World Cup: Final last 16 ties build-up & England v France latest

• This will be the third meeting between Portugal and Switzerland in 2022, having faced each other twice in the Nations League in June. Portugal won 4-0 in a match played in Lisbon, before Switzerland won 1-0 in Geneva a week later.
• Portugal will be looking to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup for just a third time, previously doing so in 1966 and in 2006. However, they've failed to win any of their past five knockout games at the tournament, losing each of their past four, including defeats at this stage in 2010 (0-1 vs Spain) and in 2018 (1-2 vs Uruguay).
• Switzerland won two of their matches in the group stage at the 2022 World Cup (L1 v Brazil), and will be looking to win three games in a single World Cup tournament for the first time in their history.

Ahead of the Portugal versus Switzerland match tonight, Portuguese newspapers have been commenting on rumors of a rift between the captain and coach of the team.

A Bola has a picture of the pair on the field.

The captain's title has raised doubts for the first time, but the paper believes thatRonaldo will stay among the 11 players.

The news conference in Portugal on Monday was dominated by the topic of the former Manchester United player,Ronaldo.

The Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr made a huge offer to sign the Portuguese star after the tournament.

I have not spoken to him about this.

I'm not sure about this. His decision is the one he makes. When I arrived here, I heard about this, but I didn't know anything about it.

The focus is on the World Cup. I have no idea about this other issue.

The coach of Portugal said he didn't like the way the player reacted to being taken out of the game.

The man was taken off 65 minutes into their final group-stage defeat.

There were reports thatRonaldo could be dropped for the last-16 match with Switzerland.

"I don't care if the information is correct or incorrect," said Santos.

I don't read that kind of information. My focus is on my team. We don't pay attention to the polls in the Portuguese media.

I didn't like it at all. I didn't like it and it's finished.

A player is being courted by some big money offers in the final game of the round of 16 stage. His manager was not happy with his attitude.

After 17 days of thrilling action, shock upsets and many, many talking points, the world cup is about to take a break.

The chief football writer for the British Broadcasting Corporation is following England's progress in the tournament, as well as giving his unique insight into the superstars and big stories of the tournament.

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There are still more than two hours to go before the start of the game between Spain and Morocco.

In 1986 they reached the last 16 of the World Cup for the second time.

Spain are the team to beat in this tournament.

If teams are sitting deep, they can find it hard to play through people.

I watched them against Japan on Thursday and they had all of the ball, but they didn't seem to want to score even when they were desperate.

It's going to be close. I don't think they will chase the ball high up the pitch, like Japan did against Spain, but they will probably sit back and pick their moments.

He predicted 0-1.

Jose.

There is a former left-back on the radio.

Morocco are a team that can really damage you. I’m positive that Spain is the best team and are going to win but at the same time we don’t have a Kylian Mbappe, a Neymar, we don’t have players like this in front for when the games are getting difficult.

When Alvaro Morata isn’t in the team we don’t have any solutions. I like how Spain play because it’s our identity but they are not the best team in the tournament. For me it is Brazil or France.

• Spain have never lost in three previous meetings with Morocco (W2 D1), with their two wins both coming in qualifying play-off legs for the 1962 World Cup in November 1961 (1-0 away, 3-2 home).
• Morocco are featuring in the knockout stages of the World Cup for only the second time, also reaching the round of 16 in 1986, losing 1-0 to Germany that year.
• Morocco are unbeaten in their last four matches at the World Cup (W2 D2). The only African team to go five consecutive World Cup games without defeat are Cameroon (W2 D3 between 1982 and 1990).
• Alvaro Morata has scored in each of his last three World Cup appearances for Spain, despite playing a total of just 126 minutes across those games. The only Spain player to score in four World Cup games in a row is David Villa in 2010.

As Spain prepare for their last-16 match against Morocco, a lot of the country's focus is on Luis Enrique and his decision to speak about anything and everything on the streaming site.

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country have been tuning in to his broadcasts every day as he sits in a gaming chair with a headset and answers questions.

He eats six eggs a day, he hates cheese, and he sleeps naked, as well as learning about his footballing philosophy and what he likes to eat.

He has reasons for his streams. He wants to be seen in a different way.

He said that he had been a surprise to everyone. When you have seen me with the media, your opinion of me has been conditioned. There aren't any filters anymore. It helps me get feedback and information from all of you.

No-one is perfect; we all have our flaws. The amount of energy you have given me has surprised me the most. I have never had as many backers as I have now.

You can read more of his answers here.

After Cesar Azpilicueta recovered from his knock against Japan, Luis Enrique has a full squad of 26 players.

Hakimi is likely to be fit to play after he injured his ankle.

The wing-back believes his side can pull off another surprise.

He could have been playing for the opposition for his international career.

It is something unique playing for your country and especially now that we are making history, said Hakimi.

It's amazing to see how people are living with us, and that gives us strength to continue and do great things.

Four years ago, they were denied a victory over Spain in the group stages of the World Cup when Iago Aspas scored an injury-time goal.

Four years of experience has made him a more mature person.

Spain are a top-five team and always come to the World Cup to win, but our coach has taught us to have a winning mentality. It's not important who we are up against. We are going to play our cards close to the vest.

We finished first in the group and I think we should get some respect. I believe that Spain is afraid of us and knows that. We can't pull off a surprise again.

The Spain team has been practicing 1,000 penalties in order to get ready for the World Cup last 16 game.

The players were set the task of facing spot-kicks in the knockout stages of the tournament, according to the coach.

Italy defeated Spain on penalties in the semi-finals of the Euros.

"I think they've done their homework," he said.

In one of the Spain camps, I told them they had to get here with at least 1,000 penalties.

It will not be enough if you wait until you get here.

A moment of maximum tension, a time to show your nerve and that you can shoot the penalty in the way you have decided, if you have trained it a thousand times.

It shows a lot about the players. How you manage the tension is manageable. The goalkeepers have more power.

Any of the three goalies can do well in this situation. A lot of players take penalties.

Today is the last-16 action.

Is it possible that other teams have been practicing since Japan didn't perform well in the penalty shoot out on Monday?

Spain, take a step forward.

SMS Message: Thoughts go out to my best mate Michael, who has the ice castle at Winter Wonderland, with his partner booked for 7pm Saturday! Poor lad is missing the game but will be wearing his England kit! I'm confident we can do well against France, they let Poland have a lot of the ball and with the quality we have we can hurt them. from Demetris

Thoughts go out to my best mate Michael, who has the ice castle at Winter Wonderland, with his partner booked for 7pm Saturday! Poor lad is missing the game but will be wearing his England kit! I'm confident we can do well against France, they let Poland have a lot of the ball and with the quality we have we can hurt them.

There is an ice castle. That sounds a bit cold.

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