WIRE — (Photo credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images)After 72 games were played to eliminate just 12 of the 48 teams at the largest-ever World Cup, the knockout phase is finally set to begin.All of the pre-tournament favorites (France, Spain, England, Argentina) made it through, and a few surprise sides are through, too.Cape Verde, in their first-ever World Cup appearance, drew all three of their group-stage
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