History made after the completion of the quarter-finals saw Morocco eliminate Portugal and become African football's first ever semi-finalist on the biggest stage of all.

Later in the day, France and England clashed and the defending champions solidified their status as tournament favourites.

Lachie Corbett dials on to tell us all about it.

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PRODUCTION NOTE: Lachie and Jonathan are cousins.

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Special two part episode today.

Firstly, the Tok returns briefly to summarise his emotions are Croatia's great escape against Brazil with a late equaliser and decisive play in a penalty shoot-out. He also reflected on the other brilliant quarter-final, which saw Lionel Messi's finale continue for the rest of the tournament.

In the second part, we interview Frenchman Emmanuel 'Manu' de Beauregard about his expectations for the rest of the tournament and a French perspective on the hosting situation.

PRODUCTION NOTE: Tok and Jonathan go back to their ANZ days in Canberra in mid-2011. Manu and Jonathan first met after spending 7 weeks each with each other's families as part of an exchange in 2001.

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Portuguese super-fan Mario Ferreira lends his analysis to today's episode as they emphatically motored through to the Quarter-Finals, where they will join Morocco for battle at the weekend. And did they unveil a new wunderkind to take over the baton from their ageing superstar in the process?

We also hit him with some Q&A about the tournament to this point.

PRODUCTION NOTE: Mario and Jonathan are old friends who first met at Monash University and ran the Monash Marketing Students' Society in 2007-08.

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Doha Daily 2022's resident Croatian football SME Steve Tokic is today's guest to review a round of 16 fixture with Japan that went all the way to penalties, as well as Brazil's more straight-forward journey to the quarter finals with a big win over Korea.

We get his game and goal of the tournament too.

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PRODUCTION NOTE: Steve and Jonathan are former colleagues from ANZ Bank and have known each other since late-2011.

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Ben Biro jumps on the call to break down the second knockout round which has provided yet another heavyweight quarter-final match up, with England and France on a collision course after defeating Senegal and Poland respectively.

We also do some more rapid-fire Q&A about the tournament and look ahead to the big matches on Monday night!

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PRODUCTION NOTE: Ben and Jonathan are former colleagues from the Australian Government Department of Regional Australia and have known each other since mid-2011.

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Sunday Fun-day is a family affair, with Jonathan's cousins Peter and Michael joining the show to reflect on Australia's gallant exit from the tournament at the hands of Messi's Argentina, Holland's ongoing success (eliminating the USA this morning) and some observations of the tournament as a whole.

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PRODUCTION NOTE: Peter, Michael and Jonathan are all cousins, their three mothers are sisters.

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Double trouble for this Saturday edition as the group stage comes to a close. Murray Newton and 'Bobby' Samora Curry join today's episode to wrap the end of the group stage as Korea sneak a place in the knock-outs at the last minute and Cameroon stun Brazil.

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Both Murray & Samora went to school with Jonathan and they have all known each other since 2001.

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What the heck just happened? Chaos was unleashed on the FIFA World Cup today after a spectacular finish to Group E with Spain, Germany, Japan and Costa Rica all taking turns in the box seat to progress and each staring elimination in the face. Nick Butler joins the show to walk us through the various scenarios at play as Japan eventually finished on top and Spain following them through.s

We also look at Group F and the end of the Belgian golden era and the rise of Morrocco, and take a walk down FIFA World Cup memory lane.

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Jonathan & Nick went to high school together and have known each other since 1997.

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Socceroos super-fan Jeremy Dornan showcases his emotions about potentially Australia's greatest FIFA World Cup victory over Denmark.

We also discuss the surprise Tunisian victory against an undermanned France, Argentina's continued resurgence and Poland scraping through to the last 16 by the barest of margins.

Jeremy also gives his view on the overall South American contribution to the tournament, on and off the field.

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Jonathan & Jeremy have known each other since early 2010 having been graduates together in the Federal Government Department of Infrastructure & Transport. They travelled together to Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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Jonathan Schafer is the co-host today, looking at the progression to the round of 16 of Holland, Senegal, England and the USA.

We also look ahead to the resolution of Groups C & D where the fates of Australia, Argentina and others will be determined.

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The two Jonathan's are former colleagues from the ANZ Bank who have known each other since mid-2016.

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