29 Jun 2018

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Cape Town - The 2018 Soccer World Cup in Russia has reached the Round of 16 stage.

Best and Worst: 2018 World Cup group stage

We've already seen major upsets including the shocking exit of defending champions Germany.

Germany failed to progress from the group stage of a World Cup for the first time after their embarrassing 2-0 loss to South Korea on Wednesday.

READ: 'Sorry': Germany arrive home after World Cup agony

It is also the first time since 1982 that an African team failed to reach the tournament's second round.

Nonetheless, the next few days are set for mouth-watering entertainment with several big guns still eager to lift the coveted trophy.

If you missed ANY of the action, we've recapped the group stages and we take a look ahead to the Round of 16:

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