a good effect. Let's see how it goes in the extra time.

Messi and CR7 have privileges, thats a fact.

And Netherlands won the trophy of the most boring team of the World Cup.

Well, they didn't learn from 2014 and again send a CB (who isn't even some sort of reliable PK taker) first to the spot instead of Weghorst or de Jong. Incredible how Messi celebrates himself for that performance, physically he looks like Diego in his Boca days. Paredes can thank the ref for keeping him on the pitch and in the tournament, incredible mistake.

Absolutely hilarious performance from Lahoz. He absolutely just can't stop himself from creating the most drama possible. Amazing how the biggest prima donna in football isn't a player or a manager, but a referee. You could have him referee a game of 11 Messis vs 11 Ronaldos and still all the attention would be on him.

By the way, there is absolutely zero chance Celtic can keep Juranović now after that 10/10 performance. He kept Vini and Neymar quiet all game while also being Croatia's most threatening attacking player. We signed him for £2.5 million And once again, Gvardiol was outstanding. This Croatia team are really looking more dangerous as they go further into the competition. If this team had Davor Šuker they would win the trophy. Unfortunately I can't see them going all the way without a great striker, it surely must be impossible to win every game in 120 minutes. That's 5 wins in two tournaments going all the way to 120 now. Incredible mentality but their players must be exhausted. Brozo in particular has ran something like 32km in 2 games.

Great quarterfinals, rollercoaster of emotions. Magic Messi again, what a genius pass that was, no one else could pull this off. An incision to space-time, since he became the one with the most dribbles and most chances created at the history of the WC, surpassing Maradona. Scaloni matched LVG really good, most Dutch looked discouraging. Respect to Weghorst and his twin tower for changing the game (+ cool penalties), perfect free-kick trick by Koopmeiners, much bravery. At the end, I think justice was awarded.
Unlike earlier with Brazil. Incredible how the undisputed greatest team of the tournament for a second consecutive time misses out. People should never forget Brazil's unlucky elimination by Belgium in 2018 as well. France outshined the fact Brazil was again the best team back then. Neymar can't find his moment of glory, even after that sensational goal. Hats off to his sharpness, he realized the only way to beat Livakovic was dribbling past him first. It seems Europeans have caused a deep wound to Brazil's dignity, starting from Belo Horizonte. Sort of insecurity was clear, I think Brazil shouldn't be afraid to avoid their low-risk strategy, they're not built for this. Anyways I was really gutted with that outcome, WC is never the same exciting without Brazil. Let's see if these inglorious bastards of Croatia can repeat their 2018 triumph against Argentina. Coach Dalic was excellent yesterday utilizing the better of his alternatives depending on how the game unravelled. Timeless Lukita still running the show, a different yet wonderful incarnation of the no.10. Also common people aren't aware of the technical quality this team possesses. Me as well, I wouldn't bet at all they could reach the semis, but they are the ultimate dark horse after all...