Time to pull up your socks and reckon the winners as FIFA WorldCup Knockout stage starts today!

Moscow, June 30: 32 teams entered, 16 left! The world waits for the ultimate champions of Russia Football World Cup 2018. With the match lined up for conquering the ultimate day, it's time to start making your picks for who's going to hoist the FIFA World Cup Trophy on July 15.

It won't be defending champs and powerhouse Germany for sure. They were knocked out in the group stage on Wednesday. So the question arises whether it be the Lionel Messi leading Argentina? Or Ronaldo's Portugal? Or someone completely different? Pretty much anything can happen, so we have to find out, but you can make your picks for bragging rights later now!

The final 16 round is the ultimate session of the match sighting the final two in the competition. The first match of the day will be played between France and Argentina in Kazan at 7.30 this evening while Uruguay will meet Portugal in Sochi later at 11.30 tonight.

Meanwhile, World football’s governing body FIFA has announced that a new ball will be used for the knockout phase. The Adidas Telstar Mechta will replace the Telstar 18 used during the group stage of football’s biggest tournament.

The new red design reflects the host nation’s colors and the rising heat of the second half of the competition. The World Cup bracket is uniquely difficult to predict because there are always big surprises. The group stage came to an end on Thursday and the final 16 participants are finally set.

Succumbing to the needs of increasing the curiosity among the people about who will win enter the finals, the FIFA World Cup has given you a chance to do so. If you estimate, you can foresee who will go through from the afore listed Round-of-16 matches and the rest of the knockout-phase ties at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, then play the My Knockout Bracket by Wanda now!

It’s free. It’s very quick and easy to enter. And everybody who plays will be entered into a random draw for prizes. All you have to do is simply predict the outcomes of the Round-of-16 matches, the quarter-finals, semi-finals, third-place playoff and Final. It’s that simple, there’s no predicting score lines.