they use most of my career. oh it is. i come from very humble background, very small place in toronto and canada. and you know me being like 15 years old. 60 at that time i would have never imagined speed up here in such a platform and have all the love i with huh. hit me with the top one talk. why not complete belgium so well just a couple of days ago. and i'm so impressed with how hard they work. and i know canada's also worked really hard. definitely supporting morocco please. canada don't hate me. but yeah, i love both the teams. you guys work hard play hard and morocco

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just pointing to the right move on to try and find a way through and i welcome along to a wild card. today i'm gemini, ash elena mathy is still on track to win his bus, woke up as argentina and make it into the knockout. we'll round out the best. the wednesdays action as australia also progressed to match the best performance at a walk up. and the defending champion from thought will say 3 disappointed shock defeat between india hosanna. amongst the games. keep coming with 4 more on the way later on. it's all to play for in group e with germany, spain cost that he can,

japan all still capable of making it through an belgium's golden generation are in danger of getting knocked hard to will also build up to the games in group f. ah, the 1st and let's get to the action and a little messy. so wild cup dream is still on has argentina made it to the last 16 following a to know when against poland. so it is x minutes in a voice church has nice stretched for a cross in an instant with misty, but drew little initial attention. thoughts a v a. are review all the referees to look at the incidence. once that was given, it was messy again. she has me on the polish keith. i came back early in the 2nd half, argentina went ahead and now a 1000000 of cross met. why lex is mcallister? he scored his 1st international go. it was see when ends. i fernandez who didn't our 3 in the 67 minute. right. finishes on august,

not well. now. in the last 16, despite that defeat island are in through the knockout stages for the 1st time since 1986. how malick was outside the stadium after the match me. this is a message for arjun tina lynn messy and all that phones over here. enjoying this victory inside the stadium. they made it be like a home much younger junior from shed and shared and cheated. and even when little nephew miss a penalty, they didn't give up. there was some anguish, but i kept on acting like that. 12 months on this windows character barge, the, you know, the last game or even nobody expected. it was found many of them believe that they could get through, and now they going to be looking at the rest of the toner with the real hope that finally off the waiting so long, 986 was the last time you want the welcome. now that dream of recapturing the trophy, it's one step closer owners and needs work. it's been a long time,

is allowed one. right. it's about time to have one that we want. poland found so our numbers in the stadium bar bill, it's a huge night of relief for them. they're going through the next round. and this is a real big hole in defaulted to the theme in recent years. they've had many, many talented plays, but haven't really made a dental this to them. and for a long, long time. now they can think about next round, the main song of this woke up a school dream is we have to remember now that the dream of live and dusky, unless the very much alive as they hoped to win, that woke up trophy for the 1st time in their careers. it was heartbreak for by sets of fans, at least el stadium, why mexico face saudi arabia off to pulling off the biggest upset so far this tournament. saudi of ended up balsam of the group. mexico started off the game in last place in that great, with little chance of going 3, but the 2nd half they went head through a point to get converted by forward. and we've not seen minnesota mexico

a double the lead with a master class for a long wage. and we shove of placing a free kick in the top corner, bring them one step, place it to the round of 16. saudi arabia pulled it all back in stoppage time. would set them down st. school to make it stay one that results, not the team would make it out of the group next. okay, missing out from the gnostic thing to poland on goal difference. so this is how great c finished off rule labs. argentina may have lost their opening game, but they do go through as a frequent is and it's potent waste free on go different data, flexible moving on now to group 3 in australia. well, wonder when is a deadlock to book that ticket? to the round of 16, it was a window guide home situation for demo can the 1st half of school i'm unable to get pos australian, go cuba. back to you. ryan. great counterattack and so forth. matthew lackey, providing finish to put the self abuse ahead demo they kept on attacking as they

needed to go to go 3, the pre no matter this will stay inside. they qualify full amount of 16 for the 1st time. this is the 2006. well, up finishing 2nd in the great 6 points, they will face argentina next a while it may have been in the early hours of morning i have in australia, but these weather jubilant seems as fans as celebrated in melbourne's of federation, square australia then, and in a 16 year wait for place in the last 60 trinity i beat rating more champions. france in group these other game, but still went to the tournament. and is it like going ahead in the 1st off? why? because reason free kick volley. did i not a gunnery been a fight, flag loot that one out. it was no, no into the 2nd half that france. what? dispossessed on top way concrete, such towards the french go

