Early this morning Beijing time, with Portugal defeating Switzerland 6-1, Spain 0-3 Morocco (120 minutes 0-0, penalty shootout 0-3), all four matches in the World Cup quarter-finals were settled.
Starting today, the World Cup will be on hold for two days. This is also the first time that the World Cup has ushered in a rest day since the start of this World Cup. Starting from 23:00 on December 9th, Beijing time, the World Cup semi-finals will be the first to start between Brazil and Croatia . Immediately afterwards, the battle between Netherlands and Argentina will be launched, and the winner of the two games will enter the semi-finals.
Starting at 23:00 on December 10, Morocco's duel against Portugal, England and France started one after another, and the road to the semi-finals has been paved.
As of now, the World Cup has ended 56 games, and 24 teams have bid farewell to Qatar .
This morning, with Spain being eliminated by Morocco in the penalty shootout, Germany, Japan and Costa Rica in Group E of the World Cup have been wiped out, becoming a veritable death group.
F is the biggest winner, Croatia and Morocco both entered the quarterfinals and became the only group to produce two quarterfinals.
In the remaining six groups, the Netherlands, England, Argentina, France, Brazil and Portugal each broke through the quarter-finals.
Currently, among the quarterfinals, Europe occupies 5 seats, South America occupies 2 seats, Africa only 1 seat, and Asian teams have all been eliminated.
The upcoming semi-finals battle, in the first half, Brazil and Croatia will take the lead, and the winner will face the winner between the Netherlands and Argentina in the semi-finals to compete for a final spot. If Brazil and Argentina each successfully pass the barrier, the upper half of the region will become a decisive battle in South America.
The second half of the zone, Portugal faces the dark horse Morocco, the last appearance of the British and French battles, and the winners of the two games will compete for another final place. If Portugal eliminates Morocco, the second half of the zone will become the peak showdown in Europe.
It is worth mentioning that from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals, then to the third-fourth finals and finals, there are only 8 games left in this World Cup.
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