FIFA World Cup 2018 - Quarter-finals

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How does Sweden win and England advance? Are you assuming your own picks are wrong?
LOL I meant to say "Croatia vs Sweden", but as of right now I was wrong about that- still pulling for Croatia vs France in the final, I've seen that since the first matchday :)
 
Croatia is certainly the better team, but I would have loved to see England knock Russia out of the World Cup for all the politics between the two nations.

A game between England and Russia would have been a bloodbath - in the stands as much as anything. Let's not forget about this two years ago:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...keep-it-up-after-condoning-euro-a7079861.html

And this in the aftermath:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/05/russian-mp-legalise-football-violence-sport

Things always get violent when Russian fans come into contact with English ones...
 
A game between England and Russia would have been a bloodbath - in the stands as much as anything. Let's not forget about this two years ago:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...keep-it-up-after-condoning-euro-a7079861.html

And this in the aftermath:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/05/russian-mp-legalise-football-violence-sport

Things always get violent when Russian fans come into contact with English ones...
Things get violent when Russian ultras decide English fans circa 1978 are what they aspire to be and then test that proposition on English fans of today.
 
Former US Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati grabbing a video of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović