The tournament delivered spectacle and a clear warning: hosting the world's biggest sporting event next summer will take more than world-class stadiums.

Prices for the quarter-finals are cheaper than had been showing for any group stage game before the start of the competition.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic recognised the enormity of the result. Not simply for his club, but for the country within which he plays. “Let's see now if they will criticise us,” the defiant Serbian