No dancing in the streets of Brazil

There will be no Brazilian dancing – not in Qatar nor on the streets of Rio, as Croatia stunned the tournament favourites.

After extra-time drama, which ended in a 1-all scoreline, spot-kicks followed and the rest is history.

Match report here.

Argentina overcome tremendous Dutch fight-back to progress to semis

Who would have punted for both the night’s quarter final games going to extra time and then on to penalties?

You wouldn’t have wanted to be an Argentinian supporter on a roller coaster ride from victory at a canter to having to dig deep and save it at the eleventh hour.

Match report here.

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