Lucky Holland

It’s another day at the Brazilian World Cup 2014 and no shocks here today although there nearly was for one of our nations.

HOLLAND was next up against MEXICO in which we knew that this was going to be a good game. HOLLAND had won all of their games from Group B beating, Spain, Australia and Chile and they then had the highest amount of goals from the first round with 10. MEXICO are runners up from Group A and they won two of their games and drew 0-0 against Brazil.

This was a very fast game again and in the first half it was all Holland, but it all changed in the second half as Mexico came out and scored in the 48^th minute. Holland seemed to be playing against a brick wall as some great shots were saved by the Mexican goal keeper. With just three minutes to go in normal time I did think that the Dutch were out and Mexico would make history by going into the quarter finals. But in the 88^th minute, Holland’s Sneijder equalised and it all started to go wrong for Mexico. In injury time 90+4 minutes Holland received a penalty and scored by Huntelaar. Holland go through to the quarter-finals with 12 goals to date. Mexico go home with 5 goals.

In the other game from the Second Round Costa Rica winner of Group D beat Greece runners up from Group C in another spectacular way. The game was 0-0 at half time but Costa Rica came on top in the second half to go one goal up. It was not till the last minute, that Greece equalised 1-1 and into extra time. With both teams having played with all that they had, it still remained 1-1 after extra time and so for the second time in the Second Round, penalties had to be taken. Costa Rica was up first and scored. With three penalties each the result was 3-3. Into the fourth penalty and Costa Rica score but Greece failed. With the fifth and final penalty for Costa Rica they scored and won 5-3 on penalties to go through to the next stage.

So the second Quarter-final game is confirmed as HOLLAND against Costa Rica to be played on 5^th July.

Our goals total now stands at 99 goals for the tournament.

Best four teams to date are HOLLAND (12) COLOMBIA (11) FRANCE (8) GERMANY (7) Total of 38 goals.

The Second round games to play

FRANCE v NIGERIA, GERMANY v Algeria to be played on 30^th June 

ARGENTINA v Switzerland, BELGIUM v USA will be played on 1^st July

Brazil through to Quarter-finals

This weekend we saw the start of the 2^nd Round games of the World Cup 2014 and the first game up was between BRAZIL and CHILE.

BRAZIL are the winners from Group A and started off the tournament with a 3-1 win against Croatia. They  then drew 0-0 with Mexico and then won their last game in the first round 4-1 against Cameroon. CHILE are the runners up in Group B winning their opening game 3-1 against Australia and then knocked out Spain from the games winning 2-0. Their last game they lost 2-0 to Holland.

This was always going to be a great match between these two and both sides did not let us down. Right from kick-off it was fast and furious but it was Brazil that scored the first goal. Chile played very good football at times and they never gave up. Brazil had their moments but at times they seemed to slow down and that what’s cost them the game as Chile scored from a bad clearance near their goal. So after 90 minutes the score remained 1-1. We then went into extra time, which counts in Golden Goals. But still both teams were unable to break the deadlock and so into penalties. These do not count for us.

Brazil went first and scored but Chile missed their’s, both teams missed the next one and for their third penalty both scored. 2-1 to Brazil. The fourth one Brazil missed and Chile scored, with the last and final penalty Brazil scored and Chile missed by hitting the post with the shot just outside the Brazilian’s goal keeper reach. Brazil are our first team to go through to the Quarter-finals 3-2 on penalties. Brazil take their goals tally to 8 goals while Chile go out with 6 goals.

In the other game of the day, COLOMBIA took on URUGUAY.

COLOMBIA finished top of Group C by winning all of their three games in the first round. They first beat Greece 3-0 and then beat the Ivory Coast 2-1. In their final game they won 4-1 against Japan. URUGUAY were runners up from Group D and after losing their open game 3-1 to Costa Rica, they then won their last two games. 2-1 against England and 1-0 against Italy. Colombia won this game 2-0 and are on a total of 11 goals which now makes them top scorer’s for Golden Goals. Uruguay are our ninth nation to go out and they ended with a total of 4 goals.

