All the facts and figures for France v Uruguay, Belgium v Brazil, England v Sweden and Croatia v Russia
By Martin Laurence for WhoScored, part of the Sport Network
The quarter-finals kick off in Nizhny Novgorod with what should be an intriguing tactical battle between two sides with very different styles. Uruguay are clearly the more settled and organised outfit. While both coaches can call upon world class talent, Óscar Tabárez has a team that equals the sum of its parts. That has not always been the case for France under Didier Deschamps. Finding the personnel and system that bring the best out of his star names has been a problem for Deschamps, who tends to revert to the tried and tested when the going gets tough.
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