Updates from the round of 16 game in SydneyKick-off is at midday AEST/3am BSTAny thoughts? Email or tweet @mike_hytner
“Mike, greetings from California,” writes Mary Waltz. “It’s a joy not to need to mainline coffee to be able stay awake. Normally I would say the Netherlands in a walk over but this is the anything can happen World Cup.”
If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from the tournament so far, it’s not to make predictions (certainly I won’t be). Germany, Canada and Brazil have all fallen already, and with the rise of African nations this year, of course anything is possible today.
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