So the first Quarter-final game is confirmed as BRAZIL against COLOMBIA to be played on 4^th July.

So At the end of day seventeen at the World Cup, our goals total now stands at 96 goals.

Best four teams to date are COLOMBIA (11) HOLLAND (10) FRANCE (8) GERMANY (7) Total of 36 goals.

The Second round games still to play are

HOLLAND v MEXICO, Coast Rica v Greece to be played on 29^th June

FRANCE v NIGERIA, GERMANY v Algeria to be played on 30^th June 

ARGENTINA v Switzerland, BELGIUM v USA will be played on 1^st July

Day Fifteen and Portugal are out

All of the First Round games have now been played and out of our 19 Nations in the Golden Goals World Cup Brazil 2014, 12 have made it through to the next round.

So at Day fifteen, In GROUP G, Top of the Group GERMANY took on second place USA and what a game it was. Once again Howard, the American goal keeper played a great game and kept the Americans in the tournament as Germany win just 1-0. Germany remained top with seven points and now have a total of 7 goals. USA finished second which for the under dog of this group, is a great success. They had four points and 4 goals to date. In the other match, PORTUGAL won 2-1 against Ghana after Ghana gave them a goal in the first half. Portugal are out with four points and just 4 goals. Ghana are last with just one point.

In GROUP H, Top of the group BELGIUM played South Korea and won 1-0 which means that Belgium have won all of their three games with nine points and 4 goals. Runner up came Algeria after they drew 1-1 with RUSSIA. Algeria have four points. Russia go home with two points and 2 goals. South Korea come sin last with just one point.

So At the end of day fifteen at the World Cup, our goals total now stands at 92 goals. The Nations that have made it through to the second round so far are ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, MEXICO, NIGERIA , URUGUAY and USA.

Best four teams to date are HOLLAND (10) COLOMBIA (9) FRANCE (8) GERMANY (7) Total of 34 goals.

The Second round games are as follows

BRAZIL v CHILE, COLOMBIA v URUGUAY to be played on 28^th June

HOLLAND v MEXICO, Coast Rica v Greece to be played on 29^th June

FRANCE v NIGERIA, GERMANY v Algeria to be played on 30^th June 

ARGENTINA v Switzerland, BELGIUM v USA will be played on 1^st July 

Our top fifteen winners in Golden Goals after the Frist Round games in Brazil are

     GAME    GAME                                                         GOALS    

  THREE    TWO         NAME                                       TOTAL 

                                                        1          2              S. REEVE                                       32         



                                                        2          4              C. EVANS                                      30



                                                        3          -               S. STUBBS                                    30



                                                        4          9              T. WOOD                                     30



                                                        5          1              T. KING                                         29



                                                        6          15            D. MIDDLETON                           29



                                                        7          10            M. CORMACK                              28



                                                        8          5              R. MILES                                       28



                                                        9          6              S. THOMSON                               28



                                                        10        12           G. CARTHY                                    27



                                                        11        13            M. LIDDLE                                    27



                                                        12        24            P. REEVE                                      27



                                                        13        7             G. WARMAN                                27



                                                        14        18           J. WOOD                                      27



                                                        15        8             B. BARNES (1)                             26

Day Fourteen

In Day fourteen, In GROUP E, FRANCE who started at the top of the table had to play second of the table ECUADOR. The game although end to end attack’s and with Ecuador having a player sent off in the second half, France could not take advantage of this and so the game drew 0-0. France have made it to the last sixteen with seven points and 8 goals. Ecuador with 3 goals and four points, failed to make it to the next round as in the other game, Switzerland beat Honduras 3-0 to take second place as they had already won their first game against Ecuador. So it’s France with 7 points, Switzerland with 6 Ecuador 4 and Honduras no points.

In GROUP F, Top of the table ARGENTINA beat NIGERIA 3-2 and go into the next round with nine points and 6 goals. Nigeria are second and with four pints they have scored 3 goals. In the other game Bosnia-Herzegovina beat Iran 3-1. Bosnia finished third with three points, with Iran last with one point.

