Here we look at how the teams shape up before the quarters and who holds the edge in those ties: France, Uruguay, Brazil, Belgium Sweden, England, Russia, and Croatia Qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup Quarterfinals: A Look at Their Respective Journeys at WC So Far. In the last edition, they suffered a humiliating defeat in the semi-finals.
"Now we are in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, which is a big success for us", he said. Get Uruguay vs France - Live Football Score, Match 1, Quarter-finals - Summary Here.
With a busy schedule, here is our guide on how to watch every second of the action. They beat Portugal, 2-1, in Round of 16 play, and will head into their match against France as a slight underdog.
Russian Federation midfielder Alan Dzagoev says he is fit to play against Croatia in the World Cup quarterfinals Saturday after recovering from injury.
Sweden v England isn't the only game on Saturday.
None of the teams in this side of the draw would have begun the tournament with realistic expectations of reaching the final.
The host nation performed impressively just to escape from Group A and then shocked the world in the last 16 when they edged past Spain on penalties.
Brazil will face Belgium in Kazan at 7pm on the same day. Uruguay lifted the World Cup trophy in 1930 and 1950, while France took the honours in 1998.
Didier Deschamps's team doubled their lead in the 61st minute when Muslera made a awful error, failing to parry a speculative shot from Griezmann and watching in horror as it looped across his goalline.
Brazil will face Belgium on Friday - and the five-time World Cup champions are the favorites to prevail later this month. This is a slight decrease as compared to the last edition when an average of 2.8 goals were scored per game and a slight increase from the 2010 edition when 2.1 goals per game were recorded.
But after a bright start from Tite's team, it was Belgium who looked the more risky, scoring through a Fernandinho own goal in the 13th minute and increasing their lead with a superb De Bruyne strike just after the half-hour.
Tite confirmed that his preferred left back Marcelo would return to the starting side in place of Filipe Luis after the Real Madrid defender missed the 2-0 win over Mexico through injury.
The Round of 16 encounter ended in a 1-1 stalemate after Yerry Mina had cancelled out Harry Kane's opener in stoppage, but England went on to win 4-3 on penalties.
But as fans wait to find out England's fate, they're already questioning details of the World Cup final.
Croatia may be favored on paper in this match but something is telling us that Russia's stunning victory over Spain will propel them to even greater heights.
