After all the nail biting matches of the knockout stage, the quarter-final stage of the FIFA World Cup is all set to begin on Friday evening.

France will face Uruguay at Nizhny Novgorod at 7:30 PM, while five-time winners Brazil will take on Belgium at 11:30 PM in Kazan.

The remaining two last-8 matches is scheduled on Saturday. England will battle it out against Sweden at Samara, and hosts Russia will meet Croatia in Sochi.

The semi-finals will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday in the upcoming week. The Final is slated for the 15th of this month at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

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