So At the end of day fourteen at the World Cup, our goals total now stands at 87 goals. We have nine teams that have made it through to the second round so far. They are ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, HOLLAND, MEXICO, NIGERIA  and URUGUAY.

Best four teams to date are HOLLAND (10) COLOMBIA (9) FRANCE (8) BRAZIL (7) Total of 34 goals.

The last of the first round games will be played tonight and we have five nations waiting to see if they have made it into the Second Round of the World Cup.

World Cup Top 15 Winning Frame

This is how the top 15 out of the 50 people we have playing in this year's Golden Goals World Cup 2014. This table shows the positions after all of the First Round Second games have been completed.

                 GAME    GAME                                                   GOALS

               THREE    TWO         NAME                               TOTAL 

                       1                4            T. KING                                  25     

                     2              1            S. REEVE                               25

                     3              7            S. STUBBS                             21

                     4              3            C. EVANS                              20

                     5              -             R. MILES                               20

                     6            11            S. THOMSON                        20

                     7              8            G. WARMAN                        20

                     8              2            B. BARNES (1)                     19

                     9            18            T. WOOD                              19

                   10              6            M. CORMACK                     18

                   11            13            T. GOODEY                          18

                   12              9            G. CARTHY                          17

                   13            15            M. LIDDLE                           17

                   14            24            P. PORTER                            17

                   15            10            D. MIDDLETON                   17



Day Thirteen and Italy are out

In Day thirteen, In GROUP C, COLOMBIA have finished top of this group winning all of their three games by beating Japan 4-1. This is Colombia’s highest score at the World Cup and they are on a total of 9 goals with nine points. IVORY COAST finished third as they lost 2-1 to Greece. The Ivory Coast are our third nation to  go out of the competition. They finished on a total of 4 goals and three points. Greece are through to the 2^nd Round with four pints. Japan come in last with one point.

In GROUP D, Well we already know that ENGLAND are out of the competition and they showed no signs of winning their last match even though they did have a couple of shots on target against Coast Rica. Result 0-0. Coasta Rica finished top with seven points , England last with just one point. In the other game ITALY lost 1-0 to URUGUAYand are out of the World Cup. That means that we have four teams already out. Italy had to win but go out in third place with three points and 2 goals. Uruguay finished in second place with six points and are on 4 goals.

So At the end of day thirteen at the World Cup, our goals total now stands at 82 goals. We have six teams that have made it through to the second round so far. They are BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, HOLLAND, MEXICO and URUGUAY.

Best four teams to date are HOLLAND (10) COLOMBIA (9) FRANCE (8) BRAZIL (7) Total of 33 goals.

Day's Eleven & Twelve

In Day eleven we start  with GROUP G, where out of form PORTUGAL took on the USA. After a quick goal by Portugal in the first five minutes of play, The Americans came back fighting and actually went in front but Portugal equalised in the very last minute of injury time to draw 2-2. Germany are top here with 4 points, USA are second also with four points and 4 goals. Ghana are third with one point and at the bottom of the pack comes Portugal with one point and 2 goals. In GROUP H, BELGIUM picked up their 3^rd goal of the tournament as they beat RUSSIA 1-0. In the other game, Algeria beat South Korea 4-2. So Belgium are top with six points and 3 goals with Algeria second with three points and then follow Russia with one point and 1 goal. South Korea are fourth also with one point.

So At the end of day eleven at the games and the end of the second games in the first round, our goals total now stands at 64 goals. We had five teams that have failed to score in their second game and they are Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia and Spain.

Best four teams to date are FRANCE (8) HOLLAND (8) GERMANY (6) COLOMBIA (5) Total of 27 goals.

On Day twelve we started the third and final games from Round one.

In GROUP A, The host BRAZIL took on the Cameroon’s and this should have been an easy game for them. But as always with football, things can and do not go to plan. Brazil went a goal up only to be cancelled out by Cameroon a bit later on. That was the first and only goal for the Cameroon’s as Brizil put the pressure on and won the game 4-1. In the other game MEXICO took on Croatia in their third and final game in this round and won 3-1. Brazil finished top of this group with seven points and 7 goals. In second place Mexico also finished on seven points but had a total of 4 goals. Croatia finished third with three points and then the Cammeroons with no points at all. We say good-by to Croatia and the Cameroon’s.