a we go. you did still have a lot today that he went pasta. iraq failed to run. i'm beat stepmom down. that to get to know is us go of the torments. many in france is a 1st choice. players came off the bench as they try to get the results. and one brief minute thought he scored that via rule it out from still through though as a great one is and who play highland so here is how a group the ends up off to all of that to progress i had taught the group. despite that, the feet, there are 6 points with australia going through in 2nd place or they're finishing up with 6 points. well are chat who all of that with our guests. i'll show some a geisha and football blogger feel open shortly. but 1st football fans back in argentine, our expect about the when our latin america edited to see a newman has more fun. when osiris oh, it was

a game that argentine fans had been waiting for one in which the national team showed the world that on the pitch there's still a force to be reckoned with. no more my betty bore no guy, or never underestimate argentina or timor fight till the very yeah. oh, at this windows i just parked thousands of fans gathered to watch the game and cheers or team for more than 13000 kilometers away. ah, unison. they suffered every time their t, mr. strike and celebrated every goal. her garden. moreover, joy will win this championship. sandra is from colombia. oh it's amazing to be here. among so many people with a passion for football. indeed,

perfect strangers cheered and hugged each other at the end of the game. i'm really like the under dogs at the beginning of this world. i real winners. in fact, right before this game began here and i, lenders, door and money, the crowd just disappeared, which many saw as a very good omen. the 2 new victory over poland, who's given argentine fans renewed confidence as they prepare to return to this park on saturday. for argentina's game against australia brought together again by a common passion and dream of winning the world cup. to see a newman al jazeera window situs while i shall come again. he is with us this morning and football lago fields and who's probably the best person to talk through yesterday's games here. you're trying to

go to every single game. how's that working for you? on the time to get on the still 100 percent successful, it's go well on the i hope i can continue the games get a little bit easier as we get the late stages of the tournament. but yeah, it's going well so far. i'm really enjoying it. how do you do that? if you go to the 1st half and then the 2nd half, how does that work? well, the rule is myself. i have to go to a minute of the game and i can't miss it. i have to be there between kick off and for some with those recent game. and as we know, there's been matches at the same time. and some of the games have been an alpine stadium, which is 50 come to the way from the center. so we just had to be on the ready to move as soon as possible, but it's been doable. and we've done 40 games so far. hopefully we can make $64.00 and i think we get 100 percent record, which would be a well record. it's never been done before. last night was a crazy football night. a lot of twists and turns. what did you make of lesson football? ice incredible. some of the story lines we. we left the saudi arabia mexico game

lease on stadium, $89000.00 funds. i was thinking what my doing has this game is incredible. the atmosphere took over we left ago the origin tina. and that was even more crazy. we arrive to half time. it was now now the 1st 10 minutes in the score. now the goal, the atmosphere, a rupture, the agency defines are insane and big, all 3 points. poland still made it through so it was a good vibe around the stadium. luncheon for sharply if you will. so i went to the judge and tina match last night and the little messy stream. is that alive? did we see the real origin tina? that much? yeah, absolutely. going into this game, particularly poland had not conceited to go in full of the last game. so it was very difficult for them to break them down. but you know, in the 2nd half we saw the quality that i didn't have, you know, getting those to go. yes, missy missed that penalty. is missed a couple of penalties in his korea. but we saw the real identity, the find, the character, and really the need to fight for. he could see at full time, or the players went to him and defense. they stayed in the stadium for over an hour,

just celebrating what it means for them to get to the 16. so let's talk about the mexicans. i must admit, i'm going to miss defense and the some bread. but for their team, it was a little bit too late. it was too late. and that's what happens. you know, internally football, it's very, very lethal. and you talk about the mexican fund, you've seen them in the stadium. they are the most incredible fans alongside of course i didn't tina and miracle at this tournament, but you know, that's what happens internally and football. if you get to the sad game and you're waiting for favors from other teams, then you're losing the battle really very early. and it wasn't a great performance from poland last night. do you give them any chance against the french? i think when you have a goal scorer in rob alone, dorski, anything is possible. he had a bad record in the well cup until his 2nd match, where he scored a lovely finish and nearly got secondary chip, the keeper. i think it depends what parlance up on the day they seem very structured, the physical side. however,

