Messi missed a penalty then saved Argentina - his fourth missed at a World Cup

Argentina was on the brink of elimination, and then it remembered it's Argentina. Egypt led 2-0 with a goal from Yasser Ibrahim in the 15th minute and a second from Mostafa Zico in the 67th, and Messi missed a penalty in the 21st minute - the fourth missed penalty at a World Cup in his career, a record no one wanted to hold. And then it caught fire: Cristian Romero (79'), Messi himself (83') and Enzo Fernández in stoppage time for a final 3-2. Argentina goes through to the quarterfinals, and the lesson is an old one - a team with Messi is never done until the referee blows the whistle.

Man United paid 50 million for Andrey Santos - Chelsea kept a percentage of the next sale

Manchester United agreed a deal for Andrey Santos, the 22-year-old Brazilian defensive midfielder from Chelsea, for a total of 50 million pounds (48 million plus 2 million in bonuses). Santos played 43 matches for Chelsea last year with three goals and four assists, and now has to fill the hole left by Casemiro's departure and Ugarte's injury. There's an interesting small detail in the deal: Chelsea keeps 10 percent of a future sale. A club that sells yet still stays on the payroll - that's the business model the whole of football is slowly moving toward.

Arsenal won't give up on Bruno Guimarães - two bids rejected, a third goes up to 90 million

Arsenal keeps knocking on Newcastle's door for Bruno Guimarães. A first bid of 55 million pounds and a second of 65 million ended up rejected, and now the London club is preparing a third that could reach as high as 90 million. Newcastle value their Brazilian at around 77 million and are holding out, but the player has already said he wants to go to Arsenal - and when a player wants to leave, negotiations rarely end in favour of the selling team. Newcastle have already lost Gordon and Tonali this summer; if Guimarães goes too, what's left of the ambition?

End of the Dalić era in Croatia - Bilić the favourite to take over the national team

Eight years, three medals and a generation that wrote the finest chapter in Croatian football - and now the end. Zlatko Dalić is leaving the Croatia bench after the elimination by Portugal at the World Cup, and the main favourite to replace him is said to be Slaven Bilić, a man who already led the national team from 2006 to 2012 and took it to the quarterfinals of EURO 2008. The Croatian federation has reportedly already spoken with the players and got a positive answer for Bilić's return. For a Balkan neighbour of two million people, three medals in eight years is a number that far bigger nations can only envy.

Portugal out, Martínez leaving - Merino's late goal and the end of a cycle

And while some Balkan neighbours celebrate an era, others mourn one. Portugal went out of the World Cup on a goal by Mikel Merino in the final minutes for Spain (0-1), and coach Roberto Martínez immediately resigned, saying it's the end of a cycle and the team needs a new voice. A generation full of names, and yet again no trophy at a major tournament. Sometimes the most expensive side isn't the happiest one - football shows that at every World Cup.