In GROUP B, HOLLAND beat CHILE 2-0 and finally but too late, SPAIN win 3-0 against Australia. Holland have won all of their first three games and have a total of 10 goals. Chile finished on six points and have 5 goals. We say good-by to Spain with three points and only 4 goals which is the worst they have ever had with Golden Goals. Australia also go home with no points but they have done well by netting three goals.

Our only team out at this point, which we already know is Spain from Group B with 18 votes.

So the games are starting to form as we get ready for Round Two of the World Cup finals. Game One is BRAZIL v CHILE. In Game Three HOLLAND v MEXICO.

There will be another up date as soon as I can.

Day's Nine & Ten

Day nine at the Brazilian World Cup 2014 and more of our teams go out in the first round playing their second game.

In Group D, ITALY have knocked England out of the World Cup, no they did not play again, but we needed Italy to beat Costa Rica to have a slim chance of staying in the tournament. But Costa Rice beat Italy 1-0 in a shock result. Costa Rica are now top of the table with six points while Italy are second with three points and then Uruguay also with three points and England last with no points at all and out of the World Cup with their worst performance in World Cup history.

In Group E, FRANCE  are on their way to the Second Round as they win 5-2 against Switzerland. France have now won both of their games and are top with six points and 8 goals. ECUADOR are second as they win 2-1 against Honduras. Ecuador lost their first game but are now second with 3 goals. Switzerland are third with three points and then Honduras with no points and out of the competition.

In Day ten with GROUP F, ARGENTINA win their second game right in the very last minute by winning 1-0 against Iran. Argentina are still top of the goup with six points and a total of 3 goals. Iran are third with just one point. In the other game, NIGERIA picked up their first win of the competition against Bosnia-Hercegovina 1-0. That was Nigeria’s first goal and they are second with four points. Bosnia are rock bottom with no points.

In GROUP G, GERMANY drew 2-2 against Ghana in a very end to end game. Germany went twice behind to come back with a draw. Germany are top with four points and 6 goals. Ghana are third with one point.

So At the end of day ten at the games, our goals total now stands at 59 goals. We have four teams that have failed to score in their second game and they are Brazil, Italy, Mexico and Spain.

Best four teams to date are FRANCE (8) HOLLAND (8) GERMANY (6) COLOMBIA (5) Total of 27 goals.

There will be another up date as soon as I can.

Day Eight

Here is how the table looks after all of our teams have played their first games.

 

                             GAME                                               GOALS

                               ONE        NAME                             TOTAL 

                                    1            S. REEVE                               15      

                                 2            B. BARNES (1)                      14

                                 3            C. EVANS                              14

                                 4            T. KING                                  14

                                 5            R. MILES                                14

                                 6            M. CORMACK                       13

                                 7            S. STUBBS                             13

                                 8            G. WARMAN                         13

                                 9            G. CARTHY                           12

                                 10          D. MIDDLETON                    12

                                 11          S. THOMSON                         12

                                 12          C. WEBB                                12

                                 13          T. GOODEY                           11

                                 14          T. GUY                                   11

                                 15          M. LIDDLE                             11
 

Day eight at the Brazilian World Cup and at last some goals in the first round, second games.

In Group  C, COLOMBIA won their first game against Greece and have now won their second game by beating the IVORY COAST 2-1. Colombia have now scored a total of 5 goals and are top of the group with six points. Ivory Coast picked up their 3^rd goal and now in second place with three points. In the other game Japan drew 0-0 with Greece. Japan are now in third place with one piont with Greece fourth also with one point.

In Group D, ENGLAND needed to win this game to stay in the World Cup against URUGUAY but they lost their second game 2-1. After a great start with Itlay, England slipped back into the zone of playing like a Sunday league team. Still it’s another goal for England which gives them a total of two. Urugauay picked up their first three points of the games and are now on a total of 3 goals.

So At the end of day eight at the games, our goals total now stands at 48 goals. We have three teams that have failed to score in the second set of games and they were Brazil, Spain and Mexico.

