document_title: 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

question_text: who does belgium play in round of 16

question_tokens: who does belgium play in round of 16

text: 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

text: Format[edit]

text: In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution.[4] If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.[2]

text: Qualified teams[edit]

text: The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.[2]

text:
Group

Winners

Runners-up

A

 Uruguay

 Russia

B

 Spain

 Portugal

C

 France

 Denmark

D

 Croatia

 Argentina

E

 Brazil

  Switzerland

F

 Sweden

 Mexico

G

 Belgium

 England

H

 Colombia

 Japan

text: Bracket[edit]

text:
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal                30 June – Sochi   Uruguay2 6 July – Nizhny Novgorod  Portugal1
  Uruguay0 30 June – Kazan  France2
  France4 10 July – Saint Petersburg  Argentina3
  France1 2 July – Samara  Belgium0
  Brazil2 6 July – Kazan  Mexico0
  Brazil1 2 July – Rostov-on-Don  Belgium2
  Belgium3 15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki)  Japan2
  France4 1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki)  Croatia2
  Spain1 (3) 7 July – Sochi  Russia (p)1 (4)
  Russia2 (3) 1 July – Nizhny Novgorod  Croatia (p)2 (4)
  Croatia (p)1 (3) 11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki)  Denmark1 (2)
  Croatia (a.e.t.)2 3 July – Saint Petersburg  England1
Third place play-off  Sweden1 7 July – Samara14 July – Saint Petersburg   Switzerland0
  Sweden0 Belgium2 3 July – Moscow (Otkritie)  England2
 England0
  Colombia1 (3)   England (p)1 (4)

text: Round of 16[edit]

text: France vs Argentina[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in 11 previous matches, including two World Cup group stage matches, both won by Argentina (1–0 in 1930, and 2–1 in 1978).[5]

text: After nine minutes, Antoine Griezmann's 25-yard free-kick crashed back off Franco Armani's crossbar. After picking the ball up deep inside his own half, Kylian Mbappé set off on a run that was halted when Marcos Rojo hauled him down just inside the area. Griezmann stepped up and converted from the spot, sending the ball low to Armani's right. Four minutes before the interval, Ángel Di María shot from distance with his left foot to beat Hugo Lloris into the top right corner of the net. Three minutes after the restart, Éver Banega's free-kick was headed out towards Lionel Messi whose effort towards goal from the right was diverted past Lloris by Gabriel Mercado with his left leg. Nine minutes later, Lucas Hernández's cross from the left found Benjamin Pavard, who shot a half-volley from outside the area, sending it into Armani's top-right corner. Mbappé put France ahead again in the 64th minute when he picked up a loose ball in the left of the area, found a yard of space and fired in low with his left foot under Armani. His second – a first-time low finish from the right of the penalty area with his right foot – followed just four minutes later.[6] Sergio Agüero nodded home in the third minute of stoppage time from a Messi cross from the right.[7] Argentina had a final chance to score, but the ball was deflected, dumping them out of the World Cup.[8] This game was hailed as "one of the greatest World Cup games of all time" by The Independent.[9]

text: Didier Deschamps is now the longest-serving coach in the history of the French national team, with his 80th game in charge of France, moving ahead of his predecessor Raymond Domenech.[10] Mbappé became the first teenager to score at least twice in a World Cup tournament since Michael Owen in 1998, and the first teenager to score at least twice in a single World Cup match since Pelé netted twice for Brazil against Sweden in the 1958 final. Argentina are the first team to score at least three goals but still lose a World Cup match since the Soviet Union vs Belgium in 1986.[6] Pavard's strike was later voted as goal of the tournament.[11]

text:
France

4–3

 Argentina

Griezmann  13' (pen.)
Pavard  57'
Mbappé  64', 68'

Report

Di María  41'
Mercado  48'
Agüero  90+3'

text:
France[13]

Argentina[13]

text:
GK
1
Hugo Lloris (c)

RB
2
Benjamin Pavard
 73'

CB
4
Raphaël Varane

CB
5
Samuel Umtiti

LB
21
Lucas Hernández

CM
13
N'Golo Kanté

CM
6
Paul Pogba

RW
10
Kylian Mbappé

 89'

AM
7
Antoine Griezmann

 83'

LW
14
Blaise Matuidi
 72'
 75'

CF
9
Olivier Giroud
 90+3'

Substitutions:

MF
12
Corentin Tolisso

 75'

FW
18
Nabil Fekir

 83'

FW
20
Florian Thauvin

 89'

Manager:

Didier Deschamps

GK
12
Franco Armani

RB
2
Gabriel Mercado

CB
17
Nicolás Otamendi
 90+3'

CB
16
Marcos Rojo
 11'
 46'

LB
3
Nicolás Tagliafico
 19'

CM
15
Enzo Pérez

 66'

CM
14
Javier Mascherano
 43'

CM
7
Éver Banega
 50'

RF
22
Cristian Pavón

 75'

CF
10
Lionel Messi (c)

LF
11
Ángel Di María

Substitutions:

DF
6
Federico Fazio

 46'

FW
19
Sergio Agüero

 66'

MF
13
Maximiliano Meza

 75'

Manager:

Jorge Sampaoli

text:
Man of the Match:
Kylian Mbappé (France)[14]
Assistant referees:[13]
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
Fourth official:
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Reserve assistant referee:
Christian Schiemann (Chile)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

text: Uruguay vs Portugal[edit]

text: The teams had met in two previous matches, most recently in Brazil Independence Cup in 1972, the match ending in a 1–1 draw.[5]

text: In the seventh minute, Edinson Cavani switched play from right to left with a sweeping pass out to Luis Suárez, who delivered a cross which the former crashed home at the back post from six yards out. In the 55th minute, Raphaël Guerreiro delivered a cross from a short corner on the left, which Pepe finished with a downward header. Just seven minutes later, Rodrigo Bentancur collected the ball around 30 yards out and slipped a pass out to Cavani on the left side of the penalty area, Cavani then shot a curling right-foot strike into the right corner of the net to reclaim the lead for Uruguay. Bernardo Silva shot off-target with the goal gaping after Fernando Muslera's mistake, with Cavani seeming to pick up an injury in the scramble.[15]

text: Pepe, aged 35 years and 124 days, became Portugal's oldest goal-scorer at a FIFA World Cup.[16] This is the first time Uruguay have won their opening four games at a World Cup tournament since 1930, with the fourth game in that run being their 4–2 victory over Argentina in the final.[17]

text:
Uruguay

2–1

 Portugal

Cavani  7', 62'

Report

Pepe  55'

text:
Uruguay[19]

Portugal[19]

text:
GK
1
Fernando Muslera

RB
22
Martín Cáceres

CB
2
José Giménez

CB
3
Diego Godín (c)

LB
17
Diego Laxalt

RM
8
Nahitan Nández

 81'

CM
14
Lucas Torreira

CM
15
Matías Vecino

LM
6
Rodrigo Bentancur

 63'

CF
9
Luis Suárez

CF
21
Edinson Cavani

 74'

Substitutions:

MF
7
Cristian Rodríguez

 63'

FW
11
Cristhian Stuani

 74'

MF
5
Carlos Sánchez

 81'

Manager:

Óscar Tabárez

GK
1
Rui Patrício

RB
15
Ricardo Pereira

CB
3
Pepe

CB
6
José Fonte

LB
5
Raphaël Guerreiro

RM
11
Bernardo Silva

CM
14
William Carvalho

CM
23
Adrien Silva

 65'

LM
10
João Mário

 84'

CF
17
Gonçalo Guedes

 74'

CF
7
Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
 90+3'

Substitutions:

FW
20
Ricardo Quaresma

 65'

FW
9
André Silva

 74'

MF
4
Manuel Fernandes

 84'

Manager:

Fernando Santos

text:
Man of the Match:
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)[20]
Assistant referees:[19]
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Reserve assistant referee:
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Video assistant referee:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

text: Spain vs Russia[edit]

text: The teams had met in six previous games, most recently in a friendly in 2017, which ended in a 3–3 draw. Playing as the Soviet Union, the teams had faced each other five times.[5] Russia has only had one victory over Spain.

text: In the 12th minute, Isco's free-kick from deep on the right saw Sergei Ignashevich grappling with Sergio Ramos at the back post, the ball bouncing past Igor Akinfeev off the defender's heel. Russia were then awarded a penalty when Gerard Piqué handled in the box after a corner from the right. Artem Dzyuba shot home to the right of the net from 12 yards to send the sides into half-time level. In the 85th minute, Akinfeev got down low to his right to save a shot from Andrés Iniesta, the goalkeeper then denied Iago Aspas on the rebound. Piqué and Ramos both appeared to be held from a set-piece but, after a VAR check, the referee waved away Spain's appeals. In the penalties, Akinfeev kept out a Koke effort and saw Aspas' effort diverted away by his leg to give Russia the win; as all Russia's penalty kicks ended up successful.[21]

text: Spain have now lost three of their four World Cup penalty shootouts (after losing to Belgium in 1986, beating the Republic of Ireland in 2002 and losing to South Korea in 2002), and still have never defeated a host nation at FIFA World Cup, after losing to Italy 0–1 in 1934, Brazil 1–6 in 1950, and South Korea after penalties in 2002.[22] Russia have reached the quarter-final of the World Cup for the first time since the break-up of the Soviet Union. Ignashevich became the oldest player to score an own goal at the World Cup, aged 38 years and 352 days.[23] The match marked the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup in which a fourth substitution was made during extra time, after Aleksandr Yerokhin of Russia entered the pitch in the 97th minute.[24]

text:
Spain

1–1 (a.e.t.)

 Russia

Ignashevich  12' (o.g.)

Report

Dzyuba  41' (pen.)

