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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s exits from the World Cup - headlined Day 16 action.

Kylian Mbappe embraces Lionel Messi after France's defeat of Argentina

Kylian Mbappe embraces Lionel Messi after France's defeat of Argentina Source: Getty

The knockout stage of the football World Cup is underway. Two big showdowns have produced the first two quarter-finalists of the tournament...and provided a valuable lesson in the process. Mbappe magic ends Messi’s Argentina campaign in seven-goal classic (France won 4-3) and Cavani brace knocks out Ronaldo’s Portugal (2-1) All action from our correspondent at WC 2018 in Russia the editor-in-chief of Sportdaily.ru Ivan Zhidkov


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