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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Samuel Meade

What each team needs from final World Cup group games to progress to knockout stages

The World Cup group action over the next few days will decide who advances to the knockout stages and who goes home.

Every nation has played two games in Qatar with only France, Brazil and Portugal securing their spots in the last 16 with the luxury of a game to spare. Instead the majority go into their final fixture needing to avoid defeat or win and hope that other teams do them a favour if they want to extend their campaign.

Some countries know the odds are stacked against them with a potential upset or two on the cards. Wins may not be enough where the likes of Wales are concerned as they also need a notable goal difference swing, which puts the impetus on them to attack. We take a look at what can happen in each group ahead of the final round of games.

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