Spain 3, Australia 0
Netherlands 2, Chile 0
Brazil 4, Cameroon 1
Mexico 3, Croatia 1
I didn't get to see enough of the games to give my four thoughts today. I will say that Mexico's turnaround from qualifying out of CONCACAF at the 11th hour and 59th minute (and only thanks to the US coming back and beating Panama in stoppage time) to advancing out of a group that included Brazil and Croatia is very impressive.
If you can only see one game today, make it Italy-Uruguay.
Today's Games:
GROUP D
|
||||||||
TEAM
|
GP
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GD
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTS
|
Costa Rica (28)
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
Italy (9)
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
Uruguay (7)
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
-1
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
England (10)
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-2
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
note, all games are available streaming on ESPN3/the WatchESPN app
Costa Rica vs England (12:00 PM, ESPN2)
Italy vs Uruguay (12:00 PM, ESPN)
Notes:
Costa Rica has advanced to the knockout round
Costa Rica wins the group with
- a win
- a draw
- a loss AND an Italy/Uruguay draw
- a loss AND a win in the Italy/Uruguay game that doesn't overcome Costa Rica's goal differential advanatge (+3 over Italy, +4 over Uruguay)
Italy advances with
- a win
- a draw
Italy wins the group with
- a win AND a Costa Rica loss that overcomes Costa Rica's goal differential advanatge (+3)
Uruguay advances with
- a win
Uruguay wins the group with
- a win AND a Costa Rica loss that overcomes Costa Rica's goal differential advanatge (+4)
England is England, and as such are already eliminated.
GROUP C
|
||||||||
TEAM
|
GP
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GD
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTS
|
Colombia (8)
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
Ivory Coast (23)
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Japan (46)
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Greece (12)
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-3
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
note, all games are available streaming on ESPN3/the WatchESPN app
Greece vs Ivory Coast (4:00 PM, ESPN2)
Japan vs Colombia (4:00 PM, ESPN)
Notes:
Colombia has advanced to the knockout round
Colombia wins the group with
- a win
- a draw
- a loss AND an Ivory Coast/Greece draw
- a loss AND a win in the Ivory Coast/Greece game that doesn't overcome Colombia's goal differential advanatge (+4 over Ivory Coast, +7 over Greece)
Ivory Coast advances with
- a win
- a draw
Ivory Coast wins the group with
- a win AND a Colombia loss that overcomes Colombia's goal differential advanatge (+4)
Japan advances with
- a win that overcomes Ivory Coast's goal differential advantage (+1) AND an Ivory Coast/Greece draw
- a win AND a Greece win that doesn't overcome Japan's goal differential advanatge (+3)
Greece advances with
- a win AND a Japan loss
- a win AND a Japan draw
- a win that overcomes Japan's goal differential advantage (+3)
A reminder: the number in parentheses next to each team name is the latest FIFA World Ranking.
Qualified for Knockout Round: Netherlands (B1), Chile (B2), Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil (A1), Mexico (A2)
Eliminated from the Knockout Round: Cameroon, Australia, Spain, England, Honduras, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia
GROUP A
|
||||||||
TEAM
|
GP
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GD
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTS
|
Brazil (3)
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
7
|
2
|
7
|
Mexico (20)
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
Croatia (18)
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
Cameroon (56)
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-8
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
GROUP B
|
||||||||
TEAM
|
GP
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GD
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTS
|
Netherlands (15)
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
3
|
9
|
Chile (14)
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
Spain (1)
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
-3
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
Australia (62)
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-6
|
3
|
9
|
0
|
No comments:
Post a Comment