2018 FIFA World Cup-Russia: Knock-out stages Quiz

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1. The first game of the second round (round of 16) was a seven goal thriller between France and Argentina. Which French player scored the spectacular second goal?

Answer: Benjamin Parvad

In the 13th minute, Griezmann scored a penalty to put France ahead by 1-0. Argentina hit back with 2 goals from a spectacular goal by Angel Di Maria in the 41st from well outside the box and Gabrial Mercado in the 48th minute from close range. In the 57th minute, Parvard scored the wonder spinning goal from outside the box to make it 2-2. France went ahead by 4-2 when Mbappe scored two goals in quick succession in the 64th and 68th minute. Argentina's Kun Aguero scored in extra time after 90th minute to make the final score 4-3.

2. Uruguay ended the hopes of Portugal to add to their 2016 UEFA crown by winning 2-1. Edinson Cavani scored both goals for Uruguay. The only goal for Portugal was scored by whom?

Answer: Pepe

Uruguay went 1-0 ahead when Cavani scored early in the 7th minute. Pepe equalized in the 55th minute from a header. The winning goal by Cavani was scored in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately for Uruguay, Cavani was injured and had to be replaced, taking no further part in the latter stages.

3. Russia beat Spain by penalty kicks after the score stayed at 1-1 after 120 minutes of play. What was the incredible statistics Spain created over the 120 minutes?

Answer: Completed more than 1000 passes

Spain completed 1031 passes against 204 passes from Russia. Their ball possession was 75% against 25% from Russia and passing accuracy was 91% against 72%. Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev was the Russian hero who saved two penalties to enable Russia to upset Spain by 4-3. Russia converted all four penalty kicks, without the need to go to the fifth as Spain's fifth penalty was saved.

4. After a scoreless first half, Japan shocked Belgium by going two up in first seven minutes of the second half. Belgium eventually won by 3-2 in stoppage time after the 90th minute. What was incredible about the second and third goals scored by Belgium?

Answer: Both goals scored by substitutes

Both substitutes, Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli came in to the second half to score, Fellaini from a header in 74th minute and Chadli in the 90+4 minute. Japan played incredibly well in this game and was unfortunate to lose out when Chadli scored the winning goal for Belgium during the last minute of play.

This was Japan's second time they made it to the last 16, the other time was in 2002 when they jointly hosted the tournament with South Korea.

5. England won a penalty shoot-out against Colombia. This was England's first-ever shoot-out victory in World Cup history. How many times had they lost by penalties in previous tournaments?

Answer: Three

England lost on penalty kicks to Germany in the 1990 semi-final, Argentina in the second round (round of 16) in 1998 and in 2006 to Portugal in the quarter-finals. England won by 4-3 on penalty kick after the score was tied at 1-1 after 120 minutes of play. Head coach, Gareth Southgate, revealed that they had been practicing penalty kicks for five months before the tournament.

6. France defeated Uruguay by what score in their quarter-final match?

Answer: 2-0

Rapha�l Varane opened account in the 40th minute from a header. Antoine Griezmann scored the second goal in 61st minute after the Uruguayan keeper Fernando Muslera fluffed his shot into the net. This was France's sixth appearances in the last 4. The previous five times were in 1958, 1982, 1986, 1998 and 2006.

7. Brazil lost their chance to get their sixth title after losing 1-2 to Belgium in their quarter-final match. Which player made the wonderful assist for Kevin de Bruyne to score Belgium's second goal?

Answer: Romelu Lukaku

Lukaku dribbled passed the entire Brazil's midfield to make an excellent pass to de Bruyne who scored in the 31st minute to put Belgium 2-0 ahead. The first goal was an own goal by Fernandinho in the 13th minute. In the 76th minute, Renato Augusto scored for Brazil to make the final score 2-1.

The only other occasion Belgium was in the last 4, was in 1986, when they lost 0-2 in the semi-final to Argentina led by Diego Maradona.

8. Croatia beat England 2-1 in their semi-final to make it into the final. Who scored the winning goal in extra time?

Answer: Mario Mandzukic

England scored first from a brilliant free kick by Kieran Trippier in the 5th minute. Persic equalized for Croatia to make it 1-1 in the 68th minute. Mandzukic scored the winning goal in 109th minute. Croatia qualified for their first-ever final, which was a very creditable performance for a country which only achieved independence in 1991.

9. France reached their third final in 20 years (their first was in since 1998), beating Belgium 1-0 in the first semi-final match with Samuel Umtiti scoring the winning goal. How was the goal scored?

Answer: Headed goal from a corner kick

In the 51st minute, Umtiti beat Belgium's tallest player Fellaini to head in the goal from a corner kick. This was France's third grand final after 1998 and 2006. They won the title in 1998 (3-0 vs Brazil) but lost to Italy in 2006 in a penalty shoot-out.

10. France beat Croatia 4-2 in regulation time in the final match. This was the highest score line in a final since which tournament?

Answer: 1958

This was the highest number of goals in a regulation time since 1958. In 1958, Brazil beat Sweden 5-2 which remained the highest score line in a final. Although the score line of 4-2 tied the score in the 1966 final when England beat Germany, that was after extra time (the score was 2-2 in regulation time).

In 1970 final, Brazil beat Italy 4-1. The score line of 4-2 tied the first edition in 1930 when Uruguay beat Argentina.

Source: Author sw11

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Sixteen teams made it to the knock-out stages. The eventual winner, France won their second world title after their first victory in 1998.

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