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France, Croatia and Argentina advance to round of 16

2018-06-27 1 Dailymotion

Let's take a look at the action at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.<br />Four more teams advanced to the round of 16 on Tuesday,... including France and Croatia.<br />Four other nations, including Nigeria and Australia,... will be on planes home later today.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports. <br /> Day-12 of the 2018 Russia World Cup began with two Group C matches taking place at the same time.<br />One of them was France versus Denmark at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.<br />While France controlled the match throughout the 90 minutes,... they could not penetrate the Danish defense,... with the match finishing nil-nil. <br />But no matter, as both countries advance to the next round,... with France finishing first with 7 points,... and Denmark behind them with 5 points.<br /> The other match in Group C was Peru versus Australia.<br />Andre Carillo's right foot shot would give the Peruvians an early lead in the 11th minute,... before Paolo Guerrero made it 2-nil for Peru in the 50th minute.<br />Peru would hold on for the win,... and would finish third in Group C,... while Australia finished rock bottom,... with 1 draw and 2 losses.<br /> Over in Group D.<br />Iceland were looking to beat Croatia for a chance at the round of 16,... thought their hopes faded when Milan Badelj's 53rd minute goal gave the Croatians a 1-nil lead.<br />But yet another penalty,.. this time Dejan Lovren's handball in the 75th minute,...<br />allowed Gylfi Sigurdsson to convert the penalty,... and level the match at 1-1.<br />But Iceland's comeback hopes were crushed,... when Croatia's Ivan Perisic found the back of the net in the 90th minute -- giving Croatia three straight wins in the group stage.<br /> Finally Argentina versus Nigeria,... where Lionel Messi was looking to guide Argentina through to the next round with a win,... while Nigeria only needed a draw to progress.<br />Messi got Argentina started early on,... with a brilliant goal in the 14th minute of the match,... but that lead was erased in the second half,... when a penalty allowed Victor Moses to level the match at one a piece in the 51st minute.<br />But in the 86th minute,... it was Marcos Rojo to the rescue for Argentina,... with the Manchester United defender slotting home a composed volley from inside the box,... <br /> to give Argentina the win,... as they sneak in to the round of 16 with the last-gasp 2-1 victory.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />

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