The best four teams to date in the Golden Goals World Cup are

HOLLAND (8) CHILE (5) COLOMBIA (5) GERMANY (4) Total of 22 goals.

There will be no more posts for a while as I am away for the weekend but I hope to up date you all as soon as I can.

Day Seven and Spain are out

Day seven at the World Cup and we are now starting to see some teams going out of the competition even though they still have a game to go in the first round. One of the Golden Goals teams went out last night with 18 votes.

In Group  A, Croatia beat Cameroon’s  4-0 to pick up their first points in the competition. But could it be too late for them. Top of the table in group A is BAZIL and MEXICO both with 4 points each. Third is Croatia with three and the Cameroon’s are out as they not only failed to get any points but no goals either.

In Group B, The shock of the day was of SPAIN going out. They have lost both of their games and have only picked up 1 goal as they lost their second game 2-0 to CHILE. This is the worst that they have performed in any Golden Goals World Cup finals. So as the table stands now  HOLLAND are top with 6 points and through to the next round, with CHILE second with 5 points. Both Australia and SPAIN are out.

So At the end of day seven at the games, our goals total now stands at 42 goals. We have had three teams that have failed to score in the second set of games and they were Brazil, Spain and Mexico.

Day Six

Day six we had the very last two games from the first round games from Group H. BELGIUM were first up and they wen t down 1-0 in the first half against Algeria but came back and won 2-1. Belgium have fourteen votes in this Wrold Cup and this is their fourth World Cup with us. The last time that Golden Goals picked them was back in the 2002 finals where they finished on their highest total of goals with six. 

In the other game RUSSIA in their fourth Golden Goals World Cup drew 1-1 against South Korea. Russia have two votes from us and they were last in the 2002 finals picking up just 4 goals. The best that they have done was in the 1994 finals with 7 goals but failed to go beyond the first round games.

So At the end of the six day games, seventeen Golden Goals nations have now all scored goals giving us a record breaking total of 37 goals. We had two teams that have failed to score and they were Nigeria and Portugal.

Also last night we saw the start of the second set of games in Round One. The host nation, BRAZIL take on second place MEXICO from Group A. Both sides showed a little of what they could do in the first game, but last night both teams seemed to be a little nervous as both teams had to win. But that was not to be and the result was a very disapointing 0-0. Both teams picked up their first blank score sheet in these games. So Brazil remain top with Mexico second with the Cameroons and Croatia playing tonight.

Day Five

In Day five we start with the first Group G games with GERMANY playing against PORTUGAL. Since the reform of Germany, they have been with us in the last six World Cup finals and this year  they have a total of twenty-four votes. Germany have ended with  very high goals totals over the years with their highest score of 16 goals coming from the last World Cup finals. Portugal have eight  votes this time round as they play in their fourth consecutive Golden Goals World Cup. Their best is a total of 7 goals scored in the last two World Cups.

Germany played very well in this game and won 4-0 and they should of done as Portugal had a player sent off in the first half. Portugal have picked up our very first blank score sheet for 2014.

In the other game USA played Ghana and won 2-1. Would have to give Howard the USA goalkeeper the man of the match as he stopped all but one of the Ghana’s strikes at goal. USA have only one vote this time round but they are now playing in their fourth Golden Goals World Cup. Best that they have done is 7 goals back in the 2002 World Cup. So Germany are top with USA in second place followed by Ghana and Portugal.

In Group F the second game from that group was between Iran and NIGERIA. Nigeria are playing in their fifth Golden Goals World Cup and they have just two votes. They drew 0-0 in their first game and become our second blank score sheet to date. Nigeria’s best goals total is 7 goals back in our 1994 World Cup finals.

Argentina are top with three points followed by Iran and Nigeria both with one point each. Bosnia are bottome of this group.

So At the end of the fifth day games, fifteen nations have now all scored goals giving us a total of 34 goals to date which is a Golden Goals record. We have two teams that have failed to score and they are Nigeria and Portugal. Still a long way to go as we still have BELGIUM and RUSSIA to play tonight in Group H. The first News Sheet should be out very soon.