🇶🇦 FIFA World Cup 2022 - Quarterfinals: Match Preview, Results, Stats Live Updates and More

Just like that, the 2022 World Cup is down to its final eight teams, and what a quarterfinal field it is.

There are some mouth-watering match-ups in the quarter-finals of the World Cup - but will there be any more shocks?

Quarterfinal fixtures

Friday, 9th December 2022

3.00pm Croatia v Brazil
7.00pm Netherlands v Argentina

Saturday, 10th December 2022

3.00pm Morocco v Portugal
7.00pm England v France

This is a thread for the Quarterfinal of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Join the discussion and share your views on the various matches.

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:rotating_light: Ben White’s exit from England’s World Cup squad was due to a bust-up with assistant manager Steve Holland.

The player was already unhappy in camp after struggling to mix in with his teammates and the disagreement was the final straw.

(Source: Daily Star)

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Most Goals + Assists at the 2022 World Cup:

#FRA Kylian Mbappé (7)
#POR Bruno Fernandes (5)
#ENG Harry Kane (4)
#ARG Lionel Messi (4)
#ESP Álvaro Morata (4)
#POR Gonçalo Ramos (4)

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Most shots faced by 2022 World Cup quarter-finalists:

#NED - 52
#HRV - 45
#POR - 43

Andries Noppert has been a busy boy. :gloves:

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Fred wants all the smoke vs. Argentina :dash:

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Fernando Santos wants everyone to leave Cristiano Ronaldo alone :triumph:

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Neymar has arrived :sunglasses:


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Louis van Gaal has only lost one World Cup game in 11 matches.

It was against Argentina on penalties in the 2014 semifinal :rewind:



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End of 90’ | :croatia: Croatia 0–0 Brazil :brazil:

It’s Croatia in the #FIFAWorldCup knockout stage, what did you expect? :sweat_smile:

Brazil were the better side in the second half, but Dominik Livaković made several important saves to keep it goalless, so we go to extra time!

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Did Croatia’s last nine major tournament knockout games go to extra-time?

:white_check_mark: 2008 Euro QF v :tr:
:white_check_mark: 2016 Euro R16 v :portugal:
:white_check_mark: 2018 WC R16 v :denmark:
:white_check_mark: 2018 WC QF v :ru:
:white_check_mark: 2018 WC SF v :england:
:x: 2018 WC F v :fr:
:white_check_mark: 2020 Euro R16 v :es:
:white_check_mark: 2022 WC R16 v :jp:
:white_check_mark: 2022 WC QF v :brazil:

Another set incoming. :sweat_smile:

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8 - Dominik Livakovic has made eight saves against Brazil so far; already the most by a Croatia goalkeeper in a #FIFAWorldCup match. Smothered.

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Blocks: 3
Interceptions: 2
Tackles: 3
Passes: 51
Touches: 60

An industrial performance so far from #HRV 's Marcelo Brozovic.

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5 - Five of the last seven World Cup matches to go extra-time have involved Croatia; they progressed from each of the previous four. Marathon.

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BRUNO PETKOVIĆ TIES IT IN THE 117TH MINUTE :scream:

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NEYMAR IN EXTRA TIME WHEN BRAZIL NEED HIM.

HE EQUALS PELÉ AS BRAZIL’S ALL-TIME MEN’S TOP SCORER (77) :brazil:

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Louis van Gaal has only lost one World Cup game in 11 matches.

It was against Argentina on penalties in the 2014 semifinal :rewind:

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Neymar :handshake: Ronaldo

The 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 Brazilian men to score multiple goals at 3 different World Cups :brazil:

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WE GO TO PENALTIES.

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:eyes: Substitute Bruno Petkovic levels the scores with penalties looming…

:croatia: 1-1 :brazil:

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Bruno Petković has just scored his first-ever #FIFAWorldCup goal in what is his 4th career appearance at the tournament.

Croatia get back into this one just 3 minutes before the end of extra time! :croatia::clap::clap:

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