Penalties

Iniesta
Piqué
Koke
Ramos
Aspas

3–4

 Smolov
 Ignashevich
 Golovin
 Cheryshev

text:
Spain[26]

Russia[26]

text:
GK
1
David de Gea

RB
4
Nacho

 70'

CB
3
Gerard Piqué
 40'

CB
15
Sergio Ramos (c)

LB
18
Jordi Alba

CM
8
Koke

CM
5
Sergio Busquets

RW
21
David Silva

 67'

AM
22
Isco

LW
20
Marco Asensio

 104'

CF
19
Diego Costa

 80'

Substitutions:

MF
6
Andrés Iniesta

 67'

DF
2
Dani Carvajal

 70'

FW
17
Iago Aspas

 80'

FW
9
Rodrigo

 104'

Manager:

Fernando Hierro

GK
1
Igor Akinfeev (c)

SW
4
Sergei Ignashevich

CB
3
Ilya Kutepov
 54'

CB
13
Fyodor Kudryashov

RWB
2
Mário Fernandes

LWB
18
Yuri Zhirkov

 46'

CM
19
Aleksandr Samedov

 61'

CM
11
Roman Zobnin
 71'

CM
7
Daler Kuzyayev

 97'

CF
22
Artem Dzyuba

 65'

CF
17
Aleksandr Golovin

Substitutions:

DF
14
Vladimir Granat

 46'

MF
6
Denis Cheryshev

 61'

FW
10
Fyodor Smolov

 65'

MF
21
Aleksandr Yerokhin

 97'

Manager:

Stanislav Cherchesov

text:
Man of the Match:
Igor Akinfeev (Russia)[27]
Assistant referees:[26]
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Clément Turpin (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Nicolas Danos (France)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)

text: Croatia vs Denmark[edit]

text: The teams had met in five matches, which includes two matches played in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, the first fixture ending in a 1–1 draw and the reverse fixture a 3–1 Denmark win.[5]

text: In the first minute, a long throw into the Croatia penalty area by Jonas Knudsen, allowed a run to Thomas Delaney who touched the ball on to Mathias Jørgensen, who side-footed it into the net via deflections off goalkeeper Danijel Subašić and the post. After three minutes, Šime Vrsaljko's ball into the box reached Henrik Dalsgaard, whose clearance hit Andreas Christensen in the face and saw Mario Mandžukić tucking the ball between Kasper Schmeichel and the left post with a shot on the turn from six yards. During extra time, Ante Rebić burst clear of the Denmark defence and was felled by Mathias Jørgensen when he was clean through on goal, only for Schmeichel to save Luka Modrić's spot-kick by diving down to his left and clutching the ball to his chest. In the shoot-out, Subašić tipped off Christian Eriksen's penalty onto the post but Schmeichel saved from Milan Badelj to bring the sides level. Lasse Schöne's shot was saved by Subašić and Josip Pivarić was denied by an acrobatic Schmeichel stop. On the final spot kicks for both the teams, Nicolai Jørgensen took a shot from a staggered run-up which Subašić saved with his feet, before Ivan Rakitić slotted the ball into the bottom left corner of the net.[28][29]

text: Croatia have qualified for their first World Cup quarter-final since 1998.[30]

text:
Croatia

1–1 (a.e.t.)

 Denmark

Mandžukić  4'

Report

M. Jørgensen  1'

Penalties

Badelj
Kramarić
Modrić
Pivarić
Rakitić

3–2

 Eriksen
 Kjær
 Krohn-Dehli
 Schöne
 N. Jørgensen

text:
Croatia[32]

Denmark[32]

text:
GK
23
Danijel Subašić

RB
2
Šime Vrsaljko

CB
6
Dejan Lovren

CB
21
Domagoj Vida

LB
3
Ivan Strinić

 81'

CM
7
Ivan Rakitić

CM
11
Marcelo Brozović

 71'

RW
18
Ante Rebić

AM
10
Luka Modrić (c)

LW
4
Ivan Perišić

 97'

CF
17
Mario Mandžukić

 108'

Substitutions:

MF
8
Mateo Kovačić

 71'

DF
22
Josip Pivarić

 81'

FW
9
Andrej Kramarić

 97'

MF
19
Milan Badelj

 108'

Manager:

Zlatko Dalić

GK
1
Kasper Schmeichel

RB
5
Jonas Knudsen

CB
4
Simon Kjær (c)

CB
13
Mathias Jørgensen
 115'

LB
14
Henrik Dalsgaard

CM
6
Andreas Christensen

 46'

CM
8
Thomas Delaney

 98'

CM
10
Christian Eriksen

RF
20
Yussuf Poulsen

CF
21
Andreas Cornelius

 66'

LF
11
Martin Braithwaite

 106'

Substitutions:

MF
19
Lasse Schöne

 46'

FW
9
Nicolai Jørgensen

 66'

MF
2
Michael Krohn-Dehli

 98'

FW
23
Pione Sisto

 106'

Manager:

 Åge Hareide

text:
Man of the Match:
Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark)[33]
Assistant referees:[32]
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Reserve assistant referee:
Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
Video assistant referee:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

text: Brazil vs Mexico[edit]

text: The teams had met in 40 previous matches including two games at CONCACAF Gold Cup finals (1996 and 2003, both won by Mexico), the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final (won 4–3 by Mexico), and four times in the FIFA World Cup group stage, three won by Brazil and one ending in a draw (4–0 in 1950, 5–0 in 1954, 2–0 in 1962 and 0–0 in 2014).[5]

text: Hirving Lozano's half-volley was well blocked by Miranda, while at the other end, Guillermo Ochoa saved Neymar's drive from just outside the penalty area. After 25 minutes, Neymar raced past Edson Álvarez in the area and forced Ochoa into a save with his left hand. Gabriel Jesus went close in the 33rd minute, finding space in a crowded area and drilling in a left-footed strike that Ochoa palmed away. In the 51st minute, Neymar's back-heel on the edge of the area teed up Willian for a burst into the box and his scuffed cross from the left was slid into an empty net by Neymar from close range. With two minutes remaining, Neymar powered through on the left and his low effort was diverted by Ochoa's foot into the path of Roberto Firmino, who tapped the ball into an empty net from close range.[34][35]

text: Since the introduction of the round of 16 in 1986, Mexico have been eliminated at this stage of the World Cup seven times – more than twice as many as any other nation.[36] This was also Mexico's fourth defeat on the hand of Brazil, and moreover, Mexico had never scored a single goal against Brazil in the FIFA World Cup.

text:
Brazil

2–0

 Mexico

Neymar  51'
Firmino  88'

Report

text:
Brazil[38]

Mexico[38]

text:
GK
1
Alisson

RB
22
Fagner

CB
2
Thiago Silva (c)

CB
3
Miranda

LB
6
Filipe Luís
 43'

CM
15
Paulinho

 80'

CM
5
Casemiro
 59'

RW
19
Willian

 90+1'

AM
11
Philippe Coutinho

 86'

LW
10
Neymar

CF
9
Gabriel Jesus

Substitutions:

MF
17
Fernandinho

 80'

FW
20
Roberto Firmino

 86'

DF
13
Marquinhos

 90+1'

Manager:

Tite

GK
13
Guillermo Ochoa

RB
21
Edson Álvarez
 38'
 55'

CB
2
Hugo Ayala

CB
3
Carlos Salcedo
 77'

LB
23
Jesús Gallardo

CM
16
Héctor Herrera
 55'

CM
4
Rafael Márquez (c)

 46'

CM
18
Andrés Guardado
 90+2'

RF
11
Carlos Vela

CF
14
Javier Hernández

 60'

LF
22
Hirving Lozano

Substitutions:

MF
7
Miguel Layún

 46'

MF
6
Jonathan dos Santos

 55'

FW
9
Raúl Jiménez

 60'

Manager:

 Juan Carlos Osorio

text:
Man of the Match:
Neymar (Brazil)[39]
Assistant referees:[38]
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Fourth official:
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

text: Belgium vs Japan[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in 5 previous matches, including one World Cup group stage match in 2002, which ended in a 2–2 draw. Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2017, a 1–0 Belgium win and also Belgium's first victory over Japan.[5]

text: In the 48th minute, Gaku Shibasaki slipped a pass through to Genki Haraguchi, who rifled a shot across Thibaut Courtois from the right which went into the left corner of the net. After 4 minutes, Japan scored a second, Shinji Kagawa collecting a loose ball and feeding Takashi Inui, the midfielder working himself a yard of space before arrowing home from 25-yards into the bottom right corner of the net. Jan Vertonghen's looping header from the left eluded goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima and landed in the right corner of the net after a corner caused chaos in the Japan penalty area – and five minutes later they were back on level terms. Eden Hazard twisted and turned to create space on the left wing, his cross delivered for Marouane Fellaini to climb above his marker and crash in a downward header. In the last minute of stoppage time, Courtois found Kevin De Bruyne with a long throw, who freed Thomas Meunier with a pass, Meunier squared a low cross from the right and, when Romelu Lukaku dummied the ball, substitute Nacer Chadli was on hand to complete the comeback for Belgium with a low finish.[40][41]

text: Belgium are the first team to come from two or more goals down to win a World Cup knockout stage match within 90 minutes since Portugal beat North Korea in the 1966 quarter-final (3–0 down, 5–3 win); and for the first time comeback from two goals down since West Germany's comeback 3–2 victory over England at 1970. Japan scored six goals at Russia 2018, their highest ever tally in a single World Cup tournament. Belgium have reached the World Cup quarter-finals in successive tournaments for the first time.[42]

text:
Belgium

3–2

 Japan

Vertonghen  69'
Fellaini  74'
Chadli  90+4'

Report

Haraguchi  48'
Inui  52'

text:
Belgium[44]

Japan[44]

text:
GK
1
Thibaut Courtois

CB
2
Toby Alderweireld

CB
4
Vincent Kompany

CB
5
Jan Vertonghen

RM
15
Thomas Meunier

CM
7
Kevin De Bruyne

CM
6
Axel Witsel

LM
11
Yannick Carrasco

 65'

RF
14
Dries Mertens

 65'

CF
9
Romelu Lukaku

LF
10
Eden Hazard (c)

Substitutions:

MF
8
Marouane Fellaini

 65'

MF
22
Nacer Chadli

 65'

Manager:

 Roberto Martínez

GK
1
Eiji Kawashima

RB
19
Hiroki Sakai

CB
22
Maya Yoshida

CB
3
Gen Shoji

LB
5
Yuto Nagatomo

CM
17
Makoto Hasebe (c)

CM
7
Gaku Shibasaki
 40'
 81'

RW
8
Genki Haraguchi

 81'

AM
10
Shinji Kagawa

LW
14
Takashi Inui

CF
15
Yuya Osako

Substitutions:

MF
16
Hotaru Yamaguchi

 81'

MF
4
Keisuke Honda

 81'

Manager:

Akira Nishino

text:
Man of the Match:
Eden Hazard (Belgium)[45]
Assistant referees:[44]
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Samba (Senegal)
Fourth official:
Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Video assistant referee:
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Clément Turpin (France)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

text: Sweden vs Switzerland[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in 28 previous matches, which includes three matches in 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification, Switzerland winning twice (3–2 and 2–1) and Sweden winning once (4–0), and also twice in 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification, both matches ending in a 2–1 Sweden win.[5]

text: Stephan Lichtsteiner and Fabian Schär were both ruled out through suspension. Albin Ekdal's volley missed the target prior to the break from a Mikael Lustig cross. Ola Toivonen fired over when well positioned inside the penalty area before Emil Forsberg finally broke the deadlock, his right foot shot from just outside the penalty area clipping Manuel Akanji to beat Yann Sommer. Switzerland sent on forwards Breel Embolo and Haris Seferović, and the latter tested Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen with a header in the closing stages. Sweden were denied the chance to double their lead from the spot following Michael Lang's late dismissal for taking out Martin Olsson, with Sommer beating away Toivonen's driven free-kick after a lengthy delay.[46][47]

text: Sweden have qualified for their first World Cup quarter-final since 1994. Sweden have won back-to-back World Cup matches for the first time since 1958, when they won the quarter-final and semi-final on their way to the final as host nation that year. Olsen has kept three clean sheets at Russia 2018, a joint-record for a Swedish goalkeeper in World Cup finals history (also three clean sheets for Ronnie Hellström in 1974 and Kalle Svensson in 1958).[48]

text:
Sweden

1–0

  Switzerland

Forsberg  66'

Report

text:
Sweden[50]

Switzerland[50]

text:
GK
1
Robin Olsen

RB
2
Mikael Lustig
 31'
 82'

CB
3
Victor Lindelöf

CB
4
Andreas Granqvist (c)

