What each team need to make World Cup knockouts
Japan need a point against Sweden on Thursday to secure an automatic place in the last 32 [Getty Images]With the final round of group fixtures now under way the path to the World Cup final on 19 July is starting to take shape.But with 32 of the 48 teams advancing to the knockout rounds, new tie-breaker rules, and a table of third-placed teams to keep track of, staying across the various permutations is far from simple. As it stands, England, sitting top of Group L, and Scotland, who finished thi
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