[(Title)] France, Croatia reach knockout stage ahead of time, Messi on brink of World Cup exit

MOSCOW, June 22. /TASS/. The highlight of Day 8 of the FIFA World Cup in Russia was the victory of Croatia over Argentina, which claimed a place in the knockout stage ahead of time and put South Americans on the brink of exit.

莫斯科，6月22日。俄罗斯FIFA世界杯第8天的最大亮点是克罗地亚战胜了阿根廷，提前晋级，并让南美球队濒临退出的边缘。

France also reached the knockout stage after two matches.

法国队在两场比赛之后也提前晋级。

During the first match Argentina showed that their entire game relied on one thing - giving the ball to football star Lionel Messi and waiting for a miracle.

在第一场比赛中，阿根廷展示了他们的整个比赛依赖于一件事——将球传给足球明星利昂内尔·梅西，并等待奇迹的出现。

In the match with Iceland (1-1) Messi did not do his best and missed a penalty at a decisive moment. Team Argentina did not change its strategy for a match with Croatia. Inspiration did not come to Messi, and the result was 0-3.

在与冰岛（1-1）的比赛中，梅西没有尽全力，在决定性的时刻错过了罚球，阿根廷队没有改变与克罗地亚的比赛策略，结果为0-3。

Argentina's goalkeeper Willy Caballero made a horrible mistake in the second half of the game popping the ball to Croatia's Ante Rebic, who scored the goal.

阿根廷守门员威利·卡瓦列罗在比赛后半场犯了一个可怕的错误，把球踢给了克罗地亚的雷比克，他进了球。

Two other goals were cannoned by Luka Modric in the 80th minute and Ivan Rakitic in the 90th minute.

另外两个进球，分别由内卢卡·莫德里克在第80分钟，以及伊万·拉基蒂奇在90分钟踢进。

Team Croatia scored six points in two matches and got to the knockout round of the championship ahead of schedule, repeating the success of 1998.

克罗地亚队在两场比赛中得分六分，提前进入世界杯16强。

Argentina put its future in the World Cup in jeopardy, and is now ranked third in the group with one point.

阿根廷将其未来置于世界杯的危机之中，目前排在小组第三位，只有一分。

France advanced to the knockout stage after defeating Peru 1-0 in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg. French forward Kylian Mbappe scored the only goal for France in the 34th minute of the match.

法国队在亚卡捷琳堡的乌拉尔市以1比0击败秘鲁之后，提前一轮小组出线。

At 19 years and six months, he is the youngest footballer in French team's history to have scored a goal during the World Cup or the European Championship. Mbappe has been named the best player of the France-Peru match.

19岁零6个月，姆巴佩是法国队历史上在世界杯或欧洲锦标赛中进球的最年轻的足球运动员。姆巴佩被提名为法国和秘鲁比赛最佳球员。

The citizens of Yekaterinburg were surprised to see thousands of Peruvian fans, who held a mini carnival ahead of the match.

叶卡捷琳堡的公民惊讶地看到数以千计的秘鲁球迷，他们在比赛前举行了一场迷你狂欢节。

Peru had not played at the World Cups over the past 36 years, but the long-awaited championship ended for them after just two matches. The fans' support was one of the most spectacular and the team's game was exciting.

在过去的36年里，秘鲁并没有在世界杯中踢国球，但人们期待已久的盛会仅仅在两场比赛之后就结束了。球迷的支持是最壮观的，这场比赛令人振奋。