Friday 29 June 2018 22:22, UK
We round up Friday's talking points from the World Cup as FIFA defend VAR, while England should believe "more than ever".
FIFA's referee committee head Pierluigi Collina said VAR had been a huge success at Russia 2018 so far.
Having reviewed the first 48 games, Collina said there have been 335 incidents checked - nearly seven per game - with 14 on-field reviews made by referees and three reviews made by the VAR team on factual decisions.
Of these incidents, referees called 95 per cent of them correctly without VAR but video replays improved this to 99.3 per cent by correcting 14 of them.
"We have always said that VAR doesn't mean perfection - there could still be the wrong interpretation or a mistake - but I think you would agree that 99.3 per cent is very close to perfection," Collina said.
Raheem Sterling should start over Marcus Rashford in England's last-16 clash with Colombia, Alan Smith told Sky Sports.
Rashford was given the opportunity to state his case for inclusion in Thursday night's 1-0 defeat to Belgium, but wasted the Three Lions' best chance of the game after half-time.
Sterling had been criticised for his performance in England's group-opener with Tunisia, but set up two goals in their 6-1 thrashing of Panama last Sunday.
"There was quite a groundswell from supporters as much as anything for Marcus Rashford to get a shout (to start for England) and if he'd have put that chance away it would have been a very different situation," Smith said.
Gary Neville issued a passionate plea for the nation to be swept up in optimism as England head into the World Cup knockout stages.
Adnan Januzaj's second-half goal condemned Gareth Southgate's side to defeat in their final Group G match, meaning they finished behind Belgium in the group and will now face Colombia in the last 16 on Tuesday.
"What an opportunity for those players," he said. "What an opportunity for Gareth Southgate to sweep a nation with him. The positivity should be bigger after the Belgium game.
"Getting to a quarter-final would be a really good achievement, if we got to a semi-final it would be an incredible achievement."
Fabian Delph temporarily left England's World Cup camp in Russia ahead of his wife giving birth.
After starting Thursday's 1-0 defeat to Belgium, the Manchester City midfielder flew home to be with his partner Natalie.
The Football Association confirmed that Delph left straight from Kaliningrad, with their third child due on Saturday.
"Before running you have to learn to walk. I don't know what's possible in the future but I think it's a bit early for that now. "I agree it would be interesting, though, and would perhaps make decisions better accepted by the football community."
"When you're a manager you've got to make decisions that are right for your group and are right for the primary objective. "Sometimes those decisions will be criticised and I understand that. Only one person has to make that decision with the full facts and the intricacies of managing a group and a tournament."
"Leo's [Messi] gesture with me makes me proud. He knows all the passion I put into everything I do. "We share the dream of coming to Russia to achieve something important for Argentina."
No rest for the wicket on the England squad's day off...
FIFA briefed members of the media in Russia that 98 per cent of seats had been filled during the World Cup - but then clarified, in relation to a noticeable proportion of empty seats in a number of games, this only referred to tickets sold.
The association's competitions director Colin Smith said: "We want every seat filled inside the stadium. The reality is that there are some no-shows."
