United States head coach Gregg Berhalter revealed a player was nearly sent home from the World Cup in Qatar over lack of effort and subsequent reports identified Giovanni Reyna as the athlete in question.
From Kylian Mbappe thriving with France to Brazil playing with flair and joy, here are some of the biggest narratives from the World Cup in Qatar to date.
For a couple of World Cup cycles, FIFA eschewed the traditional rules governing extra time in favor of a theoretically more dramatic format. It didn't work out.