World Cup Cartoon: “Vietnam U23's style of play wins the title and the sadness of Messi and Ronaldo”
(Baonghean.vn) - The 2018 World Cup was dramatic and exciting with many surprises. Especially the farewells of superstars like Messi, Ronaldo... Below are the most interesting features of the group stage from the perspective of cartoonist An Thang.
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World Cup 2018 situation after the final rounds of the group stage. |
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VAR technology almost made Ronaldo suffer bitter consequences. |
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From Mexico to South Korea, defending champion Germany has been a big disappointment at this year's World Cup. |
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Messi and Ronaldo after struggling to get through the group stage. |
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They finally met at the airport, Argentina watched France enter the quarter-finals after a regretful 3-4 loss. Portugal stopped by Uruguay after a 1-2 loss. |
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Brazil and fear before meeting Mexico. |
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Japan entered the round of 16 thanks to the Fairplay index, a new point of this year's FIFA World Cup. |
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The Samurai spirit continued to be shown by the Japanese players in the match against Belgium. |
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Despite losing 2-3, the team from the land of the rising sun still deserves to be called "Pride of Asia". |
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The miracle of the Russian team overcoming Spain with the resilient spirit of "U23 Vietnam". The tight defense and sharp counter-attacks have helped many teams advance deep in the 2018 World Cup. |

Neymar shines, Brazil overcomes Mexico to enter the quarterfinals of World Cup 2018
The Brazilian superstar scored one goal and assisted the other to help his team win 2-0 against the Central American representative to get a ticket to the quarter-finals.