LB
6
Ludwig Augustinsson

RM
17
Viktor Claesson

CM
13
Gustav Svensson

CM
8
Albin Ekdal

LM
10
Emil Forsberg

 82'

CF
9
Marcus Berg

 90+1'

CF
20
Ola Toivonen

Substitutions:

DF
5
Martin Olsson

 82'

DF
16
Emil Krafth

 82'

FW
22
Isaac Kiese Thelin

 90+1'

Manager:

Janne Andersson

GK
1
Yann Sommer

RB
6
Michael Lang
 90+4'

CB
20
Johan Djourou

CB
5
Manuel Akanji

LB
13
Ricardo Rodríguez

CM
11
Valon Behrami (c)
 61'

CM
10
Granit Xhaka
 68'

RW
23
Xherdan Shaqiri

AM
15
Blerim Džemaili

 73'

LW
14
Steven Zuber

 73'

CF
19
Josip Drmić

Substitutions:

FW
7
Breel Embolo

 73'

FW
9
Haris Seferović

 73'

Manager:

Vladimir Petković

text:
Man of the Match:
Emil Forsberg (Sweden)[51]
Assistant referees:[50]
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)
Video assistant referee:
Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

text: Colombia vs England[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in five previous matches, including one World Cup group stage match in 1998, a 2–0 England win. Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2005, a 3–2 England win.[5]

text: In the 16th minute, Harry Kane arrived beyond the back post to meet a Kieran Trippier cross, but was unable to direct his header on target. Wílmar Barrios was booked when he appeared to headbutt Jordan Henderson in the build-up to a free-kick Trippier bent narrowly wide. Colombia gave away a penalty early in the second half when Carlos Sánchez dragged Kane down in the box after a corner from the right. Kane scored from 12 yards, shooting down the middle to give England the lead. Colombia forced their way into extra-time, Yerry Mina scoring a downward header from a Juan Cuadrado corner from the right. Eric Dier scored the final penalty in the shoot-out, England came from 3–2 down after Mateus Uribe and Carlos Bacca failed to convert their spot-kicks.[52][53]

text: This was the first time that England had won a penalty shoot-out at the FIFA World Cup, and only the second time they had won on penalties at any major tournament (the previous occasion being against Spain at Euro 1996). Kane became the first player to score in six consecutive England appearances since Tommy Lawton did so in 1939. England conceded in injury time at the end of the second half for the first time in World Cup history, with Mina's goal coming after 92 minutes and 33 seconds.[54]

text:
Colombia

1–1 (a.e.t.)

 England

Mina  90+3'

Report

Kane  57' (pen.)

Penalties

Falcao
Ju. Cuadrado
Muriel
Uribe
Bacca

3–4

 Kane
 Rashford
 Henderson
 Trippier
 Dier

text:
Colombia[56]

England[56]

text:
GK
1
David Ospina

RB
4
Santiago Arias
 52'
 116'

CB
13
Yerry Mina

CB
23
Dávinson Sánchez

LB
17
Johan Mojica

CM
5
Wílmar Barrios
 41'

CM
6
Carlos Sánchez
 54'
 79'

CM
16
Jefferson Lerma

 61'

RW
11
Juan Cuadrado
 118'

LW
20
Juan Fernando Quintero

 88'

CF
9
Radamel Falcao (c)
 63'

Substitutions:

FW
7
Carlos Bacca
 64'
 61'

MF
15
Mateus Uribe

 79'

FW
14
Luis Muriel

 88'

DF
2
Cristián Zapata

 116'

Manager:

 José Pékerman

GK
1
Jordan Pickford

CB
2
Kyle Walker

 113'

CB
5
John Stones

CB
6
Harry Maguire

DM
8
Jordan Henderson
 56'

CM
20
Dele Alli

 81'

CM
7
Jesse Lingard
 69'

RM
12
Kieran Trippier

LM
18
Ashley Young

 102'

CF
10
Raheem Sterling

 88'

CF
9
Harry Kane (c)

Substitutions:

MF
4
Eric Dier

 81'

FW
11
Jamie Vardy

 88'

DF
3
Danny Rose

 102'

FW
19
Marcus Rashford

 113'

Manager:

Gareth Southgate

text:
Man of the Match:
Harry Kane (England)[57]
Assistant referees:[56]
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Frank Anderson (United States)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Reserve assistant referee:
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

text: Quarter-finals[edit]

text: Uruguay vs France[edit]

text: The teams had met in eight previous matches including three times in the FIFA World Cup group stage, one won by Uruguay and the other two ending in a draw (2–1 in 1966, 0–0 in 2002 and 0–0 in 2010).[5]

text: In the 15th minute, after latching on to Olivier Giroud's knockdown in the box, Kylian Mbappé headed the ball over Fernando Muslera's crossbar. Five minutes before the break, Antoine Griezmann's inswinging free-kick from the right was met by Raphaël Varane, who headed the ball into the bottom left corner. Four minutes later, Martín Cáceres' header was saved by Hugo Lloris low to his right and Diego Godín shot the rebound over. In the 61st minute, Griezmann's left footed shot from outside the penalty area slipped through Muslera's hands and into the net as France doubled their lead.[58] Mbappé went down softly under a challenge from Cristian Rodríguez, prompting angry confrontations involving Godín, Nahitan Nández and Paul Pogba. In the 73rd minute, Corentin Tolisso's shot curled over, while Griezmann also flashed a late free-kick over the top.[59]

text: France have become only the second team to beat three different South American sides in a single World Cup tournament, after the Netherlands in 1974. France are unbeaten in 10 World Cup matches against South American sides (W6 D4), since a 2–1 loss v Argentina in 1978 – the joint longest run alongside Italy (1982 to 2010).[60]

text:
Uruguay

0–2

 France

Report

Varane  40'
Griezmann  61'

text:
Uruguay[62]

France[62]

text:
GK
1
Fernando Muslera

RB
22
Martín Cáceres

CB
2
José Giménez

CB
3
Diego Godín (c)

LB
17
Diego Laxalt

RM
8
Nahitan Nández

 73'

CM
14
Lucas Torreira

CM
15
Matías Vecino

LM
6
Rodrigo Bentancur
 38'
 59'

CF
9
Luis Suárez

CF
11
Cristhian Stuani

 59'

Substitutions:

FW
18
Maxi Gómez

 59'

MF
7
Cristian Rodríguez
 69'
 59'

FW
20
Jonathan Urretaviscaya

 73'

Manager:

Óscar Tabárez

GK
1
Hugo Lloris (c)

RB
2
Benjamin Pavard

CB
4
Raphaël Varane

CB
5
Samuel Umtiti

LB
21
Lucas Hernández
 33'

CM
6
Paul Pogba

CM
13
N'Golo Kanté

RW
10
Kylian Mbappé
 69'
 88'

AM
7
Antoine Griezmann

 90+3'

LW
12
Corentin Tolisso

 80'

CF
9
Olivier Giroud

Substitutions:

MF
15
Steven Nzonzi

 80'

FW
11
Ousmane Dembélé

 88'

FW
18
Nabil Fekir

 90+3'

Manager:

Didier Deschamps

text:
Man of the Match:
Antoine Griezmann (France)[63]
Assistant referees:[62]
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Reserve assistant referee:
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

text: Brazil vs Belgium[edit]

text: The teams had met in four previous matches. Their most recent meeting came in a World Cup knockout stage match in 2002, Brazil winning 2–0 to advance to the quarter-finals. That match was also the only time the two sides had previously met in a World Cup.[5]

text: Belgium scored from their first corner of the game in the 13th minute, Vincent Kompany flicked on Eden Hazard's left-wing delivery but the decisive touch came from Fernandinho, who turned the ball past Alisson via his arm. Belgium doubled their lead by breaking from a Brazil corner in the 31st minute, Kevin De Bruyne arrowed a right foot drive across Alisson and into the left corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area after Romelu Lukaku collected the ball, turned and embarked on a 40-yard run with a pass at the end to free De Bruyne. Brazil's third change yielded a goal three minutes and 14 seconds after his introduction, Renato Augusto gliding between two Belgium defenders to nod a flicked header past Thibaut Courtois from a Philippe Coutinho cross. Coutinho's first-time shot flew wide and yet another Neymar penalty appeal was rejected, before he drew a fingertip save from Courtois in the 94th minute.[64]

text: De Bruyne became the 100th player to score at Russia 2018 (excluding own goals).[65] Belgium have reached the World Cup semi-finals for only the second time, losing out to eventual winners Argentina in 1986. Belgium's victory was only their second ever against Brazil, and first since a 1963 friendly match in Brussels.[66] This was the first time in 30 matches in all competitions that Brazil had conceded more than once in a game, since a 2–2 draw with Paraguay in March 2016.[64]

text:
Brazil

1–2

 Belgium

Renato Augusto  76'

Report

Fernandinho  13' (o.g.)
De Bruyne  31'

text:
Brazil[68]

Belgium[68]

text:
GK
1
Alisson

RB
22
Fagner
 90'

CB
2
Thiago Silva

CB
3
Miranda (c)

LB
12
Marcelo

CM
15
Paulinho

 73'

CM
17
Fernandinho
 85'

RW
19
Willian

 46'

AM
11
Philippe Coutinho

LW
10
Neymar

CF
9
Gabriel Jesus

 58'

Substitutions:

FW
20
Roberto Firmino

 46'

FW
7
Douglas Costa

 58'

MF
8
Renato Augusto

 73'

Manager:

Tite

GK
1
Thibaut Courtois

CB
2
Toby Alderweireld
 47'

CB
4
Vincent Kompany

CB
5
Jan Vertonghen

RM
15
Thomas Meunier
 71'

CM
8
Marouane Fellaini

CM
6
Axel Witsel

LM
22
Nacer Chadli

 83'

RF
7
Kevin De Bruyne

CF
9
Romelu Lukaku

 87'

LF
10
Eden Hazard (c)

Substitutions:

DF
3
Thomas Vermaelen

 83'

MF
17
Youri Tielemans

 87'

Manager:

 Roberto Martínez

text:
Man of the Match:
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)[69]
Assistant referees:[68]
Milovan Ristić (Serbia)
Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia)
Fourth official:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Reserve assistant referee:
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Video assistant referee:
Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)

text: Sweden vs England[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in 23 previous matches, including two times in the group stage of the World Cup, both matches ending in a draw (1–1 in 2002 and 2–2 in 2006). Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2012, a 4–2 Sweden win.[5]

text: England took the lead in the 30th minute, Ashley Young's outswinging corner from the left found Harry Maguire, goalkeeper Robin Olsen and Ola Toivonen on the line were unable to stop the defender's downward header. Olsen did well with a strong hand to deny Raheem Sterling, who dallied with the rebound and allowed Andreas Granqvist to make a vital block. Shortly after the restart, Jordan Pickford dived to his left to palm away a header from Marcus Berg, who climbed above Young at the back post. In the 58th minute, another England set-piece caused chaos and, although Sweden initially cleared their lines when Jesse Lingard delivered a cross from the right to the back post, Dele Alli was there to double his side's advantage with a header. John Guidetti teed up strike partner Berg in the 71st minute but Pickford, tipped the effort over the crossbar.[70]

text: Alli's goal was England's 11th at Russia 2018, equalling the country's record of most goals at a single World Cup set in 1966.[71] Alli is the second youngest player to score for England at the World Cup (22 years and 87 days), behind only Michael Owen (18 years and 190 days against Romania in 1998). Maguire became the first player to score their first England goal in a World Cup knockout match since Rio Ferdinand in 2002 against Denmark. Pickford made three saves in this match and became the youngest England goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup match (24 years and 122 days).[72] England qualified for their first World Cup semi-final since 1990.[73]

text:
Sweden

0–2

 England

Report

Maguire  30'
Alli  59'

text:
Sweden[75]

