Umjikelezo we-16 udlalwe kusukela ngomhlaka-3 kuya ku-7 Disemba. Abanqobi beQembu A, iNetherlands, bashaye amagoli ngoMemphis Depay, uDaley Blind noDenzel Dumfries njengoba benqobe i-United States ngo 3-1, kwathi uHaji Wright washaya i-United States. UMessi washaya igoli lakhe lesithathu lomqhudelwano kanye noJulián Álvarez ukuze anike i-Argentina ukuhola ngamagoli amabili phezu kwe-Australia futhi naphezu kwegoli lika-Enzo Fernández elivela kuCraig Goodwin, i-Argentina yanqoba ngo 2-1. Igoli lika-Olivier Giroud kanye namagoli amabili kaMbappé kwenze iFrance yanqoba iPoland ngo 3-1, kwathi uRobert Lewandowski washaya igoli elilodwa lePoland ngesigwebo. I-England yanqoba iSenegal ngo 3-0, ngamagoli avela kuJordan Henderson, uHarry Kane noBukayo Saka. UDaizen Maeda washaya iJapan bedlala neCroatia engxenyeni yokuqala ngaphambi kokulinganisa kuka-Ivan Perišić kwesesibili. Alikho iqembu elakwazi ukuthola ophumelele, kwathi iCroatia yanqoba iJapan ngo 3-1 ekushayweni kwamaphenathi. UVinícius Júnior, uNeymar, uRicharlison noLucas Paquetá bonke bashayele iBrazil, kodwa i-volley evela kuPaik Seung-ho waseNingizimu Korea yehlise igebe laba ngu-4-1. Umdlalo phakathi kweMorocco neSpain uphele ngokulingana ngaphandle kwegoli ngemuva kwemizuzu engama-90, okwenza umdlalo waphela ngesikhathi esengeziwe. Alikho iqembu elakwazi ukuthola igoli ngesikhathi esengeziwe; iMorocco iwine umdlalo ngo 3-0 ngamaphenathi. I-hat-trick kaGonçalo Ramos iholele iPortugal ekunqobeni iSwitzerland ngo 6-1, ngamagoli kaPepe wasePortugal, uRaphaël Guerreiro noRafael Leão kanye nakaManuel Akanji waseSwitzerland.
Imidlalo yama-quarter-final yadlalwa ngomhlaka-9 no-10 Disemba. ICroatia neBrazil zaphela ngo-0-0 ngemva kwemizuzu engama-90 zaya esikhathini esengeziwe. UNeymar washaya iBrazil ngomzuzu we-15 wesikhathi esengeziwe. ICroatia, nokho, yashaya igoli ngoBruno Petković esikhathini sesibili sesikhathi esengeziwe. Njengoba umdlalo ulingana, ukushaya amaphenathi kwanquma umncintiswano, lapho iCroatia iwina khona ukushaya amaphenathi ngo 4-2. UNahuel Molina noMessi bashaya igoli le-Argentina ngaphambi kokuba uWout Weghorst ashaye amagoli amabili ngaphambi nje kokuphela komdlalo. Umdlalo waya esikhathini esengeziwe kwabe sekuba amaphenathi, lapho i-Argentina yayizoqhubeka nokuwina ngo 4-3. IMorocco yanqoba iPortugal ngo 1-0, kwathi uYoussef En-Nesyri washaya amagoli ekupheleni kwengxenye yokuqala. IMorocco yaba yizwe lokuqala lase-Afrika nelama-Arabhu ukudlulela kuma-semi-final omncintiswano. Naphezu kokuthi uHarry Kane ushaye iphenathi ye-England, akwanele ukushaya iFrance, eyawina ngo 2-1 ngenxa yamagoli ka-Aurélien Tchouaméni no-Olivier Giroud, okwabafaka emdlalweni wabo wesibili we-semi final weNdebe Yomhlaba olandelanayo.
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba 13-2022