Wednesday 27 June 2018 22:55, UK
We round up Wednesday's talking points from Russia as Germany crash out, Mexico survive and South Korea celebrate.
Each day during the tournament, we will be pulling together all the big stories and best reaction right here in a nutshell, so you do not miss a thing.
Here are the highlights from day 14 at the World Cup...
Germany finished bottom of Group F on the back of a 2-0 humiliation by South Korea, with the Asian side dumping the World Champions out through two goals in injury time.
Having flattered to deceive and been close to finding themselves caught out on a number of occasions by the Koreans, Young-Won Kim turned in Toni Kroos' toe-poke from a corner to leave them on the brink of World Cup elimination.
And with Manuel Neuer pushed into midfield, the world champions were caught on the break when Se-jong Ju tackled the German goalkeeper and smashed the ball downfield, from which Heung-min Son wrapped up a famous victory from close-range.
Sweden qualified for the last 16 as group winners with a convincing 3-0 win over Mexico, who also made it through after Germany's shock defeat.
A frantic first half saw both teams waste good chances to take the lead. Carlos Vela pushed his shot just wide of the far post, before Swede Emile Forsberg missed the target from the edge of the six-yard box.
It only took Sweden five minutes of the second half to take the lead, with left-back Ludwig Augustinsson volleying home after a miscued shot from Viktor Claesson.
From then on it was all Sweden, who won a penalty after Hector Moreno brought down Marcus Berg. Captain Andreas Granqvist rocketed home from the spot, before Mexico right-back Edson Alvarez turned the ball into his own net to round off the scoring in Yekaterinburg.
Brazil's slow start to the group continued in terms of performance, but their passage to the last 16 as Group E winners was sealed by goals in each half from Paulinho and Thiago Silva.
The Barcelona midfielder lifted Philippe Coutinho's brilliant lofted pass beyond Vladimir Stojkovic to open the scoring.
And Silva's header from a Neymar corner ensured Brazil's progression as group winners, ahead of a last-16 tie with Sweden.
A 93rd-minute own goal denied Switzerland a win over Costa Rica in their final group game, but the point was enough to see them advance through to the last 16 from Group E as runners-up.
Switzerland made the perfect start when Blerim Dzemaili's low drive put them in front after 31 minutes. Costa Rica finally got their first goal of the World Cup in the second half when Kendall Watson rose highest to head home Joel Campbell's cross.
Swiss substitute Josip Drmic scored what looked to be the match-winning goal with a confident finish with two minutes of regular time remaining, before Costa Rica were awarded a late penalty in stoppage time.
Bryan Ruiz saw his penalty come back off of the crossbar but hit Swiss goal keeper Yann Sommer on the back of the head before rolling into the net to see the game finish 2-2.
With Germany chasing a goal which would put them through to the last 16, VAR made its biggest call of the finals to date by ruling Kim's goal from a South Korea corner would be allowed to stand.
South Korea knew they were already out themselves, with Sweden coasting to a 3-0 win over Mexico in Group F's other game, but celebrated like they had won the World Cup when referee Mark Geiger awarded the goal after consulting a video replay.
"It's too soon for me to answer, it will take a few hours to see things clearly, the disappointment is very deep in me."
"You can't do that [throw the game], football has a strange knack of punishing you when you don't treat things professionally and in the right manner."
"We've not won a knockout game since 2006, why we would be starting to plot which would be a better venue for our semi-final is beyond me really."
Safe to say Brazil are over their 7-1 defeat to Germany in 2014...
Ignore Germany, we've all heard they've not gone out this early since 1938 and all the rest.
Joachim Low refused to discuss his future after becoming the first manager to lead Germany to a first-round elimination since 1938.
Low , who has been in charge of his national side since 2006 and led them to at least the last four of every tournament they have played since then, said matters were too raw to discuss.
Roberto Martinez decided against ruling Romelu Lukaku out of Thursday's Group G decider with England, despite reports he would definitely miss the game.
Martinez said it was "probably one day too early" for the striker, who has scored four goals at the tournament so far this summer.
Gareth Southgate confirmed Eric Dier will start for England against Belgium, with the Three Lions set to make several changes for their final group game.
But Southgate emphasised the importance of keeping momentum on the eve of the game in Kaliningrad, despite a potential quarter-final with Brazil should England win the group.
"He [Dier] is always a big part of our plans," Southgate said. "He is a really intelligent player, tactically very aware and he is a crucial part of our squad and has been all the way through our journey.
"His mentality has been about playing his way into the tournament, recognising he will have a part to play. There is a real maturity about him and I enjoy our discussions about the matches we play.
"We think that we need to keep winning football matches. We want to breed a mentality that everybody in our squad wants to constantly win."
Football fans in a Mexico City bar were left shouting 'Korea! Korea!' after their blushes were spared and qualification secured from Group F despite a 3-0 defeat to Sweden.
With Germany poised to take their place in the last 16 if they could find their way through the South Korea defence in the other game in the group, two late goals shattered the world champions' hope of progressing in one of the biggest shocks in recent World Cup history.
"I went from crying to laughing," said Cecilia Gonzalez, a 22-year-old student who was celebrating the the emotional rollercoaster in traditional Mexican style, with a round of tequila.
"Thank you Korea. I don't even know quite where it is, but thank you, thank you."
