4:3 but too little too late I think 90+3
Benjamin Pavard's wonderful goal '57 from
just outside the box was perhaps the turning point of the game. Argentina never recovered after that! An unlikely scorer for sure. He plays for Stuttgart
Great to see the back of the winker
Round of 16
Spain v Russia
Date: 1 July - 10pm
Venue: Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Björn Kuipers, Netherlands
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Croatia v Denmark
Date: 2 July - 02:00am
Venue: Nizhny Novogorad Stadium, Nizhny
Referee: Néstor Pitana, Argentina
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There wasn't munch drama TBH. Whilst some praised the referee for his performance, I thought it was he was a joke and let so many fouls unpunished. Many yellow card tackles which he didn't even blow up for, let alone give out the yellow card. Suarez would get a broken skull injury every time he was bumped in his back, and ref knew this so let the game continue but not even a verbal warning was given.
Ronaldo got a yellow card because in around the 85min a Portugal player was clearly fouled but the game carried on, so he remonstrated to the ref which got him the card.
I mean, in a game like this and Pepe doesn't even get any card at all, you can tell the referee was lenient.