Day 8
Group C – Denmark vs Australia
Date – June 21, 2018
Venue – Samara
Goal scorers – (Denmark) Christian Eriksen 7’
Goal scorers – (Australia) Mile Jedinak 38’
A defeat would have eliminated Australia from the tournament but thanks to the ‘Video Assistant Referee’ a first-half penalty allowed Australia to come from a goal down and finish their second match of Group C with a point against Denmark.
Group C- France vs Peru
Date – June 21, 2018
Venue – Ekaterinburg
Goal Scorers – (France) Kylian Mbappe 34’
France advances to the ‘Round of 16’
Kylian Mbappe goal eliminated Peru from the 2018 FIFA World Cup. After a 36-year absence, Peru’s world cup ended after a consecutive ‘1-0’ defeat.
Group D – Argentina vs Croatia
Date – June 21, 2018
Venue – Nizhny Novgorod
Goal scorers – (Croatia) Ante Rebic 53’ Luka Modric 80’ Ivan Rakitic 90+1’
Croatia advances from Group D after humiliating Argentina.
It was an uphill battle for Argentina when Willy Caballero’s second-half goalkeeping error handed Croatia the lead.
Argentina is a the brink of an early exit from the 2018 World Cup after suffering an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Croatia.
