From today, the floodlights in the stadiums of Qatar are turned on again, with world Cup enter your final stretch. Two great matches lift the curtain of the quarter-finals as in the afternoon (17.00) Croatian plays with her Braziland in the evening (21.00) face Netherlands With Argentinamaking many dream of a semi-final between the “eternal” L. America and the first match between them in the World Cup since the 1990 match in Italy.

There is a favorite in the first match as Selecao has the first vote against the finalist of the previous competition. The Brazilians stormed both in the group stage and in the 1/8 finals. On the other hand, the Croatians barely beat the Japanese in the penalty shoot-out, and against the Brazilians they will try to refute the predictions. Notably, after the 2002 final when they won the trophy, Brazil failed to eliminate a European team in the play-offs.

On the contrary, all possibilities are open at night. It may seem that Argentina has a slight advantage over the Netherlands, but no one can underestimate Van Gaal’s team, who have made it to the bottom eight almost unnoticed and always have their own way of getting what they want. “We will stop Messi as a team,” the Dutch international said yesterday. On the other hand, Argentina have found their footing, Messi is holding the best tournament of his career, and everything suggests that even with difficulty he will be able to find an advantage tonight…

Thirty-two years later, the football world is waiting for the “battle of the titans” of “eternal” North America at the World Cup.

Ronaldo and Enrique

Meanwhile in Portugal, both the federation and Cristiano Ronaldo denied reports that they wanted him to threaten Fernando Santos with the team for not starting the match against Switzerland. “The team is too united to be broken by outside forces,” said CR7 among others, who, however, is not sure that he will be a key player in the next match against Morocco.

Finally, Luis Enrique also joined the list of coaches who paid with their heads for the poor performance of their teams in competitions. The 52-year-old technician has retired from the Spanish national team since yesterday, when reports said Real Madrid were delighted to hear the news as the former Barcelona coach took just two of the Queen’s players with him. “, Asensio and Carvajal. He was replaced by Luis de la Fuente, who was on the bench in the Hopes of Spain.