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Hello and welcome to the final fixture of the World Cup’s last 16 – not much has happened, eh?
It’s all gone smoothly so far for Switzerland and Colombia, who topped their groups and progressed through the last 32 with a minimum of fuss.
For Switzerland, they are looking to take the next step that so often eludes them – reaching a World Cup quarter-final.
Since they played in the last eight at their home tournament of 1954, they’ve failed to clear this hurdle five times and were knocked out at this stage in 2014, 2018 and 2022.
As for Colombia, they are out to emulate the class of 2014 – and still have a few of those faces hanging around.
James Rodríguez is their captain but has struggled to make an impact at these finals.
Their run 12 years ago was ended by hosts Brazil and no doubt a quarter-final date with Argentina on Saturday will be highly prized.
Their fans, as always, have turned up in huge numbers.
Continue reading...Sources: The Guardian
