Japan and Morocco face old order giants in the hope of a brave new world | Jonathan Wilson
Two eye-catching last-32 ties offer hope of a winner from outside the traditional powers – Brazil and the Netherlands could be gone The World Cup exists in a state of perpetual flux. It goes to new te
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