World Cup day eight: Argentina on the brink, France send Peru home and more
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Croatia’s Ante Rebic, left, scores his side’s opening goal during the group D match between Argentina and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Novgorod, Russia, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi, left, and Argentina’s Maximiliano Meza tries to score in front of Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic during the group D match between Argentina and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Nizhny Novgorod stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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World Cup: Denmark v Australia
Day eight of the World Cup started like many ended, with VAR a big discussion point.
Australia and Denmark shared the points in the day’s first game after an action-packed first half.
The Socceroos were indebted to the new system after the attention of the referee was called and a VAR review spotted a Danish handball.
Ice-cool Mile Jedinak converted from the spot, cancelling out Christian Eriksen’s left-footed opener.
France were unconvincing in their opening game, but they scraped past Peru 1-0 thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s first half tap-in.
The defeat dumped the South Americans out of the World Cup after just two games, to the agony of tens of thousands of Peruvians who packed out the Ekaterinburg Arena.
The last game of the day could have huge ramifications for Argentina as they turned in an insipid performance and lost 3-0 to Croatia to leave their qualification hope hanging by a thread.
Here are the best images from the day’s action.