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And even ahead of some knockout games, ticket prices collapsed to under $20.

In the last World Cup, for example, Pulisic wound up in the hospital after scoring a gutsy first-half goal against Iran that sent the U.S. on to the knockout stage.

Joe Schmidt took over Australia at their lowest ebb after their failure to reach the knockout stages of a Rugby World Cup for the first time in 2023.

In the bottom of the third, the team landed a knockout blow.

Sometimes, it takes a player of Bonmati's calibre to make the difference in the pivotal moments - and that is what she did, getting the all-important goal in a knockout stage which was otherwise somewhat muted.