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The Brazil bench celebrated Philippe Coutinho's 91st minute goal with such fervour, exploding onto the pitch, that substitue goalkeeper Ederson bundled Tite to the turf

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Musa inspired Nigeria to a second half victory as Iceland miss opportunity to take strong hold of Group D

Nigeria 2-0 Iceland: Two goals for the Leicester man saw the Super Eagles on the board at the expense of Iceland

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After an impressive first-half Saevarsson and the rest of Iceland's defence ran out of steam against Nigeria. The result leaves them with it all to do against Croatia next week

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Neymar's tears marked the emotional climax of another emotional afternoon for a player whose own personal psychodrama is swiftly becoming one of the central stories of this World Cup

England manager believes the British media should be in support of the national team despite assistant manager Steve Holland walking around training with the team clearly visible

Philippe Coutinho was by far Brazil's brightest attacking player amongst a gloomy set of individuals.

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Brazil 2-0 Costa Rica: Man-for-man marking from the World Cup encounter in St Petersburg

The Tottenham midfielder did not train with the rest of his team-mates in Zelenogorsk on Friday morning, having sustained a minor thigh injury in the 2-1 win against Tunisia

Brazil 2-0 Costa Rica: The Seleção struggled to break down Costa Rica for much of the game but two late strikes ensured they earned three crucial points

The referee initially awarded a penalty but was alerted to check the replay by VAR, and after reviewing the incident on a screen off the edge of the pitch, overturned his decision

Videos could decide the result of the competition this year. And it will almost certainly prove controversial

The 31-year-old Tico is one of the most-decorated goalkeepers of the decade, not that you'd know it from Madrid's constant efforts to replace him

Philippe Coutinho hit late in added time before Neymar consolidated a vital victory for Tite's men

Shilton was eager to revel in Argentina's misery after a shock 3-0 defeat by Croatia on Thursday evening left them on the brink of a humiliatingly early exit

A 16-year-old billed as the future of Arsenal slowly became the symbol of its guilt-encrusted past, leading to a sad-yet-predictable parting of ways

Speaking exclusively to The Independent Fredi Bobic explains why Germany's manager has what it takes to turn this World Cup around

Websites with links to feeds for football matches can sometimes be risky

44 per cent believe football is an inherently sexist sport

No alcohol, weekly training sessions, and an unwavering dedication to fighting football fans: the life of a Russian hooligan, as told to an unsuspecting English fan in Moscow

Sampaoli's task is to rally a squad that appears to have lost all faith in him and squeeze out a performance

Despite making 48 appearances for Barcelona last season, the Spaniard has been linked with a move to north London

The Real Madrid midfielder helped Croatia book their place in the last-16 to trigger talk of being the World Cup dark horses and going all the way

His demeanour before the game, performance during it and reaction afterwards suggests even Lionel Messi knows he cannot perform miracles with this sub-standard team

Danilo, who was promoted to a starting role after Dani Alves pulled out of the squad with an injury in May, tweaked his right thigh during training

Lovren believes that his side are now prepared to take on and beat any side

In a remarkably open and revealing article, Sterling describes his early years in Jamaica, losing his father while his mother sought a better life in the UK and the way he's portrayed in the media

Simeone's comments, made in a WhatsApp audio message to his Atletico Madrid assistant, German Burgos, were leaked in Spain following Argentina's humiliating 3-0 defeat by Croatia

'Today, Kaliningrad is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Russia'

Head coach devised three solutions to combat Argentina's reliance on Lionel Messi

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'We need to take responsibility and our heads have to be in the right place,' Philippe Coutinho admitted ahead of the match against Costa Rica

Messi was a non-factor as Argentina lurched closer to a group-stage exit

The former Chile coach got everything disastrously wrong and could cost Argentina everything

The 1978 and 1986 champions could fail to make it out of their group in Russia having picked up just one point from their opening two games following Thursday night's defeat

But there is still a nagging sense that Eriksen is, perhaps not carrying this team on his back, but giving them more of a leg-up than is healthy for a single player

Moments from this will go down in Argentinean football infamy if they're eliminated next week

Croatia put themselves in pole position in Group D after beating Argentina with an impressive performance in Nizhny Novgorod.

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić predicted this would be his team's easiest World Cup game. Turns out he was right – although not exactly in the way he intended

Argentina are on the verge of World Cup elimination after losing 3-0 to Croatia.

Peru's defeat to France on Thursday consigned them to a group stage exit

The Eintracht Frankfurt winger was lucky not to be sent off before scoring a spectacular volley to put Croatia on the road to victory

Few teams have ever dominated a World Cup and left a lasting legacy. It might even be better that this tournament remains tightly-contested

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In his blend of attack and defence, passing and dribbling, technical ability and dirty work, Stones is in many ways the sort of all-court player Gareth Southgate adores

Argentina 0-3 Croatia: Goals from Ante Rebic, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic fired the tournament dark horses into the knockout stages, with Messi's fate now out of his hands

Lagerbäck has managed both nations and has said he will not be surprised if Iceland record their first ever World Cup win in Friday's match against the African underdogs

It is hard to know whether Deschamps deliberately deployed Kante towards the right side to protect the vacated space behind Mbappe, but it worked

France 1-0 Peru: The 19-year-old became Les Bleus youngest-ever scorer in a major tournament to send the South Americans home

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Thousands of pounds and free food offered to 'girls who manage to get the best football genes'

To help with the sometimes difficult decision of who to back, The Independent has come up with a brief sketch of the merits and demerits of the countries whence each team emerged from