Well, Declan Rice is on the way home after it all went a bit Spursy for Harry Kane, but he had an excellent game against France and generally enhanced his reputation in Qatar. Nayef Aguerd had another fine match for Morocco against Spain but had to go off after 84 minutes with a worrying thigh injury. He missed the epic win against Portugal and could be a doubt for the semi-final against France.
While you wouldn't have predicted forgotten Hammer Nikola Vlasic would be featuring in a World Cup semi-final after proving too much for Brazil. Vlasic, on loan at Torino, came on as a sub against Brazil and was involved in the build-up to Croatia's late equaliser. He also put away the first penalty in the shoot-out with some confidence. Might he still have a future at West Ham? Having spent £28 million on him it's not worth Moyes giving up on him just yet.
Meanwhile the other Iron left in the competition is Alphonse Areola who will be on the bench for France unless Lloris gets injured. The Fonz is set to get two World Cup winners' medals without ever paying in a final — which is pretty cool and as my pal Matt says, a great trivia question.
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I kind of feel badly for Vlasic. He's got spice and energy but was never really able to show it. The coach needs to give some of these players more of a chance to show their skill! I live in Lyon at the moment, and the fans here MISS Paqueta. He was their Declan Rice. But, Paqueta needs time to adjust to the Premier League and I feel Vlasic could use the same.
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