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Matt Doherty's World Cup diary | 5 December

Mon 05 December 2022, 12:15|Tottenham Hotspur

Matt Doherty continues his World Cup diary as his team-mates Heung-Min Son and Richarlison prepare to go head-to-head in the Round of 16 on Monday evening...

Now capped 33 times by the Republic of Ireland, Matt still has seven Spurs team-mates in Qatar, plus his experience of playing against a number of countries and players still in the competition. After negotiating the group stage, he will now give his insight in the knockout stage with two Round of 16 ties a day until Tuesday.

Yesterday’s results

France 3-1 Poland
England 3-0 Senegal

Today’s matches

Last 16 - Croatia v Japan (3pm)
Last 16 - Brazil v South Korea (7pm)

Our players in action today

Ivan Perisic - Croatia v Japan
Richarlison, Heung-Min Son - Brazil v South Korea

What caught my eye yesterday

Matt: "France against Poland kind of went how we expected, France win by a couple of goals, my one to watch Mbappe was electrifying, scary, two outstanding goals and England will have a tough job to stop him on Saturday. Poland scored at the end, a penalty that Hugo saved but was retaken, that was a little consolation but it was pretty straight forward for France. England should have been 1-0 down against Senegal, actually, got fortunate there but once the first goal went in it was a walk in the park, too good for them. Saturday night's quarter-final between England and France will be great to watch."

What I’m looking forward to today

Matt: "Japan-Croatia, I know Japan have done well, but I expect Croatia to have too much experience and know how and will get through that game. I'll be surprised if Japan win that one. Ivan is having a good tournament, let's hope he continues. Brazil v Korea, Richy and Sonny, it's going to be tough for Korea. I can see Brazil winning that, not comfortably, for me, they haven't been that impressive, and I believe for them to win the tournament, they need to get Neymar back. It will be close for 60, 70 minutes but I think Brazil will come out on top in the end."