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The highest-scoring finals in World Cup history
Some finals were goal festivals and others tense duels settled by the finest margin. The distance between a 5-2 and a 0-0 fits into ninety minutes.
Zidane and the headbutt: a legend's most bitter ending (2006)
In the 2006 final, Zidane scored a penalty and was then sent off for headbutting Materazzi. Even so, he won the tournament's Golden Ball in his final match.
Just Fontaine: 13 goals in a single edition, the record that endures
In 1958, a French striker scored thirteen goals at a single World Cup. Almost seventy years on, no one has come close. And he played only one World Cup.
Legendary guardians: the goalkeepers who made World Cup history
From Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or, to Dino Zoff, a champion at 40: keepers write World Cup history too.
Switzerland beat Algeria 2-0 through Embolo and Ndoye to reach the last 16
Breel Embolo (10') and Dan Ndoye (46', straight after the break) sent Switzerland through at BC Place in Vancouver. Algeria, with Luca Zidane in goal and Mahrez up front, had the ball but no cutting edge.
Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 with a stoppage-time Gonçalo Ramos goal and set up a clash with Spain
Perišić put Croatia ahead (53'), Cristiano Ronaldo equalised from the spot (68') and Gonçalo Ramos made it 2-1 in the 90th minute, set up by Rafael Leão. Portugal will face Spain in the last 16; Modrić and Croatia bow out.