DAY BY DAY STATISTICS 2 JULY
Neymar in the middle of Mexican team (picture sports.ru)
ROUND OF 16
BRAZIL – MEXICO 2 – 0
GOALSCORERS :
NEYMAR (Brazil) 1 TOTAL WC 2018 : 2
Roberto FIRMINO (Brazil) 1
ASSISTS :
WILLIAN (Brazil) 1
GOALKEEPER CLEAN SHEET :
ALISSON BECKER (Brazil) 1 TOTAL WC 2018 : 3
SPECTATORS :
41 970
REFEREE :
Gianluca ROCCHI (Italy)
MOST CAPS ON THE FIELD :
Brazil : NEYMAR 89 caps
Mexico : Andres GUARDADO 150 caps
BEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER ON THE FIELD :
Brazil : NEYMAR 57 goals
Mexico : Javier “Chicharito” HERNANDEZ 50 goals
STADIUM :
Cosmos Arena SAMARA
RECORDS :
It’s 7th time in a row when Mexico got eliminated in World Cup on the stage of round of 16.
It’s first time in 48 years when a team wins a World Cup play-off game being 2 goal down on its course. The last time this happened at WC 1970 quarterfinal Germany – England (also final score 3:2 after intermediary 0:2). Germany did it in extra time.
The last similar super-comeback in regular time of play-off game happened at WC 1966 (Portugal – North Korea 5:3 after 0:3).
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BELGIUM – JAPAN 3 – 2
Belgium in quarter final ! (picture sports.ru)
GOALSCORERS :
Genki HARAGUSHI (Japan) 1
Takashi INUI (Japan) 1 TOTAL WC 2018 2
Jan VERTONGHEN (Belgium) 1
Marouane FELLAINI (Belgium) 1
Nacer CHADLI (Belgium) 1
ASSISTS :
Shinji KAGAWA (Japan) 1
Takashi INUI (Japan) 1
Eden HAZARD (Belgium) 1 TOTAL WC 2018 : 2
Thomas MEUNIER (Belgium) 1 TOTAL WC 2018 : 2
SPECTATORS :
41 466
REFEREE :
Malang DIEDHIOU (Senegal)
MOST CAPS ON THE FIELD :
Belgium : Jan VERTONGHEN 104 caps
Japan : Makoto HASEBE 114 caps
BEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER ON THE FIELD :
Belgium : Romelu LUKAKU 38 goals
Japan :Keisuke HONDA 37 goals
STADIUM :
Rostov Arena ROSTOV ON DON