All 10 of France's goals at the World Cup have come from inside the box and midfielder Mathieu Valbuena is their go-to man for accuracy, with the attacking midfielder completing 94% of his passes in the 2-0 last-16 win over Nigeria.

For more stats, all the goals and the views of BBC pundit Martin Keown, watch Match of the Day Catch-Up.

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FC Barcelona: , externalWith his medical over, Ivan Rakitic is at the Camp Nou to sign his new contract

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Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla has had his agonising miss in the final minute against Brazil inked into his back.

The 30-year-old crashed a shot against the crossbar in the 119th minute, moments before his side were beaten on penalties by the hosts, who will now face Colombia in the last eight.

Why would he want a lasting memory of such a painful defeat? Maybe it's symbolic and he wants to put the heartache behind him. At least he will have difficulty seeing it.

Former Manchester United player Roy Keane is expected to be confirmed as Aston Villa's assistant manager later today.

Manager Paul Lambert approached the former Sunderland boss at the end of last season.

Keane will continue in his role as assistant manager to Martin O'Neill with the Republic of Ireland after O'Neill gave the Villa appointment his blessing.

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Forget the Rio Carnival, Sao Paulo - venue for Argentina versus Switzerland - knows how to party.

The Grupo Especial is a competition featuring 14 of the top samba schools in the sambodromo (an exhibition of samba schools). The schools, each with their samba theme, try to impress the judges and the viewers at home, with the event televised.

Themes in the past, external have included a century of Japanese immigration to Brazil and the deliciousness of chocolate.

It may not match the standards and flavour of Rio, but it is still as colourful and bold.

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Neymar's late penalty helped Brazil to a 3-1 victory in the tournament opener against Croatia, with the host nation coming from behind to win the game. There's a reason for this tale. Stick with it.

In only eight of the 54 matches played so far in this tournament have sides fought back to win from a losing position.

A further six matches have ended in draws, which means giving away an early goal can prove fatal because sides which have conceded first have lost 35 times.

As touched upon in 'headlines on the hour', Neymar is apparently not an injury concern for Brazil's quarter-final against Colombia.

The 22-year-old picked up left thigh and right knee injuries in the second-round win on penalties against Chile.

"The worst is the knee - it's what's hurting the most," said Brazil spokesman Rodrigo Paiva. "He will be evaluated again, but team doctor Jose Luiz Runco said fans don't have to worry because he's not a concern for the match."

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Not much has changed over the last hour with regards to the World Cup's main talking points but, just to recap, here are the stories currently making the headlines:

- Cameroon officials are to investigate claims that seven of their players were involved in match-fixing at the World Cup in Brazil.

- Brazil forward Neymar is expected to be fit to face Colombia on Friday in the last eight of the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

- Per Mertesacker has defended Germany's performance against Algeria, after the three-time champions laboured to an extra-time win in the last 16 tie.

The American media's focus on 44-year-old Djamel Haimoudi probably has something to do with Jurgen Klinsmann, the old so and so.

The USA manager has criticised Fifa's appointment of an Algerian referee for their World Cup second-round match against Belgium.

Klinsmann maintains the Belgians will be able to communicate better with the referee as they both speak French and pointed out that the USA knocked Algeria out of the 2010 World Cup.

Who says soccer is not important across the Pond? ABC News are already building up to what they dub an "epic" game as the Stars and Stripes take on Belgium later today (21:00 BST).

Interestingly, they choose to focus on the match official - Djamel Haïmoudi. I wonder if Howard Webb is a household name Stateside?

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The transfer window is officially open! Yay! Ivan Rakitic was unable to inspire Croatia as they slumped out of the World Cup at the group stages, but the early exit has allowed the midfielder to undergo his medical at Barcelona today.

The 26-year-old agreed a move to the Nou Camp in June.

Jurgen Klinsmann's USA take on Belgium later today for a place in the quarter-finals and, if the USA coach has done his homework, he and his team might not bother showing up for the first half.

All of Belgium's four goals in this tournament have come in the last 45 minutes of their games, with Vincent Kompany and co scoring a big zero in the first half of their matches.

There should be plenty of goals after the break because USA have scored 75% of their goals in the second half.

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Are you head over heels in love with this World Cup?

So far, if you're a viewer who likes goals and pure football over rugged defending, you are getting more buck for your bang than in previous tournaments.

The ball has been in play for an average of 56 minutes during the tournament - two more minutes than in 2010 - and the 2.8 goals per game trumps 2.3 of four years ago.

The German trio of Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm and Per Mertersacker have now completed more passes than any other players at the 2014 World Cup.

Kroos leads the way on 354 completed passes, with Lahm (342) and Arsenal defender Mertesacker (299) ahead of Chile's Gary Medel on 281 and Javier Mascherano of Argentina with 278.

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For once, Germany's Thomas Mueller and Miroslav Klose were not able to find the net as their side beat Algeria, meaning James Rodriguez of Colombia still leads the race to be the World Cup's top goal scorer.

His five goals in four games puts him one ahead of Mueller, Brazil's Neymar and Argentina's Lionel Messi, who plays later today.

Germany midfielder Andre Schurrle:, external Great fight with a great result!!! Now rest and preparing for the next one!!!

BBC Sport's football commentator Conor McNamara: , externalSo, it's agreed then? From now on all World Cups shall be in Brazil, all Masters in Augusta & all Olympics in London. Who's with me?

- All of France's goals during this World Cup have come from inside the penalty area.

- Nigeria have lost all three of their World Cup second-round ties (0-2 v France in 2014, 1-2 v Italy in 1994 and 1-4 v Denmark in 1998).

- France have hit the woodwork more often than any other team at this World Cup (6).

For those of you interested in such things, there were 3,376,122 tweets on the France versus Nigeria game.

The most tweets per minute came when Paul Pogba scored for France, with 103,215 tweets. Joseph Yobo's own goal sparked 89,175 tweets per minute. and at full-time there were 61,274 tweets per minute.

Moving on...

France defender Mathieu Debuchy:, external The adventure continues, proud and happy after the victory against Nigeria. Savour the moment