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FIFA World Cup 2018 Last 16: France, Uruguay sends Argentina and
Portugal home
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July 3, 2018
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_2018_Last_16:_France,_Uruguay_sends_Argentina_and_Portugal_home


On Saturday, France defeated Argentina 4 -- 3 and Uruguay defeated
Portugal 2 -- 1 in the FIFA football World Cup in the ''Last 16''
knockout phase. France is scheduled to play against Uruguay for the
quarter-finals.

== France v Argentina ==

France faced Argentina in the first match of the ''Last 16'' at the
Kazan Arena. Argentina had greater ball possession. In the 11th minute,
France was awarded a penalty kick after Marcos Rojo received a yellow
card, bringing down Kylian Mbappé in the penalty area. Antoine
Griezmann scored from the penalty giving the French side an early lead.
In the 41st minute, Ángel Di María equalised for Argentina from
outside the box, assisted by Éver Banega. The first half ended 1 -- 1.

In the second half, Gabriel Mercado scored the second goal for Argentina
from Lionel Messi's assist, putting the South Americans in the lead in
the 48th minute. France equalised within ten minutes, when Benjamin
Pavard scored a goal from outside the penalty area. In the 64th minute,
Mbappé scored the third goal for France and four minutes later Mbappé
netted the fourth goal, from Olivier Giroud's assist. French midfielder
Paul Pogba committed a foul in the injury time and Argentina won a free
kick in the defensive half. Sergio Agüero scored the third goal for
Argentina from Messi's assist. The match ended with France emerging the
winners.

Nineteen-year-old Mbappé became the first teenager to score two goals
in the FIFA World Cup tournament since Brazilian Pelé when he achieved
the feat in 1958. He was named Budweiser Man of the Match. After the
match, French coach Didier Deschamps said, "There is an excellent
mentality in this group and we did everything to go further. Since I am
responsible for everything, particularly when it doesn't go well, I'm
very proud."

== Uruguay v Portugal ==

Uruguay faced Portugal in the second match of the ''Last 16'' at Sochi.
Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo had an attempt for a goal in the
6th minute from Bernardo Silva's assist, but it was saved. A minute
later, Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani scored a header from Luis
Suárez's assist, giving the South Americans an early lead. Just before
the half-time whistle, Cavani had an opportunity to double the lead from
Diego Godín's assist but missed it. The first half ended with Uruguay
leading 1 -- 0.

Ten minutes into the second half, Pepe equalised for Portugal, scoring a
header from Raphaël Guerreiro's assist. In the 62nd minute, Cavani
scored a goal from Rodrigo Bentancur's assist, restoring Uruguay's
one-goal advantage. Cavani was later substituted off in the 74th minute
due to injury. Ricardo Quaresma's attempt for an equaliser in the injury
time was saved and Uruguay won the match 2 -- 1.

After the match, Portugal's coach Fernando Santos said, "In football,
there are no moral victories and I would have preferred to play worse
and win the match. But I do feel that the second half was very good from
us in terms of desire and our determination to score." Cavani was named
Budweiser Man of the Match.

France is to play Uruguay in the quarter-final.

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<br>Benjamin Pavard <br>Kylian Mbappé <br>Kylian Mbappé <br>Blaise
Matuidi <br>Benjamin Pavard <br>Olivier Giroud 
|goals2     = Ángel Di María <br>Gabriel Mercado <br>Sergio Agüero
<br>Marcos Rojo <br>Nicolás Tagliafico <br>Javier Mascherano <br>Éver
Banega <br>Nicolás Otamend 
|stadium    = Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia
|attendance = 42,873
|referee    =  Alireza Faghani (Iran)
}}
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<br>Edinson Cavani 
|goals2     = Pepe <br>Cristiano Ronaldo 
|stadium    = Fisht Stadium, Sochi, Russia
|attendance = 44,287
|referee    =  César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
}}

== Sources == 

* https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331537/#match-liveblog
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6oOcDFmLY
|pub    = You Tube
|date   = June 30, 2018
}}
* https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439354

* https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331544/#match-liveblog
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqyXFLZ_zw&amp;t=8s
|pub    = You Tube
|date   = June 30, 2018
}}
* https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439361



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