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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning and Mark Langdon to discuss day 18’s games, starting with Japan’s valiant defeat to Belgium. After playing out a goalless first half, Japan quickly took a 2-0 lead after the break, only to lose to a 94th-minute winner from West Brom’s Nacer Chadli.

Brazil are the only country to have kept a clean sheet so far in the knockout stages, against a vibrant Mexico team who couldn’t make the most of their counter-attacks.

In part three we look forward to the two final round of 16 games, catching up with Barney Ronay before England v Colombia and TV4’s Olof Lundh before his Sweden team’s match-up with Switzerland. And Barry reads another thing.

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