Jimmy_D

England would probably have struggled a bit against Japan playing that well. Whether Colombia tomorrow will be any easier... well we'll just have to wait and see.

I reckon the possibility of scoring from a set piece to end the match there gave them a better chance than extra time would have. Obviously it backfired in the worst possible way, but I wouldn't say it was the wrong call.

Blimey. Belgium looked dead and buried there, but their first goal going in by millimetres past the bar (probably not meant?) and suddenly they had belief again. Then they dragged themselves back into it. Can't help but feel for Japan after that. Fine margins. I reckon this is the best World Cup I've ever watched personally.

Yeah, that's the reason there's the caveat that the ref has to judge it to be a genuine attempt to get the ball for it to only be a yellow.

A last ditch tackle has a chance of not being a foul (if made as a genuine attempt). A deliberate handball is always a foul.

Russia, Croatia, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Columbia, Denmark. One of those WILL be in the Final of the FIFA World Cup. Crazy.

It's actually scary how annoying it'll be if/when England mess this up...

Excellent batting performance set the platform for a convincing win. Finals aren't meant to feel that comfortable

Looks like someone's turned the black box off and back on again and got it working again

Always disappointing to lose but you do feel like Belgium dropped a bit of a clanger and gave us the result we wanted. We didn't exactly turn to the bench desperate to turn it around.

Wasn't pretty to watch but in the end Japan have done exactly what they needed to do.

Nailed on.

First time in my lifetime that England have gone further than Germany at the World Cup.

Definitely another plus for VAR that game Right result after South Korea should have had a penalty. Difficult to believe Germany have thrown it away after digging out another chance for themselves the way they did in the last game, but they just haven't turned up this tournament.

VAR hasn't been anywhere near perfect, but one thing I've liked is that referees have been more willing to give penalties against the big teams, knowing they've got VAR to bail them out of mistakes. Before they'd have been scared to give them and more often than not unjustly given the benefit of the doubt.

Oh they didn't deserve that.

Flippin' 'eck!

we've had some fantastic goals at this World Cup

Good goal, but not a result that'll save VAR this time. Serbia will be seething after that.

Jeez, that one was even more blatant than the one on Kane...

Best use of VAR yet to overturn that. Hate seeing penalties like that given.

Good goal by Eriksen VAR intervention certainly seemed a lot less clear and obvious than the rugby tackle(s) on Kane.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2018/06/19/fifa-refuses-comment-failure-var-award-harry-kane-two-penalties/ Investigation into whether VAR should have awarded Kane those penalties.

All about the results at this stage

Bloody hell. Get IN! We deserve it but jeez we've made hard work of it.