A weekly analysis of the most important events in the world of international football. In this edition Gerard Farek, Aaron Bauer and Javier Monne analyze the upcoming round of 16 matches in the World Cup: Argentina and France have a battle of former World Champions; Brazil will put Mexico to the test; Colombia awaits England with great momentum despite James' injury ; and Uruguay and Portugal have a date with some of the World's best strikers on the pitch.

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