England[75]

text:
GK
1
Robin Olsen

RB
16
Emil Krafth

 85'

CB
3
Victor Lindelöf

CB
4
Andreas Granqvist (c)

LB
6
Ludwig Augustinsson

RM
17
Viktor Claesson

CM
7
Sebastian Larsson
 90+4'

CM
8
Albin Ekdal

LM
10
Emil Forsberg

 65'

CF
9
Marcus Berg

CF
20
Ola Toivonen

 65'

Substitutions:

FW
11
John Guidetti
 87'
 65'

DF
5
Martin Olsson

 65'

DF
18
Pontus Jansson

 85'

Manager:

Janne Andersson

GK
1
Jordan Pickford

CB
2
Kyle Walker

CB
5
John Stones

CB
6
Harry Maguire
 87'

DM
8
Jordan Henderson

 85'

CM
20
Dele Alli

 77'

CM
7
Jesse Lingard

RM
12
Kieran Trippier

LM
18
Ashley Young

CF
10
Raheem Sterling

 90+1'

CF
9
Harry Kane (c)

Substitutions:

DF
17
Fabian Delph

 77'

MF
4
Eric Dier

 85'

FW
19
Marcus Rashford

 90+1'

Manager:

Gareth Southgate

text:
Man of the Match:
Jordan Pickford (England)[76]
Assistant referees:[75]
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)

text: Russia vs Croatia[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in three previous matches. Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2015, a 3–1 Croatia win.[5]

text: In the 31st minute, Denis Cheryshev came in from the left and, after a one-two with Artem Dzyuba, skipped away from Luka Modrić to curl a left foot effort beyond Danijel Subašić and into the left of the net. Six minutes before half-time, Mario Mandžukić advanced down the left to set up the chance for Andrej Kramarić to head home the equaliser. In the first period of extra time, Croatia took the lead as Domagoj Vida nodded down past Igor Akinfeev and into the right corner of the net after a corner from the right. Mário Fernandes drew his team level, converting Alan Dzagoev's free-kick with a glancing header to the left corner of the net after a free-kick from the right. Penalties were required and while Fyodor Smolov's Panenka attempt with the first effort was foiled by Subašić, parity was restored when Akinfeev got down to his left to keep out Mateo Kovačić's second kick for Croatia. After Fernandes' failure, Modrić's strike found the net, following touches off Akinfeev's glove and the post. The decisive penalty fell to Ivan Rakitić, who rolled the ball into the bottom-left corner to give Croatia the win.[77]

text: Russia became the first country in World Cup history to contest two shoot-outs while hosting the event.[78] There were three headed goals in this match – the most in a World Cup match since Germany 8–0 Saudi Arabia in 2002 (5 headers).[79] Croatia are the second team to win two penalty shootouts at a single World Cup tournament – the other was Argentina in 1990 (against Yugoslavia and Italy). Croatia has qualified for the semifinal for the first time since 1998 (their first World Cup tournament).[80]

text:
Russia

2–2 (a.e.t.)

 Croatia

Cheryshev  31'
Fernandes  115'

Report

Kramarić  39'
Vida  101'

Penalties

Smolov
Dzagoev
Fernandes
Ignashevich
Kuzyayev

3–4

 Brozović
 Kovačić
 Modrić
 Vida
 Rakitić

text:
Russia[82]

Croatia[82]

text:
GK
1
Igor Akinfeev (c)

RB
2
Mário Fernandes

CB
3
Ilya Kutepov

CB
4
Sergei Ignashevich

LB
13
Fyodor Kudryashov

CM
11
Roman Zobnin

CM
7
Daler Kuzyayev

RW
19
Aleksandr Samedov

 54'

AM
17
Aleksandr Golovin

 102'

LW
6
Denis Cheryshev

 67'

CF
22
Artem Dzyuba

 79'

Substitutions:

MF
21
Aleksandr Yerokhin

 54'

FW
10
Fyodor Smolov

 67'

MF
8
Yury Gazinsky
 109'
 79'

MF
9
Alan Dzagoev

 102'

Manager:

Stanislav Cherchesov

GK
23
Danijel Subašić

RB
2
Šime Vrsaljko

 97'

CB
6
Dejan Lovren
 35'

CB
21
Domagoj Vida
 101'

LB
3
Ivan Strinić
 38'
 74'

CM
7
Ivan Rakitić

CM
10
Luka Modrić (c)

RW
18
Ante Rebić

AM
9
Andrej Kramarić

 88'

LW
4
Ivan Perišić

 63'

CF
17
Mario Mandžukić

Substitutions:

MF
11
Marcelo Brozović

 63'

DF
22
Josip Pivarić
 114'
 74'

MF
8
Mateo Kovačić

 88'

DF
5
Vedran Ćorluka

 97'

Manager:

Zlatko Dalić

text:
Man of the Match:
Luka Modrić (Croatia)[83]
Assistant referees:[82]
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

text: Semi-finals[edit]

text: For the first time since 1966, all multiple World Cup winners were eliminated before the semi-final stage. This is only the second time that neither Brazil nor Germany were in the last four, the other being the inaugural 1930 tournament.[84] With Uruguay and Brazil eliminated in the quarter-finals, an all-European semi-final line up was completed for the fifth time (after the 1934, 1966, 1982, and 2006 tournaments). This also ensured that a European side would win the World Cup for the fourth tournament in a row.[85]

text: France vs Belgium[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in 73 previous matches, including two times in the World Cup, France winning both matches (3–1 in the round of 16 in 1938 and 4–2 in the third place play-off in 1986). Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2015, a 4–3 Belgium win.[5]

text: Eden Hazard twice went close, narrowly missing the target with a low, left-footed drive before seeing a curler with his right deflected over the crossbar by the head of Raphaël Varane. Hugo Lloris' full-length dive kept out a first-time strike on the turn from Toby Alderweireld, while Thibaut Courtois blocked Benjamin Pavard's attempt from a tight angle on the right at the other end. Six minutes after the break, Vincent Kompany's block turned away Olivier Giroud's shot, and Antoine Griezmann's inswinging delivery from the right to the front post was turned in by Samuel Umtiti, who outjumped his marker, Marouane Fellaini, to head beyond Courtois. Dries Mertens's cross from the right flank saw Fellaini narrowly miss the target with a header. Axel Witsel's long-range drive was pushed away by Lloris as France secured their place into the finals.[86]

text: Didier Deschamps has now managed more games for France at the World Cup than any other previous France manager, overtaking Raymond Domenech and Michel Hidalgo after this match.[87] This was Belgium's first defeat of any kind since a friendly loss against Spain in September 2016. France have reached their third World Cup final, also doing so in 1998 and 2006. Only Germany (8) and Italy (6) have reached more among European nations.[88]

text:
France

1–0

 Belgium

Umtiti  51'

Report

text:
France[90]

Belgium[90]

text:
GK
1
Hugo Lloris (c)

RB
2
Benjamin Pavard

CB
4
Raphaël Varane

CB
5
Samuel Umtiti

LB
21
Lucas Hernández

CM
6
Paul Pogba

CM
13
N'Golo Kanté
 87'

RW
10
Kylian Mbappé
 90+3'

AM
7
Antoine Griezmann

LW
14
Blaise Matuidi

 86'

CF
9
Olivier Giroud

 85'

Substitutions:

MF
15
Steven Nzonzi

 85'

MF
12
Corentin Tolisso

 86'

Manager:

Didier Deschamps

GK
1
Thibaut Courtois

CB
2
Toby Alderweireld
 71'

CB
4
Vincent Kompany

CB
5
Jan Vertonghen
 90+4'

DM
6
Axel Witsel

CM
19
Mousa Dembélé

 60'

CM
8
Marouane Fellaini

 80'

RM
22
Nacer Chadli

 90+1'

LM
7
Kevin De Bruyne

CF
9
Romelu Lukaku

CF
10
Eden Hazard (c)
 63'

Substitutions:

FW
14
Dries Mertens

 60'

MF
11
Yannick Carrasco

 80'

FW
21
Michy Batshuayi

 90+1'

Manager:

 Roberto Martínez

text:
Man of the Match:
Samuel Umtiti (France)[91]
Assistant referees:[90]
Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
Reserve assistant referee:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

text: Croatia vs England[edit]

text: The teams had faced each other in seven previous matches, which includes two matches played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, England winning on both occasions (4–1 and 5–1).[5]

text: Luka Modrić stopped a Dele Alli run, by fouling him at the edge of the area. Kieran Trippier found the top right corner of the net from the resulting free kick with his right foot. After half-time, Ivan Perišić met Šime Vrsaljko's deep cross from the right with a flying left-footed finish to the left of the net. Soon after, Perišić shot against the right-hand post from the left before Ante Rebić put the rebound into Jordan Pickford's hands. In extra-time, John Stones had a header cleared off the line by Vrsaljko in the 98th minute. Pickford at the other end, denied Mario Mandžukić at point-blank range after the striker met Perišić's cross from the left. But Mandžukić came out on top soon after the break, latching on to Perišić's headed pass on the left and sending a left-footed effort across Pickford to find the bottom-right corner, securing Croatia's entrance into their first ever World Cup final.[92]

text: Croatia are the first team to avoid defeat after trailing in three knockout matches at a single World Cup. They become the 13th different nation to reach their first World Cup Final.[93] Trippier became the first player to score a direct free-kick for England at the World Cup since David Beckham in 2006 against Ecuador. Trippier's goal after four minutes and 44 seconds was the fastest goal scored in a World Cup semi-final since 1958 (Vavá after two minutes for Brazil v France). Croatia became the first team to play extra time in three consecutive World Cup matches since England in 1990. England scored nine goals from set-pieces at the 2018 World Cup – the most by a team in a single World Cup tournament since 1966.[94]

text:
Croatia

2–1 (a.e.t.)

