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World Cup quarter-finals 2022: which teams have qualified?

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The World Cup knockout phase heads towards quarter-finals kicking off on Friday in Qatar. Below are the teams who have so far advanced into the last eight.ARGENTINAArgentina beat off a frenzied Australia fightback to win 2-1 and reach the quarter-finals, where they will face the Netherlands on Friday.Captain Lionel Messi, who has said he intends to retire from the national team after the tournament, scored his first goal in a World Cup knockout round in his 1,000th match to beat Diego Maradona's tally of eight World Cup goals.La Seleccion won the World Cup in 1978 and 1986, and reached the final on three more occasions, most recently in 2014 when they lost against Germany.Group performance:Argentina 1-2 Saudi ArabiaArgentina 2-0 MexicoPoland 0-2 ArgentinaRound of 16: Argentina 2-1 AustraliaWilliam Hill odds to win tournament: 5-1William Hill odds to win against Netherlands: 6-5CROATIAGoalkeeper Dominic Livakovic saved three spot-kicks as Croatia beat Japan 3-1 in a penalty shootout after an enthralling 120-minute contest finished deadlocked at 1-1.The Croats go on to play the first match of the quarter-finals on Friday against Brazil or South Korea.This is the sixth World Cup for Croatia, who reached the final in 2018 in a losing effort against France.Group performance:Morocco 0-0 CroatiaCroatia 4-1 CanadaCroatia 0-0 BelgiumRound of 16:Croatia 1-1 Japan (3-1 on penalties)William Hill odds to win tournament: 33-1ENGLANDEngland secured a spot in the quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over African champions Senegal, in another emphatic victory after blowouts against Wales and Iran in the group stage.The Three Lions are set to meet reigning champions France on Saturday.England won the World Cup only once in 1966, and ended

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