Just days away, the winner of legendary football tournament will be revealed. But, before the much-anticipated event arrives, let's recap the greatest World Cup knockout moments.
1. Scoring A Knockout Goal
Colombia swamped over Brazil in the quarterfinal. On the other hand, Brazil lost to Mexico in the group games. However, the former did not fail to maintain their popularity among fans. Colombia tapped their crowning glory when David Luiz hit a goal in the 68th minute against Colombia's James Rodriguez.
2. A Knockout From France
France almost lost it when Mathieu knockout goal was kicked off at the corner in the first half. France scored a 13th goal at the end of the freekick's end courtesy of Mats Hummels.
3. A Knockout Fail
Netherlands was not able to target 15 shots. Because of it, Bryan Ruiz and Michael Umana failed to lead their team to victory, in favour of a victory from France led by Tim Krul.
4. A Brazilian Knockout Foul
Brazil's Neymar was trampled over by Colombia's Juan Zuniga, spurring a quarterfinal loss for the host team. Neymar was taken to the hospital in a stretcher after the loss. Thiago Silva, the captain for the host team, got a foul, despite scoring his first goal, causing the captain's elimination from the quarter final.
5. Knocked Out For Good
Brazil's loss to Germany had tremendous impact on the chance of the former to make it to the final. Germany scored the highest number of goals since 1930-eight goals, to be exact. The quickest for Germany's five goals was set at 29 minutes. Miroslav Klose achieved a 16th tournament goal, making him the player with the highest goal score in the World Cup.
