This game was hailed as "one of the greatest World Cup games of all time" by The Independent. Argentina had a final chance to score, but the shot went off target, dumping them out of the World Cup. Sergio Agüero nodded home in the third minute of stoppage time from a Messi cross from the right. His second – a first-time low finish from the right of the penalty area with his right foot – followed just four minutes later. Mbappé put France ahead again in the 64th minute when he picked up a loose ball in the left of the area, found a yard of space and fired in low with his left foot under Armani. Nine minutes later, Lucas Hernandez's cross from the left found Benjamin Pavard, who shot a half-volley from outside the area, sending it into Armani's top-right corner. Three minutes after the restart, Éver Banega's free-kick was headed out towards Lionel Messi whose effort towards goal from the right was diverted past Lloris by Gabriel Mercado with his left leg. Four minutes before the interval, Ángel Di María shot from distance with his left foot to beat Hugo Lloris into the top right corner of the net. Griezmann stepped up and converted from the spot, sending the ball low to Armani's right. After picking the ball up deep inside his own half, Kylian Mbappé set off on a run that was halted when Marcos Rojo hauled him down just inside the area. Īfter nine minutes, Antoine Griezmann's 25-yard free-kick crashed back off Franco Armani's crossbar. The teams had faced each other in 11 previous matches, including two World Cup group stage matches, both won by Argentina ( 1–0 in 1930, and 2–1 in 1978). Round of 16 France vs Argentina Match referee Alireza Faghani presents one of eight yellow cards during the match. The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution. įrance won the final 4–2 against Croatia for their second title, while Belgium won the third place play-off 2–0 over England.Īll times listed are local time. A third place play-off was also played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals. The top two teams from each group (16 in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. It began on 30 June with the round of 16 and ended on 15 July with the final match, held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The knockout stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage.
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