argentina are just another level on my and when they play france, it's just going to be is going to be very difficult. i if whoever wins like game plays a win of england cynical. so i think it's gonna be difficult for us if we get for play enough, but either way it's going to be a tough game. and i think with poland, they have many good players, random dorski as well by think they're going to be out numbered. they're very likely to get through and was disappointing. is to see some of them extra funds. they're almost crying in the stadium. my dad stayed at the mexico natural thought is that the opponent gave the potent funds almost like we're going through, but we're playing front so we know we're going out. that was the feel are on the ground. and i think that time is coming. i just briefly, you say of course you mean to every much you would it be nice to see argentine leads to saudi arabia? yeah. have you seen a big difference in argentina since then saving, growing through the tournaments? do you know why? i think it was the reason they lost that game. they won't. gerald as a team. they needed time in the training ground to work on tactics. saudi arabia

are a physical side and they grinded out 3 points. a lot of the players play out. hello . so they've got that club chemistry so that when they were put together for that 1st match at woke up, i think argentina were a little they can do with the pressure $18000.00 francis on the stadium. it was rocking and i think since them we seen the true argentina, they've come through, lynn or massy has scored many goals. while tara martinez off the bench. julian alvarez was finish last night. i think that's the origin tina that could potentially win the well carbonite and since 86 they haven't had that incredible story. so maybe this is massey's woke up here. i know it's too early to say birds. are we going to see you at the sale? the final who do you think it's going to be? i, i'm going to be that of course i am, i've got to complete the world record, right? i'm going to hit every single game and that will be a really good final. i'm going to go for argentina versus england. oh no, it's going to come home way. i'm going to become for the english. i'm going to leave. i wait for the whole tournament. i've got to be hopeful that will be in the

final against linelle massey. what a story that would be a bit more hopeful than i am now to 1st his games than it is all to play for in grief. he isn't it. with all 4 teams is still able to qualify japan take on spain and his math johnson to give us a bit of context. the head of that one group e sort of explains why the world cup is so interesting. on his own. yes, spain are dominating put below that. nothing has been as predicted except that we know that the japanese team will leave their changing rooms forklift. hi, i'm samantha johnson. this is world cup one or one of all the joys the world cope has provided. richter's across social media of japan's players and fans are among the best players leaving their resting limbs exactly as they found them. fans picking up litter on the stones after a game to pass 1st result against germany was pretty tidy. to realistically thought

the germans would send the japanese, went in last to costa rica, who conceded 7. yes. 7 goals to spain just days earlier might be coincidence. maybe not, but both of japan's goal score is against germany, played with german clubs writ pseudo on. we'll need to be back at his scoring best when they face fail the same for to come at a sano who struggle with injury many didn't make it to cancer. that we facing coach louis in the the case super confident squad. remarkably 6 of the 7 goals against costa rica were scored by different players, faren, taurus score twice. this is the man that in his spare time campaigns for the environment and dumped animals. so he's also going out with lewis enriquez daughter, sierra martinez fat. if nothing else is a reason to keep the goals coming and the boss happy. ah, well, germany must be costa rica to have any chance of making it through hands. he flicks aside that were in danger of an early exit after losing the open to japan. however,

after rescuing a draw against spain, coupled with that japan lose into costa rica, they were given a reprice well, but even a when today may not be enough to avoid elimination at the group stage. it for the 2nd consecutive walker valenzuela to come and getting your ponds on the difference . you fly soon to come back from a 7. no. and then when it gets to pam is no mean feat, so hence we need to respect them. it's our own fault that we're now in this situation. so we need to do what we can do. it's about performing on the pitch, giving it 100 percent. it's our responsibility and we need to perform and deliver ok. let's talk about the group e, starting with germany, costa rica. what do you, how do you rate their chances? well, when you look at that fixer, 1st of all, if anyone had told you that germany would go into the last group game as the bottom left him in the group know and believe it, they've been very dismal in the stone them. and so far for the quality of player

that they have, but i think they still have what it takes, you know, to fight. we saw that against spain. and i think those come, you know, with that same attitude going into that, gave a desk of 30, started to know that you know, the odds are against them, but they're defeated italy before in 2014. and i think they'll still come with that belief pretty. i think what isn't germany being knocked out the great stage? the 2nd consecutive walcott? yeah. that think many people have predicted that say i was full spy and they seem pretty impressive. it has to be said, a point will be enough for them against japan. you see the japanese causing them any trouble. i was inside the grounds when japan defeated germany. and the story was just incredible. the fans were amazing and japan hardworking team. they can cause any upset on that day. i was just very disappointed with the way they played against costa rica. i think they threw it away. they had that game in their own hands and to concede at the end. it was really unfortunate, and i think it puts them in a very difficult position coming to the spain game lookout spain of playing with that one of the favorites to win the tournament. he says they call, they got a really good often coming to the field with players petri and gabby breaking

