One match yesterday was Germany vs. Algeria. In the 9th minute, Germany keeper Manuel Neuer ran out to block Islam Slimani`s shot. In the 15th minute, Bastian Schweinsteiger had his shot pushed away from Algeria keeper Rais M'Bolhi. Slimani had his headed goal disallowed for correctly being offside in the 17th minute. In the 37th, Mesut Ozil of Germany had his bouncing shot saved in the 37th. In the 39th, Mehdi Mostefa had his deflected shot just wide, and M'Bolhi saved Toni Kroos` and Mario Gotze`s minutes later. M`Bolhi made two saves from shots by Phillip Lahm and Benedikt Howedes in the last half. Slimani had his shot saved by Neuer in the 75th. In the 80th, Thomas Muller`s header was blocked by M'Bolhi and Andre Schurrle`s rebound was also saved. Neuer ran off his line in the 89th to beat Sofiane Feghouli before it went to extra time. Schurrle scored in the 93rd from a Muller cross to beat M'Bolhi. Ozil scored in the 119th after sub Christoph Kramer`s shot was blocked. Abdelmoumene Djabou scored in the 121st to make it 2-1 when he put it past Neuer. The last chance for Algeria was a Slimani header straight at Neuer. Germany advanced to face France.
The other match was France vs. Nigeria. In the 19th minute, Emmanuel Emenike of Nigeria had a controversial offside goal disallowed when he headed in Ahmed Musa`s cross for being offside. Paul Pogba headed one on target in the 22nd, but Nigeria keeper Vincent Enyeama pushed it away. Emenike then forced France keeper Hugo Lloris into a diving save. In the 62nd, Karim Benzema`s shot in the 62nd minute trickled past Enyeama but Victor Moses cleared off the line. In the 77th, Yohan Cabaye hit the bar with a volley. Paul Pogba gave France a lead in the in the 79th when Enyeama failed to clear as Pogba headed the ball into an empty net. In the 91st, France sealed to advance when Antoine Valbuena crossed to Antoine Griezmann, but Joseph Yobo hit it into his own net.
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