World Cup 2014: Brazil and Mexico advance to last 16 – in pictures
There's plenty of pensive and anxious Brazilian supporters at a Fifa Fan Fest in Salvador during a tense first half Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove the Amazonian jungle the Azul flight from Manaus bound for São Paulo erupted in cheers when Neymar opened the scoring as the airline offered live streaming of the matchPhotograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesThey were cheering down on the streets of Manaus tooPhotograph: Themba Hadebe/AP
And at the Fifa Fan Fest on Ponta Negra beach in ManausPhotograph: Mast Irham/EPAThe anxiety returned because Joel Matip equalised for Cameroon and the nerves lasted until the 34th minute when Neymar got his second to restore Brazil's lead Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPAEarly in the second half Fred made it 3-1 which cheered these fans watching on a TV in the Santa Marta favela in Rio de JaneiroPhotograph: Oliver Weiken/EPAWith four minutes to go Fernandinho finished off a fine move by poking home from 10 yards to wrap things up, which made these fans happyPhotograph: Oliver Weiken/EPAThe 4-1 win means that Brazil will face the Group B runners-up Chile in the last 16Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPAA couple kiss during celebrations along Copacabana BeachPhotograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesThe fans in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, seem to be enjoying the match even though it remained goalless until the 72nd minutePhotograph: Moises Castillo/APWhen Rafael Márquez headed home from a corner, the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, second left, and national defence secretary Salvador Cienfuegos, left, join in the celebrations Photograph: Mexico's Presidency/REXThen three minutes later Andrés Guardado made the game safe, calmly slotting home from six yard causing cheers at this market in Ciudad Juárez, MexicoPhotograph: Stringer/ReutersJavier Hernández notched from close range to make it 3-0 and it's all too much for this fan in the Arena PernambucoPhotograph: Sergei Grits/APIvan Perisic pulled one back for Croatia but it was too little too late. The final whistle went three minutes later causing wild celebrations amongst the Mexico fans in the stadiumPhotograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty ImagesAnd on the streets of Mexico CityPhotograph: Sean Havey/APAnd in Ciudad Juárez Photograph: Stringer/ReutersThousands took to the steets of Mexico City to celebratePhotograph: Toni Fran Ois/Demotix/CorbisMany of them congregated at the Independence monument to celebrate their progress to the knockout stage where Mexico will face HollandPhotograph: Moises Castillo/AP
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