 England

Perišić  68'
Mandžukić  109'

Report

Trippier  5'

text:
Croatia[96]

England[96]

text:
GK
23
Danijel Subašić

RB
2
Šime Vrsaljko

CB
6
Dejan Lovren

CB
21
Domagoj Vida

LB
3
Ivan Strinić

 95'

CM
7
Ivan Rakitić

CM
11
Marcelo Brozović

RW
18
Ante Rebić
 96'
 101'

AM
10
Luka Modrić (c)

 119'

LW
4
Ivan Perišić

CF
17
Mario Mandžukić
 48'
 115'

Substitutions:

DF
22
Josip Pivarić

 95'

FW
9
Andrej Kramarić

 101'

DF
5
Vedran Ćorluka

 115'

MF
19
Milan Badelj

 119'

Manager:

Zlatko Dalić

GK
1
Jordan Pickford

CB
2
Kyle Walker
 54'
 112'

CB
5
John Stones

CB
6
Harry Maguire

DM
8
Jordan Henderson

 97'

CM
20
Dele Alli

CM
7
Jesse Lingard

RM
12
Kieran Trippier

LM
18
Ashley Young

 91'

CF
10
Raheem Sterling

 74'

CF
9
Harry Kane (c)

Substitutions:

FW
19
Marcus Rashford

 74'

DF
3
Danny Rose

 91'

MF
4
Eric Dier

 97'

FW
11
Jamie Vardy

 112'

Manager:

Gareth Southgate

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Man of the Match:
Ivan Perišić (Croatia)[97]
Assistant referees:[96]
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Reserve assistant referee:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)

text: Third place play-off[edit]

text: The two teams had met in 22 matches, including three matches at the World Cup, one round of 16 game at the 1990 FIFA World Cup which ended in a 1–0 victory for England, one group stage game at the 1954 FIFA World Cup which ended in a 4–4 draw and their most recent encounter in Group G of this tournament which Belgium won 1–0.[5]

text: After four minutes, Thomas Meunier raced into the box to get across Danny Rose and tucked home Nacer Chadli's low cross in from the left from six yards out. Harry Kane scuffed wide of the left post, from a Raheem Sterling lay-off. In the 70th minute, Eric Dier burst through for a one-on-one and dinked over Thibaut Courtois, only to see a retreating Toby Alderweireld hack the ball off the line. Jordan Pickford made a one-handed save to deny Meunier in the 80th minute. Eden Hazard scored the second with a near-post finish with his right foot, having been sent clean through by Kevin De Bruyne.[98]

text: Meunier was the 10th player to score for Belgium at Russia 2018. No other team has had more, equalling France in 1982 and Italy in 2006.[99] This is Belgium's best finish at a World Cup, having previously finished fourth in 1986. This was England's 100th match at a major tournament – 69 at the World Cup, 31 at the European Championship. Since 1966, no player has been involved in more World Cup goals for Belgium than Hazard (seven – three goals and four assists), level with Jan Ceulemans (also four goals and three assists).[100]

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Belgium

2–0

 England

Meunier  4'
E. Hazard  82'

Report

text:
Belgium[102]

England[102]

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GK
1
Thibaut Courtois

CB
2
Toby Alderweireld

CB
4
Vincent Kompany

CB
5
Jan Vertonghen

RM
15
Thomas Meunier

CM
17
Youri Tielemans

 78'

CM
6
Axel Witsel
 90+3'

LM
22
Nacer Chadli

 39'

RF
7
Kevin De Bruyne

CF
9
Romelu Lukaku

 60'

LF
10
Eden Hazard (c)

Substitutions:

DF
3
Thomas Vermaelen

 39'

FW
14
Dries Mertens

 60'

MF
19
Mousa Dembélé

 78'

Manager:

 Roberto Martínez

GK
1
Jordan Pickford

CB
16
Phil Jones

CB
5
John Stones
 52'

CB
6
Harry Maguire
 76'

DM
4
Eric Dier

CM
21
Ruben Loftus-Cheek

 84'

CM
17
Fabian Delph

RM
12
Kieran Trippier

LM
3
Danny Rose

 46'

CF
10
Raheem Sterling

 46'

CF
9
Harry Kane (c)

Substitutions:

MF
7
Jesse Lingard

 46'

FW
19
Marcus Rashford

 46'

MF
20
Dele Alli

 84'

Manager:

Gareth Southgate

text:
Man of the Match:
Eden Hazard (Belgium)[103]
Assistant referees:[102]
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
Fourth official:
Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Reserve assistant referee:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Video assistant referee:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

text: Final[edit]

text: The match was the sixth meeting between France and Croatia, with France undefeated in the previous fixtures with three wins and two draws. The two sides first met in the 1998 World Cup semi-final, with hosts France winning 2–1. Their only other competitive meeting was during the group stage of Euro 2004, which finished as a 2–2 draw. Their next and most recent meeting was in a March 2011 friendly match, which finished as a 0–0 draw.[5]

text:
France

4–2

 Croatia

Mandžukić  18' (o.g.)
Griezmann  38' (pen.)
Pogba  59'
Mbappé  65'

Report

Perišić  28'
Mandžukić  69'

text:
France[105]

Croatia[105]

text:
GK
1
Hugo Lloris (c)

RB
2
Benjamin Pavard

CB
4
Raphaël Varane

CB
5
Samuel Umtiti

LB
21
Lucas Hernández
 41'

CM
6
Paul Pogba

CM
13
N'Golo Kanté
 27'
 55'

RW
10
Kylian Mbappé

AM
7
Antoine Griezmann

LW
14
Blaise Matuidi

 73'

CF
9
Olivier Giroud

 81'

Substitutions:

MF
15
Steven Nzonzi

 55'

MF
12
Corentin Tolisso

 73'

FW
18
Nabil Fekir

 81'

Manager:

Didier Deschamps

GK
23
Danijel Subašić

RB
2
Šime Vrsaljko
 90+2'

CB
6
Dejan Lovren

CB
21
Domagoj Vida

LB
3
Ivan Strinić

 81'

CM
7
Ivan Rakitić

CM
11
Marcelo Brozović

RW
18
Ante Rebić

 71'

AM
10
Luka Modrić (c)

LW
4
Ivan Perišić

CF
17
Mario Mandžukić

Substitutions:

FW
9
Andrej Kramarić

 71'

FW
20
Marko Pjaca

 81'

Manager:

Zlatko Dalić

text:
Man of the Match:
Antoine Griezmann (France)[106]
Assistant referees:[105]
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Reserve assistant referee:
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)


document_title: Pocahontas (1995 film)

question_text: who asked to marry pocahontas at the start of the movie

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text: Pocahontas (1995 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In 1607, the Susan Constant sails to the New World from London, carrying English settlers from the Virginia Company. On board are Captain John Smith and the voyage's leader Governor Ratcliffe, who seeks gold to bring him wealth and status. Along the way, the Susan Constant is caught in a North Atlantic storm, and Smith saves a young, inexperienced crewmate named Thomas from drowning. As they approach the New World, the settlers (including Smith) talk of adventure, finding gold, fighting 'Injuns', and perhaps settling in the new land.

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text: In the Powhatan tribe in Tsenacommacah, North America, Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan, fears being possibly wed to Kocoum, a brave warrior whom she sees as too serious for her own free-spirited personality. Powhatan gives Pocahontas her mother's necklace as a present. Pocahontas, along with her friends, the raccoon Meeko and hummingbird Flit, visit Grandmother Willow, a spiritual talking willow tree, and speaks of a dream involving a spinning arrow, and her confusion regarding what her path in life should be. Grandmother Willow then alerts Pocahontas to the arriving English.

text: Ratcliffe has Jamestown built in a wooded clearing and immediately has the crewmen dig for gold. Smith departs to explore the wilderness and encounters Pocahontas. They quickly bond, fascinated by each other's worlds and end up falling in love, despite Powhatan's orders to keep away from the English after Kocoum and other warriors engage them in a fight. Meanwhile, Meeko meets Percy, Ratcliffe's dog, and becomes the bane of his existence. Pocahontas introduces Smith to Grandmother Willow and avoids two other crewmen, but Pocahontas's best friend Nakoma discovers her relationship with Smith and warns Kocoum. Ratcliffe also learns of Smith's encounters and angrily warns Smith against sparing any natives he comes across on pain of death.

text: Later, Smith and Pocahontas meet with Grandmother Willow and plan to bring peace between the colonists and the tribe. Smith and Pocahontas share a kiss, while Kocoum and Thomas (sent by Ratcliffe to spy on Smith) witness from afar. Enraged, Kocoum attacks and attempts to kill Smith, but Thomas intervenes with his musket and kills Kocoum, who destroys Pocahontas' necklace in the process. Smith commands Thomas to leave just before the tribesmen come and capture Smith while Kocoum's body is taken away. Enraged at Kocoum's death, Powhatan declares war on the English, beginning with Smith's execution at sunrise. Pocahontas tries to convince him otherwise, but Powhatan refuses to listen, as he is furious with Pocahontas for not listening to his orders to remain in the village.

text: Thomas reaches Jamestown safely at night and warns the crewmen of Smith's capture; after hearing this Ratcliffe rallies his men to battle, using this as an excuse to annihilate the tribe and find their non-existent gold. That same night, Powhatan also orders his men to prepare for battle, and they put on war paint and prepare their weapons. A desperate Pocahontas visits Grandmother Willow, where Meeko hands her Smith's compass. Pocahontas realizes Smith's compass was the spinning arrow from her real life encounter, which leads her to her destiny.

text: Just then morning comes, and Powhatan and his tribe forcibly bring Smith to a cliff overlooking a clearing for execution. Meanwhile, Ratcliffe leads the armed colonists to the cliff to fight Powhatan's warriors. Just as Powhatan is about to kill Smith, Pocahontas stops him and finally convinces him to end the fighting between the two groups. Everyone accepts gracefully, except Ratcliffe, who tries to shoot Powhatan dead in anger, but inadvertently shoots Smith instead when he shields Powhatan. Ratcliffe is then arrested by his crewmen, who turn on him for hurting their comrade. In the end, Smith is forced to return home to receive medical treatment, while Ratcliffe is also sent back to England to face punishment for his crimes. Smith asks Pocahontas to come with him, but she chooses to stay with her tribe. Meeko and Percy, now friends, give Pocahontas her mother's necklace completely fixed. Smith leaves without Pocahontas but with Powhatan's blessing to return in the future.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Irene Bedard as Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan. She is an adventurous woman who violates her father's strict prohibition of meeting white men and falls in love with Captain John Smith. Glen Keane served as the supervising animator for Pocahontas.

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text: Judy Kuhn as singing voice of Pocahontas

text:
Mel Gibson as John Smith, the love interest of Pocahontas. He is the only settler in Jamestown willing to befriend the natives due to his love for Pocahontas and acceptance of other cultures.
David Ogden Stiers as Governor Ratcliffe, the greedy and ruthlessly ambitious governor who leads an expedition to Virginia to find gold and other riches (which he wants to keep for himself).

Stiers also provided the voice of Wiggins, Ratcliffe's manservant.

