World Cup Diary: Latin America Reigns

So, we now have the quarterfinal line up: four Latin American teams are in the next round. Brazil and Argentina were expected. Paraguay and Uruguay have also qualified. The only Latin American team that didn’t make it was Chile, but they were matched against Brazil, a tall order.

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