Interesting day to say the least.
Mexico con mucha buena suerte to advance after looking horrific against a side in Sweden whose FIFA ranking coming in was lower than Costa Rica. I think the win over Germany said more about Germany than it did Mexico and the Tri will get bounced by the Selecao in the Round of 16, as is par for the course for Mexico.
Nothing good happens for Germany in Russia.......nothing.
Brazil looked good when they needed to today.......still not feeling a title for them this year.....other than 1958 Brazil, no non-European team has won a WC in a UEFA host country and the best 2 sides to this point have been Belgium and Croatia. Could be an all European semifinals the way the bracket is shaping up.
CONCACAF look poor but that wasn't surprising to anyone that watched qualifying. Mexico will do what they always do, but Costa Rica is worse than 4 years ago, Panama shouldn't even be here, and we all know about the US issues.
England-Belgium tomorrow. Loser may end up on an easier side of the bracket, but do you want to intentionally lose. If Belgium want to avoid Brazil for some reason that is what they would have to do or draw and have more yellow cards than England which is how the tiebreaker currently sits. Very interesting game. My guess is Belgium play to win and don't worry about Brazil, especially since they may very well be the better team.