At the end of the second of the three sets of group matches, seven teams have made it into the knockouts — Argentina, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Norway and the United States — and five have been eliminated: Haiti, Jordan, Panama, Tunisia and Turkey.

For the tournament, we are taking a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process in terms of both VAR protocol and the laws of the game.

The Americans are seeing red over the most controversial and consequential red card so far in the World Cup. While the United States celebrated a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina, fans and players were angry and frustrated by a second-half red card that sent off star striker Falorin Balogun.

A report last month speculated a new Seahawks owner could want to replace Lumen Field, but World Cup fans gave the stadium, which opened in 2002, positive reviews.

England and Belgium rallied from early deficits and the U.S. held on despite a red card, winning Wednesday to clear the first World Cup knockout round.

ATLANTA (AP) — It is called connected ball technology. And it was responsible for one of the most dramatic climaxes to a World Cup match ever. It canceled Croatia's late equalizer deep in added time against Portugal by detecting a touch that was undetectable to the naked eye and even video replays late Thursday.

Belgium was down 2-0 until the 85th minute against Senegal in its World Cup Round-of-32 match. Three minutes later it was tied. The Red Devils won 3-2 on a penalty kick.

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) said Paraguay keeper Orlando Gil was fouled prior to Jonathan Tah's header that gave Germany a momentary 2-1 lead.