Finally its down to the last four. The entertaining 2018 FIFA World Cup has thrown-in the most unusual semi-final clashes.

England were last in a World Cup semi-final before Croatia got independence. While, France vs. Belgium seems like a friendly neighborhood football match masquerading as a semi-final.

Saru, Baru and Kumar are joined by Aditya Mattoo (@TheRadiowala) to discuss the quarter-finals as well as preview the semi-finals. They assess the rise of the England national team (Sunderland backbone?) and also talk about Croatia's fitness levels before the semi-finals.

And why did Neymar not do much play-acting during the game against Belgium? Baru has some theories.

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