The last two African teams - Algeria and Nigeria - who qualified from the group stage of the world cup, have both been knocked out of the tournament, ending any hope of a world cup glory for the first time.
Nigeria lost to France courtesy of a late goal from Pogba and an own goal by Captain Joseph Yobo. Germany were forced into extra time by Algeria but still triumphed 2-0 against the North African team.
In other matches at the round of 16, Netherlands came from behind to beat Mexico 2-1, Brazil defeated Chile on penalties, Colombia beat Uruguay, ten-man Costa Rica beat Greece on penalties, Belgium defeated the USA and Angel Di Maria scored in the nick of time to help Argentina advance to the quarter finals at the expense of Switzerland.
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