John Kassir as Meeko, Pocahontas' pet raccoon who is friendly to John Smith and loves eating.
Russell Means as Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas' father and chief of the Powhatan.

text: Jim Cummings as singing voice of Chief Powhatan

text:
Christian Bale as Thomas, a loyal friend of John Smith.
Linda Hunt as Grandmother Willow, a speaking willow tree that acts as Pocahontas's guide.
Danny Mann as Percy, Governor Ratcliffe's pet pug.
Billy Connolly and Joe Baker as Ben and Lon, two of the settlers.
Frank Welker as Flit, Pocahontas' pet hummingbird who prefers Kocoum over John Smith but eventually befriends the latter.
Michelle St. John as Nakoma, Pocahontas' friend who secretly adores Kocoum.
James Apaumut Fall as Kocoum, a handsome, strong and brave but stern and aggressive Powhatan warrior who was asked to marry Pocahontas. He attempts to kill John Smith after seeing him and Pocahontas kiss, but is killed by Thomas.
Gordon Tootoosis as Kekata, the shaman of the Powhatan.

text: Jim Cummings as singing voice of Kekata

text: Three actors in the film have been involved in other Pocahontas-related projects. Gordon Tootoosis acted as Chief Powhatan in Pocahontas: The Legend (1995).[3] Christian Bale and Irene Bedard would portray John Rolfe and Pocahontas's mother, respectively, in Terrence Malick's The New World (2005).[4]

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Following the release of The Rescuers Down Under (1990), director Mike Gabriel was eager to collaborate with veteran Disney story artist Joe Grant on a follow-up project that was vastly different from the animated adventure film. During Thanksgiving weekend, 1990, Gabriel considered adapting Western legends such as Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, and Pecos Bill to into animated films before conceiving of Pocahontas.[5] Pitching his idea at the Gong Show meeting, Gabriel wrote the title Walt Disney's Pocahontas on an image of Tiger Lily from Peter Pan (1953), to the back of which he taped a brief pitch that read "an Indian princess who is torn between her father's wishes to destroy the English settlers and her wishes to help them — a girl caught between her father and her people, and her love for the enemy."[6] Coincidentally, Feature Animation president Peter Schneider had been developing an animated version of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, and observed several similarities between his idea and Gabriel's Pocahontas pitch; Schneider recalled, "We were particularly interested in exploring the theme of 'If we don't learn to live with one another, we will destroy ourselves."[5][7] Gabriel's pitch was quickly accepted, becoming the quickest story turnaround in Disney studio history.[8]

text: After Beauty and the Beast (1991) was unprecedentedly nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards, then-studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg opted to produce another sweepingly romantic animated film in the hopes of achieving a similar feat. While Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994) were considered to be too far into development, Katzenberg deemed Pocahontas a promising candidate, and thus pushed for the heroine to be older, the romance between her and Smith to be more mature, and the animals to be mute.[9] Head of Story Tom Sito went on the record stating he wanted to include "broader" jokes, but the "higher-ups wanted it more winsome, more gentle. Some of the folks were so concerned about political correctness, they didn't want to be cuckoo-wacky about it."[10] Likewise, Eric Goldberg – following his contributions to Aladdin as the supervising animator of the Genie and with all animation units for The Lion King already occupied – was asked to co-direct Pocahontas alongside Gabriel, to which he agreed.[11][12] Goldberg had originally expected the film to be more comedic and cartoonish like Aladdin, but Schneider informed him that the film would be produced in a vein more similar to that of Beauty and the Beast;[13] the then-ongoing 1992 Los Angeles riots further convinced Goldberg to commit to the film due to its racial themes.[14] Executive interference would eventually grow so much that Goldberg himself decided to work for Chuck Jones Productions under the pseudonym "Claude Raynes" during production.[13] Executive paranoia peaked when Joe Grant drew Percy wearing an Indian feather, by which the animators took the concept one step further by placing a Spanish ruff on Meeko. One executive exclaimed, "Animals don't have the intelligence to switch their clothes! They don't even have opposing thumbs." The animators would retain their concept for the film.[15]

text: Under Katzenberg, Frank Wells, and Michael Eisner, the Disney studios began a correlation of hiring Broadway personnel to manage the Disney animation staff on their feature films that brought such producers as Amy Pell to Aladdin and Sarah McArthur and Thomas Schumacher to The Lion King.[16] For Pocahontas, Broadway stage manager, director, and producer James Pentecost was brought onboard where he made his feature film debut as producer.[17] In June 1992, the filmmakers embarked on a research trip to the Jamestown Settlement where Pentecost first met Shirley "Little Dove" Custalow-McGowan and Debbie "White Dove" Custalow, both descendants of the Powhatan Indians. The trip also included a visit to the Pamunkey Indian Reservation, and conducted interviews with historians at Old Dominion University.[18] Following the research trip, Custalow-McGowan served as a consultant traveling to the Disney studios three times, and while Custalow-McGowan offered her services for free, Disney paid her a $500 daily consulting fee plus expenses.[19] Ultimately, when it came to light that historical accuracy was not being pursued to the extent she had hoped, McGowan has voiced her feelings of shame she felt in conjunction with her work on the film, saying, "[she] wish[ed her] name wasn't on it".[20] Additional Native American consultants were brought in to authenticate the clothing and war dance choreography.[21]

text: That same month, Katzenberg held a meeting with the Feature Animation staff in which he predicted that Pocahontas would be a commercial hit, while deeming The Lion King experimental and less likely to succeed.[22] As a result, most of the animators of Walt Disney Feature Animation decided to work on Pocahontas instead, believing it would be the more prestigious and successful of the two.[23]

text: Writing[edit]

text: In January 1993, Carl Binder joined the project,[24] having previous expertise as a television writer on shows such as Punky Brewster, War of the Worlds, Friday the 13th: The Series, and Top Cops.[25] Four months later, Susannah Grant (no relation to Joe Grant) and Philip LaZebnik joined the writing team. Grant herself was selected by Disney as a screenwriter on Pocahontas after winning the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the year before while still attending film school.[26] Onboard as a screenwriter, she was only one of the many who was contributing the specific vision the upper management at Disney had in mind, and collaborated with Native American consultants. While working on the movie, Grant wrote to a specific story outline, and no scene was rewritten less than thirty-five times until she felt it was perfect.[27]

text: Story supervisor Tom Sito, who became the project's unofficial historical consultant, did extensive research into the early colonial era and the story of John Smith and Pocahontas, and was confronted over the historical inaccuracies from historians.[28] Already knowing that in reality Pocahontas married John Rolfe, Mike Gabriel explained it was felt that "the story of Pocahontas and Rolfe was too complicated and violent for a youthful audience" so instead, they would focus on Pocahontas's meeting with John Smith.[29] The filmmakers discovered that Pocahontas was around twelve years old and Smith was "not a very likeable character", and producer James Pentecost confessed that dramatic license was needed to be taken.[30] Likewise, when searching for an appropriate age for Pocahontas to begin her relationship with Smith, Glen Keane explained, "We had the choice of being historically accurate or socially responsible, so we chose the socially responsible side" by increasing Pocahontas's age from a girl into a young woman.[31]

text: One of Gabriel's early ideas was for Pocahontas's mother to be embodied in a certain star in the sky that by the end of the film, she would help Pocahontas find her path to Smith.[32] However, The Lion King had concurrently carried a similar idea of the ancestors giving wisdom and guidance to the protagonist so the idea was discarded.[14] Michael Eisner pushed for Pocahontas to have a mother, lamenting that "We're always getting fried for having no mothers." The writers countered that Powhatan was polygamous and formed dynastic alliances among other neighboring tribes by impregnating a local women and giving away the child, so it was believed that Pocahontas herself probably did not see her mother that much.[33] "Well", Eisner conceded, "I guess that means we're toasted."[10] Ultimately, her mother's spirit would become the swirling wind that occurs throughout the film.[32] For the villain, they chose John Ratcliffe, whose portrayal was based on actual English captains, including John Martin, Christopher Newport and Edward Maria Wingfield. In reality, it was Wingfield who despised John Smith, but the filmmakers preferred the sinister sound of "Ratcliffe".[34] The writers would continue to adapt actual events into the film such as Pocahontas warning Smith that the Indians were after him so he could escape in the middle of the night, Powhatan ordering the captured Smith to make bead necklaces to humiliate him, and Pocahontas being captured by Ratcliffe (instead of Samuel Argall), though none of them worked with the story.[10]

text: Sito mentioned that Joe Grant contributed heavily towards the film,[35] as he was the creator of Redfeather, Meeko, and Flit.[36] Redfeather was a wise-cracking turkey planning to be voiced by John Candy, and Percy, who was to be voiced by Richard E. Grant, was revised to become mute.[37] Following the death of John Candy in March 1994, co-screenwriter Susannah Grant decided the turkey was inappropriate for the script she co-wrote for Pocahontas,[38] and a more realistic approach would have the animals pantomime instead of talking.[10] Joe Grant stated Redfeather "had comic potential–he thought he was handsome, a lady's man. When we decided he couldn't talk, and, having no hands, he couldn't mime..." Grant would later draw a concept sketch of a hair-braiding raccoon, in which Glen Keane animated and claimed the directors "loved the idea and got rid of the turkey character."[39] Likewise, according to Sito, Meeko was created because they were "naturally enigmatic, because they have little hands and a little mask over their face like a thief."[40] Gabriel described the inspiration for Flit the hummingbird where "I have hummingbirds all over my backyard, [and] I thought, 'That's a great animal to animate.'"[41] According to the directors, Governor Ratcliffe's pampered pet, Percy, was based on history as the royalty of the time often carried small pugs wherever they went.[41]

text: For the spiritual ancestor, a male character named Old Man River was originally envisioned, and Gregory Peck was cast in the role. However, Peck realized the character ought to be a maternal figure and reluctantly turned down the role.[42] Conceived as a tree of life whose seasonal changes would frame the story,[43] Grandmother Willow grew out of a concept sketch of a sawed-off tree with a branch pointing to its right drawn by Grant,[44] which would serve as a narrator that would "remember back to Pocahontas 300 years earlier".[43] Grant would continue to protest to have the tree be more a character within the story, and her character flowered into the idea of a grandmotherly spiritual adviser to Pocahontas.[43] Because of Katzenberg's opposition to having Grandmother Willow in the story, Grant assisted fellow veteran story artist Burny Mattinson with coming up tree puns such as "My bark is worse than my bite", "The roots of all problems", and "They're barking up the wrong tree." Mattinson reluctantly added them to his pitch for the next morning, and during the story meeting, he exclaimed, "Everybody loved it! All of a sudden: 'Oh, I want her in!' 'Let's build her part bigger!'"[45] The character Nakoma was also created to serve as the voice of reason and the practical woman.[40][self-published source]

text: Casting[edit]

text: In September 1992, Disney began casting actors for Pocahontas telling talent agents that they were particularly interested in Native American actors for the project.[46] For the role of Pocahontas, Broadway actress-singer Judy Kuhn was hired to provide the singing voice for the eponymous character before Irene Bedard was cast. Kuhn explained, "They said, 'You are going to do the dialogue unless we find a Native American actress whose singing voice matched yours.' I was cast before Irene, so it actually went backwards."[47] Bedard herself was filming Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994) where she was informed by the casting director that they were looking for someone to voice the title role. According to Bedard, she took a train to Buffalo, New York where she was walked in wearing a sundress and a straw hat, and read for the part. Back on the set of Lakota Woman, she learned that she was cast in the role.[48] Michelle St. John had also auditioned for the role of Pocahontas, and was given the role of Nakoma after Bedard was cast.[14]

text: Mel Gibson was cast as English settler John Smith following a desire to make "something for my kids."[49] In a notable contrast to previous voice actors for Disney animated features, Gibson provided the singing voice for his character,[50] which the actor has described as the most difficult part of his role.[49] Christian Bale auditioned for the role of Thomas. As he explained in an interview with Disney Adventures, "the directors played with Thomas being Irish and Scottish and younger than I am, so I had to raise my voice and do different accents. But the more we did it, the more he became like me--older and English."[41] Richard White, the voice of Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, was supposed to voice Ratcliffe, but the crew was worried he might sound too much like Gaston, so he was replaced by his co-star David Ogden Stiers.[51] Russell Means was cast as Chief Powhatan, though he initially expressed displeasure with the script in that Native Americans addressed each other using proper names rather than the traditional "my father" or "my friend".[52] Indigenous Canadian First Nation actor Gordon Tootoosis was also cast as the tribal shaman Nekata.[53] Throughout most of the production, the cast members performed their dialogue in separate recording sessions.[54][55]