through. so i think japan charles is a slim. i would go for tight spain when and louis enrique says he won't be taking any risks. he's not going to be arresting any players. i guess you say that's the right way today, right? they should line up as a, as they believe they'll go into the knockouts. there are they put 7 pos costa rica, they've shown to be a strong team? i'm lucky not to be germany. i think they should go full guns blazing and play all the best players and keep, you know, tournaments are a short time, so get your best 11 and stick with it. and i should have you been impressed by the character shown by costa rica coming back from that of a nail hammering vice way. yes, absolutely. and when you look at this tournament, it's been up and down. you're looking at the defeats and then the victories. can you imagine that now? so dubia and iran are out of the tournament after they've shock winds. so costa rica would be using that, you know, as motivation to say, you know, we can actually be consistent and make it to the round of 16 us or to night.

germany, costa rica will be history as well as all female referees. this is the strong fine from fif. i'm very significant moment for women. what do you thing? yeah, absolutely. i mean, when you think about 92 years of fee for woke up history and for the very 1st time we have female, you know, referees and who better than to be stephanie for class. she has a lot of experience of course 2090 and she became the 1st fema free in the league one. she's done champions league. she's done the euros. she's also down the french, the french cap final. and i think that experience, you know, will be brought here in the woke up and really some other women across the world can believe, you know, that the 2 can be at this stage. now a group f reaches its conclusion later, and belgium are under pressure to progress are both se martinez decide currently 3rd in the great after that you know defeat to morocco in their last game. now they face a tough test against croatia in their final great game belgium needed to win. it's

a guarantee, a qualification. martinez has hit back a reports of unrest in the camp. whoever's come up with it. the web is donate. this is called a gray goal on goal for belgium, really because that's what i would do if, if i'm an opposition of i can get we can sides and out of the term. and i will do that as a journalist. i would love to win my own, woke up instead of supporting my team and tried to weaken my team, what is on it, is genius to i think it made the group more aware that the least that you listen to the noise to the outside, the better it shows you that maybe there is more desire to find negative news about around the steam rather than really get the nation together to port the steam. enjoy the talent of the best generation that we ever have indulging, fellow or belgium under pressure after that defeat to morocco who play canada and their final group night. it's pretty simple for the north african side

when or draw will had them through regardless of what happens and be much more much not intentional about and we know what we want to achieve. we know why we're here. we're motivated. we know that as long as the referee hasn't brought in the final whistle, and we've not qualified, we've not achieved anything yet. and we saw it's a real opportunity for our players, for our country to keep stepping forward. we've, i think as a group, we've tactically and with our identity, took some big steps in this tournament. i think for all people who've been waiting for candidate to arrive, were wondering how we were going to sure. and i think we should have on the front fortson not be all approach again will, will stay committed to our identity and we'll go into this much with an opportunity to make some more history. now i her, at the start of this tournament, belgium, one of your picks to reach the final. do you still have any faith that they can do

that? will they make it very this evening? absolutely not. i need to be there for us just to make other predictions, but really they've been underwhelming and talking about that game, you're talking about 2 of the 3 teams that were on the podium in 2018 and belgium. this is the golden generation. you get the feeling that they have what it takes we've seen coming to brian to do an incredible job. you know, we've months if you remember, luke, we is, you know, record is very good out there, both at club and country level. but for belgium, they've really, really failed to get that on, you know, get going and just have a chance to win. the woke up, but against croatia they faced the team that, you know, it's very difficult to break down. they've had a great run in the last 11 games and the, you know, difficult to score against. but with kevin to bring note saying that, you know, it's one of the old teams in the tournament. and that could, you know, deter their chances of winning the world cup is very disturbing in terms of, you know, the attitude that they have going into the tournament and the skin their briefly.

thea will belgium one. no, i am good for crecia. woke up on this as much as i got 5 players from finance team . it got lots of young often comments. alex claudio sosa, breaking through, i'm quite sure, are younger on a stronger team. the problem with belgium is it's been the oldest team the last 11 years while they were gonna have to and did x on a fully got format. just yes, i check on the survey of them and thank you so much for your time. and you'll and as this and don't forget it, get more wildcat content on all websites out there were dot com a forward slash a well up and we were back at 1030 gmc, would plenty from cut out 2022, including a more on that victory for argentina, we've sent them in to the knockout as group when, as then keeps messy on fat plates. first woke up trophy opened in time for the wells carp. this new parted ham and international airport

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