In addition, it was the first mundial that employed the uses of the video assistant referee (VAR) system as well as the most expensive. At the last account, it was the first edition a total of 64 football stars awarded the Man of the Match individual awards.
Group A
Uruguay v Russia (Luis Suarez)
Saudi Arabia v Egypt (Mohamed Salah)
Uruguay v Saudi Arabia (Luis Suarez)
Russia v Egypt (Denis Cheryshev)
Egypt v Uruguay (Mohamed Elshenawy)
Russia v Saudi Arabia (Denis Cheryshev)
Group B
Iran v Portugal (Ricardo Quaresma)
Spain v Morocco (Isco)
Portugal v Morocco (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Iran v Spain (Diego Costa)
Spain v Portugal (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Morocco v Iran (Amine Harit)
Group C
Denmark v France (N'golo Kante)
Peru v Australia (Andre Carrillo)
France v Peru (Kylian Mbappe)
Denmark v Australia (Christian Eriksen)
Peru v Denmark (Yussuf Poulsen)
France v Australia (Antoine Griezmann)
Group D
Iceland v Croatia (Milan Badelj)
Nigeria v Argentina (Lionel Messi)
Argentina v Croatia (Luka Modric)
Nigeria v Iceland (Ahmed Musa)
Croatia v Nigeria (Luka Modric)
Argentina v Iceland (Hannes Halldorsson)
Group E
Switzerland v Costa Rica (Blerim Dzemaili)
Serbia vs Brazil (Paulinho)
Serbia v Sweden (Xherdan Shaqiri)
Brazil v Costa Rica (Philippe Coutinho)
Brazil v Switzerland (Philippe Coutinho)
Costa Rica v Serbia (Aleksandar Kolarov)
Group F
Mexico v Sweden (Ludwig Augustinsson)
South Korea v Germany (Jo Hyeonwoo)
South Korea v Mexico (Chicharito Hernandez)
Germany v Sweden (Marco Reus)
Sweden v South Korea (Andreas Granqvist)
Germany v Mexico (Hirving Lozano)
Group G
Belgium v England (Adnan Januzaj)
Panama v Tunisia (Fakhreddine Ben Youssef)
Panama v England (Harry Kane)
Belgium v Tunisia (Eden Hazard)
Tunisia v England (Harry Kane)
Belgium v Panama (Romelu Lukaku)
Group H
Senegal v Colombia (Yerry Mina)
Japan v Poland (Jan Bednarek)
Poland v Colombia (James Rodriguez)
Japan v Senegal (Sadio Mane)
Poland v Senegal (Mbaye Niang)
Colombia v Japan (Yuya Osako)
Round of 16 (Knock-out rounds)
Colombia v England (Harry Kane)
Sweden v Switzerland (Emil Forsberg)
Belgium v Japan (Eden Hazard)
Brazil v Mexico (Neymar)
Croatia v Denmark (Kasper Schmeichel)
Spain v Russia (Igor Akinfeev)
Uruguay v Portugal (Edinson Cavani)
France v Argentina (Kylian Mbappe)
Quarterfinal
Uruguay 0-2 France (Antoine Griezmann)
Brazil 1-2 Belgium (Kevin de Bruyne)
England 2-0 Sweden (Jordan Pickford)
Russia 2-2 Croatia (3-4 pens) Luka Modric
Semifinal
France 1-0 Belgium (Samuel Umtiti)
Croatia 2-1 England (Ivan Perisic)
Third place
Belgium v England (Eden Hazard)
Final
France v Croatia (Antoine Griezmann)
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