text: Design and animation[edit]

text: Renowned for animating female characters such as Ariel, supervising animator Glen Keane was immediately tapped to draw the titular Indian princess.[56] Following the demands of Jeffrey Katzenberg to make the title character "the most idealized and finest woman ever made", Keane first began to sought his inspirations for his depictions for Pocahontas from Shirley 'Little Dove' Custalow-McGowan and Devi White Dove, women he had met during the research trip to Virginia.[57] Keane recalled meeting the women:

text: So I turned around and there's this beautiful Indian woman walking up; a Native American. She said 'Are you Glen Keane? The animator that's going to do Pocahontas?' I said 'Well, yeah.' And then from behind another tree another woman came up and she said, 'Well, my name is Shirley Little Dove, and this is my sister Devi White Dove, and we are descended from Pocahontas.' And as they stood there, I mean I took a picture of both of them, and between their faces was Pocahontas' face in my mind – I could see her.[58]

text: Other inspirations were Charmaine Craig, Filipino model Dyna Taylor, Christy Turlington, Natalie Belcon, Naomi Campbell, Jamie Pillow, white supermodel Kate Moss, and her own voice actress Irene Bedard.[59][60][61][62] Keane also looked to a 1620 depiction of Pocahontas from a history book, though Keane would state she was "not exactly a candidate for People's 'Most Beautiful' issue [so] I made a few adjustments to add an Asian feeling to her face."[49] Because of the complexity of the color schemes, shapes, and expressions in the animation, a total of 55 animators worked on the design of Pocahontas' character alone,[63] which included Mark Henn[64] and Pres Romanillos.[65]

text: Following the closure of Sullivan-Bluth Studios in 1993, John Pomeroy, who notoriously resigned alongside Don Bluth during work on The Fox and the Hound (1981) in 1979,[66] returned to his former employer, and was assigned as the supervising animator of John Smith.[67][self-published source] Describing Smith's development throughout production, Pomeroy stated, "The first concepts looked like a real well-groomed adventurer. Kind of predictable. Then we started making him a little sloppier. We tried looks where he was sloppily dressed, or where he had a couple of days' growth of beard...At first, Smith carried a lot of guns and daggers, but eventually these were cut out. Each time the design got simpler, it got better."[41] Additionally, Pomeroy cited inspiration for John Smith from Errol Flynn and physical attributes of Gibson.[68]

text: Initially assigned as a supervising animator on The Lion King, Nik Ranieri did character designs and test animation for Timon, but moved over to Pocahontas growing frustrated with an indecisive vision from the directors. There, he was assigned to animate Redfeather until Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered for the animals to be mute. Finding feathers difficult for Redfeather to gesture with, he was again assigned to animate Meeko using a Little Golden Books animal book illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen as reference.[69] Duncan Marjoribanks utilized geometric shapes to create Ratcliffe. In early drafts of the character, he had the body similar to a pear, but to make him appear more arrogant, the animator increased the force of gravity on his chest so that he seemed more pompous and physically threatening.[70] Chris Buck served as the supervising animator for Percy, Wiggins, and Grandmother Willow. For Grandmother Willow, the face was traditionally animated by Buck, while the cowl and the trunk of the tree was digitally animated under the supervision of Steve Goldberg. Assisted with the effect animators, a 3D software program was employed for the bark to be individually manipulated and for the face to match with the computer-generated texture.[5] The following supervising animators included Anthony DeRosa for Nakoma, Michael Cedeno for Kocoum, Ken Duncan for Thomas, T. Daniel Hofstedt for the settlers Lon and Ben, and Dave Pruiksma for Flit.[71] While Mulan (1998) was within its pre-production stages, 18 minutes were animated by 170 animators and artists at the Disney-MGM Studios.[72]

text: For the film's art director, Gabriel selected Michael Giamio who shared his painting style of shape-based and secondary art details.[73] For Giaimo, he relied on a color-saturated, elegant designs in a less-than-realistic format inspired by "prehistory Caribbean themes and creatures derived from African/Mexican folk art."[73] Giamio also drew the look and style of the film from the filmmaker's numerous visits to Jamestown, Virginia as well as by extensive research into the colonial period such as the tall, vertical shapes of the Virginian pine forests set against the vast horizontal landscapes being incorporated into the layout aspect of the film in its use of strong vertical and horizontal imagery,[17] as well as sought out inspiration from the works produced by earlier Disney art designers such as Richard Kelsey's story sketches from his unproduced film Hiawatha,[74] Eyvind Earle, who worked on Sleeping Beauty (1959),[75] and Mary Blair.[76]

text: Music[edit]

text: Howard Ashman and Alan Menken were planning to write songs for this film once they were finished working on Aladdin, but Ashman died in 1991. Following the death of his longtime collaborator, Menken wrote the remaining songs for Aladdin with Tim Rice at his home in London, which the New York-based composer found to be difficult.[77] When work on Aladdin was finished, Menken was planning to write songs for the film with Rice. However, Kevin Bannerman, the film's director of development, stated Rice "was always gallivanting around the world and it was difficult to get him and Alan together...And so here was Stephen [Schwartz], who had written scores that we all loved and we were huge fans of, and he lived in the New York area." Disney immediately contacted Stephen Schwartz, who, after working on Working, Rags, and Children of Eden, had quit theater and was taking psychology courses at New York University; he was brought on board to write the lyrics.[78][79] This would mark the first time Menken had collaborated without Ashman for a Disney animated film.[80] Menken commented that their work included moments of tension because Schwartz was also capable of writing music and Menken had had experience with lyrics. Both wanted to use the keyboard, but they arrived at a working strategy.[81]

text: Due to corporate interest in the film surrounding its theme of promoting understanding between different groups, and its inclusion of violence and threats of greater conflict, Schwartz became heavily involved in the storytelling. Bannerman estimated that he spent a week with one of the screenwriters and helped work out the overall themes of tolerance and cooperation.[82] In June 1992, Schwartz researched Jamestown, Virginia where he absorbed the atmosphere and bought tapes of Native American music and English sea shanties, as well as other music from the early seventeenth century that helped inspire numbers in the film.[83] Schwartz modeled his lyrical writing for people of other ethnicities on that of Oscar Hammerstein II and Sheldon Harnick.[84] "Colors of the Wind" was the first song to be written for the film. Gabriel, Goldberg, and Pentecost insisted that the song help define the film's "heart and soul".[14] Schwartz began "Colors" with a few draft ideas for lyrics taking inspiration from Chief Seattle's letter to the United States Congress.[85] Then, Menken wrote the melody with Schwartz listening at the piano and making suggestions. Schwartz would add lyrics before a session together where they were refined.[86] "Just Around the Riverbend", also composed by Menken and Schwartz, was devised by Schwartz's wife Carole, with the idea that Pocahontas would have a recurring dream that suggested something coming her way, paving the way for her "I Want" song.[87] The song almost did not make it into the completed film when Disney executives doubted whether her song would have the kind of impact they wanted at that point. However, Schwartz stated he and Menken "believed in it very strongly. Indeed, at one point we wrote a different song for that spot, but Alan and I were never as happy with the second song and ultimately everybody at Disney came to feel that way, too."[88]

text: The filmmakers had planned for a song for when Pocahontas and Smith met in the glade, just before Kocoum attacks his rival and one of the settlers stalking Smith kills Kocoum. There were an estimated three to four songs at this point, including "In the Middle of the River",[89] "Powerful Magic", which was deemed too silly to as it took place before Kocoum's death, and "First to Dance", which was another attempt at a happy song.[90] A love song, titled "If I Never Knew You", had been finished by the animators, but following a test screening where younger audiences were not interested in it and the teenagers felt giddy as it played, Menken suggested that the song be removed from the film. It was, although its melody remained in the orchestral underscoring.[91] The film's soundtrack was successful, reaching number-one on the Billboard 200 during the week of July 22, 1995.[92] It received a triple platinum certification.[93]

text: Release[edit]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: To replicate the promotional buzz of The Lion King, the four-minute musical number, "Colors of the Wind", was released in November 1994, accompanying a theatrical re-release of The Lion King.[94] On February 3, 1995, Disney began its promotional marketing campaign starting in San Diego, California launching a nationwide 18-week tour of fashion malls located within twenty-five cities where a mall exhibit named Pocahontas Animation Discovery Adventure was created to help promote the release.[95][96] There, a Disney animator would guide shoppers on a presentation tour, which featured a walk-through maze with interactive lily pads, flying birds, and huge video wall, a studio workshop where visitors can become the voice of their favorite animated character, and an area where visitors can electronically manipulate images. Additionally, they would demonstrate animation techniques and discuss the design and creation of the Pocahontas character.[97] Further promotional tie-ins included Burger King distributing 55 million toy replicas of the film's characters with kids' meals, Payless Shoes selling a line of moccasins, and Mattel peddling a Barbie-like Pocahontas doll.[95]

text: A behind-the-scenes documentary television special titled The Making of Pocahontas: A Legend Comes to Life was aired on June 20, 1995, on the Disney Channel where the animators, voice cast, crew, and studio heads were interviewed on the production of the film. The special was hosted by actress Irene Bedard.[98]

text: The film had the largest premiere in history, on June 10, 1995, in New York's Central Park, followed by a live performance by Vanessa Williams.[99] Disney officials estimated the crowd at 100,000.[99] The premiere's attendees included then-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Caroline Kennedy, Mariah Carey and Michael Eisner.[99]

text: Home media[edit]

text: At first announced to be released on March 6, 1996,[100] Pocahontas was first released on VHS and laserdisc in the United States on February 28, 1996, under the "Masterpiece Collection" lineup. Some prototype copies of the VHS release used the 1989 Walt Disney Classics logo, while copies produced from February 28, 1996, onwards used the standard Masterpiece Collection logo. A deluxe VHS edition included the film and a documentary on the making of the film alongside a special edition of The Art of Pocahontas book and Disney-certified lithograph prints.[101] Released on November 13, 1996, the CAV laserdisc Deluxe Edition contained the film, a historical documentary on Pocahontas, and The Making of Pocahontas, along with added storyboards, character design artwork, concept art, rough animation, publicity and promotional trailers, the deleted "If I Never Knew You" musical sequence, and an audio commentary on a total of four double sided discs. The release was also accompanied with a Special Edition of the Art of Pocahontas book.[102] Disney initially shipped 17 million VHS copies to retail stores,[103] with nine million copies sold within its first weekend exceeding the VHS sales of Cinderella (1950) released in the previous fall but falling short of the retail sales of The Lion King.[104] By the summer of 1998, sales and rentals of the VHS release had accumulated to $200 million.[105]

text: In January 2000, Walt Disney Home Video launched the Gold Classic Collection, with Pocahontas re-issued on VHS and DVD on June 6, 2000.[106] The DVD contained the film in its 1.66:1 aspect ratio enhanced with 5.1 surround sound, and was accompanied with special features including two music videos, a trivia game, the theatrical trailer, and a "Fun with Nature" activity booklet.[107] In 2005, a 10th Anniversary 2-disc Special Edition DVD set was released, which featured a new extended cut of the film (adding two performances of "If I Never Knew You") and numerous bonus features.[108]

