The World Cup round of 16 gets underway this afternoon with 4 sides competing for a place in the quarter finals of the competition.
France and Argentina are the first teams out – they meet at the Kazan Arena at 3pm.
🗣 | @LoCelsoGiovani says @Argentina can take confidence from their collective #WorldCup experience ahead of Round of 16 clash with France…#FRAARG pic.twitter.com/MXx5yKbgDq
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 29, 2018
The French are undefeated in the competition so far and topped their group, while Argentina needed a last minute goal from Marcus Rojo to progress to the knockout stages.
Argentina have beaten France in each of the pair’s two previous World Cup meetings.
At 7,
Uruguay and European Champions Portugal face off for a place in the last 8.
🗣 “A different competition is starting now because there’s no margin for error”@Uruguay’s @Vecino expects a tightly-contested Round of 16 encounter against Portugal 🇺🇾🇵🇹#URUPOR pic.twitter.com/2KowCn3UzZ
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 30, 2018