FOOTBALL VIEWS

THURSDAY: FRANCE V MOROCCO France were made to work for their win over Paraguay in the last 16 and it was the only game they had to after winning their other games rather comfortably. Morocco's win over Canada in the last 16 wasn't as comfortable as the score line suggests as Canada did have a number of good chances. But they did show their quality in the second half which was when they upped the tempo. France ended Morocco's incredible journey four years ago when they beat t

SATURDAY: CANADA V MOROCCO Canada have already done what they'd never done at a World Cup before in winning a game, making it out of the group stage and winning a knockout game. They needed a late winner from Stephen Eustaquio to beat South Africa in the last 32 and this one will arguably be their first biggest test. Morocco caused another major upset in the last round by beating Holland on penalties and are showing that their journey to the semi finals four years ago was not

GK: VOZINHA (CAPE VERDE) - Vozinha was integral to Cape Verde getting their draw against Spain by pulling off a number of crucial saves to keep the European champions at bay. He would go on to make more crucial saves for the rest of the group stage and keep another clean sheet against Saudi Arabia to send the small nation into the knockout stages. RB: DANIEL MUNOZ (COLOMBIA) - Munoz scored twice during the group stages and ran up and down the right touchline throughout. He al

SUNDAY: SOUTH AFRICA V CANADA South Africa will be playing in the knockout stages at a World Cup for the first time in their history and they've been a side who have improved game by game. Canada will also be playing in their first World Cup knockout match in this game after failing to make it out the group stages in each of their previous two appearances at these finals. Jesse Marsch's side will come into this side as the favourites because they arguably have more quality in