World Cup so far the Round of 16 Round Up

The 2018 FIFA World Cup continues to surprise and the Pre-Quarterfinal Stage was nothing different. It all started with classic France-Argentina clash and then every game became more thrilling, more exciting and at times more surprising. With the World Cup showing its doors to the two best footballers of this generation and with the surprise exit of 2010 FIFA World Cup Champions, this round of World Cup had everything that made it better, more competitive and more enthralling than the first round.

The Pendulum Fate

If you wanted a clash of two big football nations to start the Round of 16, the France-Argentina clash was the best that could have been asked for. It was icing on the cake as thismatch literally lived up to the expectations. The fate of each team in this encounter shifter back and forth and finally settled in France’s favour. There are very few defenders in this world who can cope up with the pace of Kylian Mbappe and Argentine defence had no answer to it. The French forward was at his best in the all important match and with his pace devised the first penalty of the match. Antoine Griezmann kept his calm to get the first breakthrough for France. Angel Di Maria had an answer to it, and what answer it was as he scored the longest range goal of this tournament, it was transmundane. Messi’s hit was deflected to the nets in what was a lucky goal but who cared