World Cup 2018 Scores: Monday's Results and Tuesday's Round-of-16 Schedule

Neymar and Roberto Firmino scored to send Brazil into the quarter-final stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 2-0 win over Mexico in Samara on Monday.

The Selecao will face Belgium in the quarter-final on Friday after the Red Devils came back from 2-0 down to beat Japan 3-2 in Rostov. Nacer Chadli's stoppage-time winner sent Belgium through, after Jan Vertonghen and fellow substitute Marouane Fellaini had equalised.

Once the result is in, attention will turn to Tuesday's ties, with England's meeting with Colombia in Moscow set to cap the last 16, after Sweden face Switzerland in St. Petersburg earlier in the day.

Tuesday's Schedule

• Sweden vs. Switzerland, 5 p.m. local time (3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. ET)
• Colombia vs. England, 9 p.m. local time (7 p.m. BST/2 p.m. ET)

Neymar Makes the Difference

El Tri made a keen start, attacking the tournament favourites with pace, and fluid movement. Key winger Hirving Lozano was among Mexico's most dynamic players during a lively opening 20 minutes for the runners-up in Group F:

While Brazil were put under pressure, it's fair to say Mexico did little to trouble Alisson's goal despite some attractive approach play. The Selecao's attempts to answer naturally ran through Neymar, who found himself a marked man during a goalless first half:

It took just five minutes of the second half for Brazil to go in front and, typically, Neymar made the breakthrough. The prolific No. 10 netted his 57th goal for his country after poking home a Willian cross-shot from close range.

As goals go, it was rather scrappy, yet no less than the Selecao merited for their dominance from the middle of the first-half onwards.

Buoyed by the goal, Brazil began turning on the style. A sweet move saw Willian release Fagner with a perfectly weighted pass, allowing the right-back to pull back and tee up Paulinho, who saw his shot saved by Guillermo Ochoa.

The latter was becoming an overworked figure in the Mexico goal:

Ochoa was soon needed again to palm away a fine shot from the increasingly influential Willian.

Pressure eventually waned on Ochoa's goal, as the match seemed set to lurch toward a 1-0 conclusion, until Neymar made another decisive contribution two minutes from time, teeing up substitute Firmino to add gloss to the scoreline.

Brazil are progressing in an efficient manner, even though it's fair to say they haven't yet clicked into top gear the way favourites are expected to.

Belgium Recover to Stage Epic Comeback

Belgium and Japan's five-goal thriller will immediately become part of World Cup folklore after the way the former recovered from being thoroughly outplayed.

A goalless first half had ended with Belgium frustrated and Japan sensing the chance for a shock result. Shock looked like reality when Genki Haraguchi and Takashi Inui put the Blue Samurai two goals to the good.

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez tweaked things to produce some fast results, with Vertonghen heading in from an acute angle four minutes after Fellaini and Chadli had come off the bench.

Fellaini scored a trademark header five minutes later, but it wasn't until the 94th minute Chadli capped a comeback rare on this scale at this level:

Belgium earned their progress the hard way, but there's no doubt the Red Devils will need to play a lot better if they are going to beat the tournament favourites.

Defensively, there are enough holes for Brazil to exploit, but Belgium do have a forward line capable of getting goals against any team left in the competition.

England have a similarly top-heavy team, but may struggle to contain Radamel Falcao, Juan Cuadrado and Juan Fernando Quintero. By contrast, Sweden will continue to lean on a stingy defence against a Switzerland side surprisingly adept on the break.