Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho blundered all four of his World Cup semifinalist predictions.

Mourinho stuck his neck out from the start, picking who would qualify from each World Cup group and then every knockout result after that.

And in the end, he should have shown more faith in two Old Trafford stars, Belgium frontman Romelu Lukaku and England dynamo Jesse Lingard, rather than his projected semi-finalists, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil and Germany.

Now Mourinho must contemplate England, with four United players in their squad, taking on Croatia in Wednesday's semi-final.

A day before that, Old Trafford record buy Paul Pogba hopes to help France overcome the Belgium of Romelu Lukaku and fellow United star Marouane Fellaini.