(CNN)The group stages have concluded, to the knockout stages we go.
After 36 games, 106 goals, 84 yellow cards, and plenty of VAR controversy, 24 teams have been whittled to 16 and the pressure now turns up a notch or two at the Women’s World Cup.
The big-hitters have come through their opening tests unscathed, though there have been a few headlines along the way, while all four debutants — Jamaica, Chile, South Africa and Scotland — have now departed but left their mark nonetheless.
