据中国新闻网消息，霍启刚8日在港媒撰文，痛斥美国政客以政治干预体育，“让世界杯失去灵魂”。
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据北京日报消息，北京时间7月7日上午，比利时队在1/8决赛中4比1击败美国队晋级。
美国队主帅波切蒂诺赛后接受采访时说：“这场比赛从一开始就打得异常艰难。恭喜比利时队，他们今天发挥比我们更好。今天不属于我们。”波切蒂诺直言，他不想找借口，但美国队这场比赛确实没有踢出该有的水准，与本届世界杯其余比赛“判若两队”。比利时主帅鲁迪·加西亚十分兴奋，他激动地说：“现在是比利时时间清晨4点，我想感谢所有早起看球的球迷，他们也一定会为我们的表现骄傲和开心。我们证明了比利时是一个足球强国。”加西亚盛赞球队的发挥，“我们的球员真的太棒了，他们完美执行了赛前的战术部署，一直控制着比赛。我想再说一次，这场胜利是整个团队努力的结果。”
据中国新闻网，本届世界杯所有东道主全部出局。