text: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Pocahontas, alongside its sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, on Blu-ray Disc as a 2-Movie Collection on August 21, 2012.[109] In a number of countries, however, both Pocahontas and its sequel were released individually to the format. The Blu-ray was first released in Australia in February 2012 and followed by a May 30 European release and an August 21 American release. The American release is packaged for 2-disc DVD[110] (one film per disc) and 3-disc Blu-ray combo pack, featuring both films on one Blu-ray in addition to the two individual DVDs.[111]

text: Pocahontas was re-released yet again in 2016 as a Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital HD combo pack, available exclusively through the Disney Movie Club. It featured brand-new cover art, and, for the first time, a digital copy download of the film alongside the physical release.[112]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Timed with Pocahontas' 400th birthday,[5] Pocahontas had a limited release in North America on June 16, 1995, playing in only six selected theaters.[113] The film grossed nearly $2.7 million during the weekend of June 16–18, standing at the eighth place in the box office ranking.[114] The wide release followed on June 24, 1995, in 2,596 screens. Studio estimates initially anticipated Pocahontas earning $30.5 million, ranking first and beating out the previous box office champion Batman Forever (1995).[115] The figure was later revised to $28.8 million with Pocahontas falling second behind Batman Forever.[116] However, the final estimates placed Pocahontas narrowly ranking first grossing $29.5 million in its first weekend with Batman Forever falling into second place taking $29.2 million.[117] By January 1996, the film grossed $141.5 million in the United States,[118] being the fourth-highest-grossing film in North America behind Apollo 13 (1995), Toy Story (1995), and Batman Forever, respectively.[119] Foreign wise, the film was expected to gross $225 million outside the United States,[120] though foreign box office grosses eventually amounted to $204.5 million.[2] Cumulatively, Pocahontas grossed $346,079,773 worldwide.[2] Seen as a commercial box office disappointment in comparison to The Lion King,[121] then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner contested in an annual shareholders' meeting in January 1996 that "Pocahontas is well on its way to being one of our most successful films of all time. It equalled [sic] Beauty and the Beast's box office numbers domestically, and now it has taken Europe by storm and is playing well in every country in which it is being shown. Sales of Pocahontas merchandise have been phenomenal."[122]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Pocahontas received generally mixed reviews from film critics.[116] Roger Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film 3 out of 4 stars writing the film was "the best-looking of the modern Disney animated features, and one of the more thoughtful" though in his print review, he was more critical of the story and portrayal of the villain ultimately summarizing that "on a list including Mermaid, Beauty, Aladdin and Lion King, I'd rank it fifth. It has a lot of good intentions, but a severe scoundrel shortage."[123] On the television program Siskel & Ebert, Ebert repeated the same sentiment, while his partner Gene Siskel was more praising of the film. Both critics gave the film a "Thumbs Up".[124] In his print review for the Chicago Tribune, Siskel awarded the film 3½ stars out of 4 commenting that the film is a "surprisingly serious, thoughtful and beautifully drawn Disney animated feature about the American birthright of exploitation and racism". He praised it for "sending powerful images to children about threats to the natural order", restoring "a certain majesty to the Indian culture", and for having "the courage that leads to the life-goes-on ending."[125]

text: The film's writing and lack of humor received mixed reviews. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly stated "With dismay, I realize that virtually everything in the movie — every character, every story twist, every song — is as generic as the two hygienic lovers. As a fairy-tale confection, a kind of West Side Story in Jamestown, Pocahontas is pleasant to look at, and it will probably satisfy very small kiddies, but it's the first of the new-era Disney cartoons that feels less than animated."[126] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone bemoaned that there were "no funny, fast-talking animals — Meeko the raccoon and Flit the hummingbird remain silent pals to Pocahontas and make you miss the verbal fun that Nathan Lane's wisecracking meerkat brought to The Lion King."[127] Desson Howe, reviewing for The Washington Post, likewise criticized the writing as recycling "elements from Snow White to The Lion King, with a father-child clash, a heroine's saintly pureness that transforms an entire people, a forbidden love, consultations with an oracle/shaman (in this case a tree spirit, voiced by Linda Hunt) and the usual sideshow of funny, fuzzy animals.[128] While calling the screenplay was the "film's weakest element", Janet Maslin of The New York Times summarized that "Gloriously colorful, cleverly conceived and set in motion with the usual Disney vigor, Pocahontas is one more landmark feat of animation. It does everything a children's film should do except send little viewers home humming its theme song."[129]

text: According to Chief Roy Crazy Horse of the Powhatan Renape Nation, the film "distorts history beyond recognition" and "perpetuates a dishonest and self-serving myth at the expense of the Powhatan Nation". Roy claims that Disney refused the tribe's offers to help create a more culturally and historically accurate film.[130] An editorial by Angela Aleiss in the Los Angeles Times pointed out America's fascination with the Indian princess who was rarely shown as having anything more important in her life than her male relationships.[131] Professor and Director of Indigenous Nations Studies Cornel Pewewardy argues that the film presents damaging stereotypes of the Native American population. Pewewardy feels that the representation of Native characters, like Grandmother Willow, Meeko, and Flit, as animals, has a marginalizing effect.[132] Anthropologist Kiyomi Kutsuzawa also observed that in the film, Kocoum and John Smith fight for Pocahontas's affection. Kutsuzawa viewed Smith's victory over Kocoum in this arena as symbolic of Western Europe's domination of the Americas and the white man's domination over men of color.[133] The lyrics of the song "Savages", in which the English and the Native Americans each accuse the other culture of being evil and subhuman, has been called insensitive by Peweardy.[132]

text: Conversely, Native American activist Russell Means, who portrays Chief Powhatan in the film, praised the film's racial overtones, saying that "Pocahontas is the first time Eurocentric male society has admitted its historical deceit. It makes the stunning admission that the British came over here to kill Indians and rape and pillage the land."[52] Means also said that the film marked "the first time, other than on Northern Exposure, that a human face has been put on an Indian female," dubbing Pocahontas "the finest feature film on American Indians Hollywood has turned out."[134] Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic concurred, writing that the film "had a progressive attitude when it came to interpreting history, depicting the English settlers as plunderers searching for non-existent gold who were intent upon murdering the 'savages' they encountered in the process."[134]

text: The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 56% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 52 reviews, with an average score of 6/10. The site's consensus states "Pocahontas means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun."[135] Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 58 based on 23 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[136]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Ceremony
Recipient
Category
Result
Ref(s)

Academy Awards
"Colors of the Wind"
(Alan Menken, Composer; Stephen Schwartz, Lyricist)
Best Original Song
Won
[137]

Alan Menken (Composer), Stephen Schwartz (Lyricist)
Best Musical or Comedy Score
Won

Annie Awards

Best Animated Feature
Won
[138]

Nik Ranieri (Supervising Animator for "Meeko")
Individual Achievement for Animation
Won

Chris Buck (Supervising Animator for "Grandmother Willow")
Nominated

David Pruiksma (Supervising Animator for "Flit")
Nominated

Alan Menken (Composer)
Stephen Schwartz (Lyricist)
Best Individual Achievement for Music in the Field of Animation
Won

Michael Giamo (Art Director)
Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in Animation
Won

Rasoul Azadani (Layout Artistic Supervisor)
Nominated

Artios Awards
Brian Chavanne
Ruth Lambert
Outstanding Achievement in Animated Voice-Over Casting
Won
[139]

Environmental Media Awards

Best Feature Film
Won
[140]

Golden Globe Awards
"Colors of the Wind"
Best Original Song
Won
[141]

Alan Menken (Composer)
Best Original Score
Nominated

Golden Reel Awards

Best Sound Editing – Music Animation
Won
[142]

Grammy Awards
"Colors of the Wind"
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Won
[143]

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text: Historical accuracy[edit]

text: Pocahontas' real name was Matoaka. "Pocahontas" was only a nickname, and it can variously be translated to "little wanton", "playful one", "little brat" or "the naughty one".[144] In the film, Pocahontas is a young adult; in reality, she was around 10 or 11 at the time John Smith arrived with the Virginia Company in 1607.[144] In the film, Smith is portrayed as an amiable man; in reality, he was described as having a harsh exterior by his fellow colonists.[144] Historically, there is no evidence of a romantic relationship emerging between Pocahontas and John Smith.[145] English colonists led by Samuel Argall captured Pocahontas three years after John Smith departed for England; she converted to Christianity in Henricus and later married John Rolfe (who appears in the sequel), who was known for introducing tobacco as a cash crop.[145] There is much controversy over whether or not Pocahontas actually rescued John Smith from being slain by her father's tribe. Many have argued that Smith fabricated the story of Pocahontas saving his life in order to gain popularity.[146] The controversy surrounding whether or not Pocahontas saved John Smith exists largely because Smith wrote two very different accounts of his captivity. The first one, published in 1608, included a generally flattering description of Powhatan and his tribe. This first account contained no mention of almost being slain by Powhatan. It was not until Smith released his second account around 1622 that he described any cruel treatment by Powhatan, and his supposed rescue by Pocahontas. Because Smith's two accounts consist of very different facts, and because the second was released only after Pocahontas had gained prominence in England, many hypothesize that Smith embellished the story of his captivity with respect to Pocahontas.[147] Albeit captain of The Discovery, John Ratcliffe was not the first governor of the Jamestown Settlement.[148]

text: Ebert criticized the film's deviations from history, writing "Having led one of the most interesting lives imaginable, Pocahontas serves here more as a simplified symbol".[123] Animator Tom Sito defended the film's relationship to history, saying “Contrary to the popular verdict that we ignored history on the film, we tried hard to be historically correct and to accurately portray the culture of the Virginia Algonquins."[134] Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic wrote that "The movie might have fudged some facts", but that this allowed it to tell "a compelling romantic story".[134]

text: Legacy[edit]

text: Pocahontas became the first Native American Disney Princess[149] and the first woman of color to be the lead character in a Disney film.[134] A video game entitled Disney's Pocahontas based on the film was released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive on January 1, 1996.[150] Pocahontas was followed by a direct-to-video sequel entitled Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998). Bedard and Kuhn reprised their roles as Pochantas' speaking and singing voices, repectively, while John Smith was played by Mel Gibson's brother Donal Gibson.[151] Pocahontas, alongside other Disney Princesses, is set to cameo in the film Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (2018), with Bedard returning to the role.[152]

text: Critics have also discussed the influence of Pocahontas on other films. Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic argues that the strong and brave title character of Pocahontas influenced the portrayal of subsequent heroines of Disney animated films, specifically Mulan, Rapunzel, Merida, and Elsa.[134] According to HuffPost, James Cameron's Avatar (2009) is a "rip-off" of Pocahontas.[153] Avatar's producer Jon Landau has said that that Avatar is akin to Pocahontas with the Na'vi aliens taking the place of Native Americans.[154] Cameron has said that he first conceived of Avatar in the 1960s, long before Pocahontas was released; however, he has also said that Avatar does reference the story of Pocahontas, the historical figure. Kirsten Acuna of Business Insider wrote that, while Avatar may be based on Cameron's own ideas, it nevertheless takes inspiration from animated films like Pocahontas and FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992).[155]