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LAST 16 Mexico 2 England 3 Jimenez effort saved by Pickford then Bellingham scores 0-1 then Bellingham scores again 0-2 then Quinones scores 1-2 then Jimenes drives wide then Pickford saves from Jimenez then Montes chance blocked by Bellingham then O'Reilly hits the post then fighting on the touchline then VAR sends Quansah off then Kane scores penalty 1-3 then Jimenez scores penalty 2-3 then 11 added minutes then everybody shits themselves then the ref blows for full time. Well that was fun. England play Norway in the quarters, which probably won't generate as many heart attacks as this one did. Harry Kane versus Cod Face. Brazil 0 Norway 2 Of the many disappointments in this disappointing match, the biggest was the performance of Brazil. No, the biggest disappointment was the performance of Vinny Vicious. If Vinny Vicious doesn't fire on all cylinders, neither do Brazil. No, the biggest disappointment was Norway's deliberate ploy of playing the kind of football which bored the crap out of all living things. No, the biggest disappointment was Haaland's face grinning at me like some giant, nightmarish cod. Twice. Morocco 3 Canada 0 When Jesse Marsch realises that football games at a certain level cannot be won by force = mass x acceleration or incessant whingeing, he might produce effective teams. As it was, Canada played like angry bulls, while Morocco simply waited for them to charge and matadored them to death three times. Paraquat 0 France 1 Everybody likes an underdog victory, but there's underdogs and then there's Paraquat - nasty, spiteful oiks whose premeditated aim was to intimidate the French into oblivion. Conversely, nobody likes an arrogant team, but to be honest France, for the most part, handled a horrible situation well, unlike the referee. Now you see why we call them Paraquat.