Half of the quarterfinals are set, with France, England, Argentina, and the Netherlands all avoiding any type of a shock upset and reserving their place within the final couple days. Two extra heavyweights are in motion immediately, together with the runners-up from 4 years in the past, Croatia, and one of many perennial favorites, Brazil.
JAPAN vs. CROATIA
Date / Time: Monday, December 5, 2022, 15.00 GMT; 10am ESTVenue: Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, QatarReferee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
On TV: BBC One (UK); Fox, Telemundo (USA); elsewhereStreaming on-line: BBC iPlayer (UK); FOX Sports activities Stay, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo (USA)
Chelsea curiosity: Japan had been one of many surprises to emerge from the group stage, sending Germany house with an early exit, however they must maintain the surprising upsets coming in the event that they wish to get something out of this sport towards Croatia. The 2018 runners-up haven’t been all that spectacular, with a win and two scoreless attracts within the group stage, so maybe this certainly will probably be time for an upset. Mateo Kovačić has began all three video games for Croatia, and has performed almost each minute as effectively.
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BRAZIL vs. SOUTH KOREA
Date / Time: Monday, December 5, 2022, 19.00 GMT; 2pm ESTVenue: Stadium 974, Doha, QatarReferee: Clément Turpin (France)
On TV: ITV 1 (UK); Fox, Telemundo (USA); elsewhereStreaming on-line: ITV Hub (UK); FOX Sports activities Stay, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo (USA)
Chelsea curiosity: Thiago Silva, who was rested of their earlier sport, will lead out the crew, which ought to embrace Neymar as effectively following his ankle harm within the first sport. Brazil haven’t seemed fairly nearly as good front-to-back since, regardless of the oodles of expertise out there to them — although Gabriel Jesus has been dominated out of the World Cup with a knee harm, as has Alex Telles. South Korea, like Japan, must hope that some event magic stays within the Spherical of 16 nonetheless.