World Cup quarter finals 2022

Here are the eight remaining teams in the competition: Brazil; Croatia; Argentina; Netherlands; Morocco; Portugal; England; France.

France are currently the bookmakers favourites and odds of 7/5 to come out on top, meanwhile England are slight underdogs at 2/1. Les Bleus then followed that up with an excellent 3-1 victory over Poland in the round of 16. Morocco topped a strong group featuring Croatia, Belgium and Canada - impressively they have kept three clean sheets in their opening four games and only conceded one goal. Argentina are the bookmakers favourites to win the tie with odds of 6/5. Croatia have odds of 15/2 to win the game in 90 minutes. [Croatia qualified for the knockout stage ](/sport/football/world-cup/croatia-brazil-world-cup-quarter-final-tv-channel-date-time-team-news-3944724)as runners-up after one victory and two draws in their opening three games.

With the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals set, we bring you one key factor and one player to know ahead of the matchups, plus predictions.

[Paul Pogba](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/138860/Paul-Pogba), [N'Golo Kante](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/173556/ngolo-kante)) and the players who have disappeared since the triumph in Russia in 2018 ( [Blaise Matuidi](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/85010/Blaise-Matuidi), [Corentin Tolisso](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/192060/Corentin-Tolisso)), the France head coach had to find a new plan and a new structure. [Matty Cash](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/234698/Matty-Cash), the Poland right-back, had a decent game against Mbappe and France in the round of 16. [Antoine Griezmann](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/140416/Antoine-Griezmann) in this World Cup and it is fascinating to see. [Vinicius Jr.](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/252107/vinicius-junior), [Casemiro](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/173666/casemiro), [Raphinha](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/231050/raphinha) -- the list goes on. [Kylian Mbappe](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/231388/Kylian-Mbappé) from a defensive point of view, but Kane has always wanted to be judged alongside the very best in the world: playing a defining role in a World Cup quarterfinal against top opposition would be one of the biggest moments in his career. [Spain wasn't even able to beat goalkeeper](/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4827550/bounou-the-calm-presence-behind-moroccos-world-cup-success) [Yassine Bounou](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/175149/Yassine-Bounou) in penalties. [Frenkie de Jong](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/219022/Frenkie-de-Jong) to try and nullify Messi. [Lionel Messi](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/45843/Lionel-Messi). [Neymar](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/132948/neymar), tucked in behind the centre-forward, will be in his zone a lot of the time and that's not a fun ride for anyone. [Inter Milan](/football/club/_/id/110/internazionale). [News and features](/football/league/_/name/fifa.world) [Croatia](/football/team?id=477) vs.

Can anyone slow down Kylian Mbappe or Brazil's scoring machine?

Brozo being able to keep pressure on Neymar before he can make the one-two plays with Richarlison will go a long way to keeping Croatia in the match. But the lead-up play that Brazil generate, mainly through Casemiro and Neymar, is what leads to the creativity we see in the end product. Van Dijk’s placement on Messi and Álvarez interchange play will be vital to the Dutch’s final third defending. If you’re going to pick a single center back in the world for that task against Argentina, you’d pick Van Dijk. In their match against Australia, Argentina finally looked like a team that might have the cohesiveness to be a threat for the semifinals at the World Cup. When Walker chooses to get involved offensively for even a moment, the counter is where Mbappe will look to pounce.