Nine things we loved on day eight: Modric, Caballero, Maradona & more
Manchester City and Chelsea men, plus a former Tottenham star, all caught our eye on day eight of the World Cup.
Croatia’s 3-0 defeat of Argentina stole the headlines on Thursday, while Australia impressed in a 1-1 draw with Denmark and France knocked out neutrals’ favourites Peru with a 1-0 win.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the pitch.
Willy Caballero & Ante Rebic
Oh, Willy, mate. Don’t do that. Still, credit to Rebic, while those around him lost their heads, he just tw*tted it in.
GOAL!!! WHAT A TERRIBLE MISTAKE FROM WILLY CABALLERO! GREAT FINISH FROM REBIC! #ARGCRO #ARG #CRO #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/9DRK2LYQyr
— FIFA World Cup (@WorIdCupUpdates) June 21, 2018
Luka Modric
Rather reminiscent of the night he became world class, you might say.
Just appreciate this goal by Luka Modric pic.twitter.com/5lTwoHnmIH
— َ (@HazardEdition) June 21, 2018
Diego Maradona
Never change.
Maradona rocking 2 iced out Hublot watches 🤷🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/PBwkscxadO
— Austin (@AustinDarbo) June 21, 2018
Like the Gods
Even St Petersburg’s Academy of Fine Arts Museum has got World Cup fever.
Fernandinho
The Manchester City midfielder sticks up for his club team-mate Raheem Sterling.
No holding back! 😳@fernandinho tears into the British press' treatment of @ManCity team-mate @sterling7 and claims they are deliberately 'pursuing' the winger. #MCFC pic.twitter.com/QZcuPjD5CI
— Hayters TV (@HaytersTV) May 31, 2018
Australia
#menswear
How can anyone say Bert Van Marwijk is unadventurous when he gets his coaching staff to wear lanyards like this: pic.twitter.com/K5LIrfJRF0
— David Squires (@squires_david) June 21, 2018
Peru
We still can’t get our heads around that stand, and now we’re really sad that Peru have been knocked out.
Peru singing in that inside out stand. Tingles. pic.twitter.com/TrrVuwZ9SK
— Amy Lawrence (@amylawrence71) June 21, 2018
Argentina fans
We really want to be on this bus.
#ARG fans chanting on their way to the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, where they will be facing #CRO
[🎥@11abeda & IG: felix.lagos] pic.twitter.com/hjDT2LOEPA
— COPA90 (@COPA90) June 21, 2018
Croatia fans
We sort of want to be here, too, but maybe stood a little bit away from it.
Scenes in Zadar, Croatia right now 👏 #CRO pic.twitter.com/p5BbA1pe71
— COPA90 (@COPA90) June 21, 2018
The World Cup spirit
It really is lovely to see.
Brazilians in St Petersburg bar pissing themselves laughing over the replay
— Barney Ronay (@barneyronay) June 21, 2018
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