In Group E we have just two of the four teams in this group. GERMANY played their first game against Japan. After going a goal in front from a penalty, Germany lost the game 2-1 and another shock result in the 1st round games. Germany have been in all of our nine World Cups and their biggest number of goals came in the Brazil 2014 with a total of 18 goals. They beat Argentina in the final. In Qatar they have a total of 14 votes. SPAIN won 7-0 against Costa Rica to pick up the biggest score yet in the first round. Spain have also been in all of our nine World Cups and their highest total of goals was in the 1994 & 2002 with 10 goals. This time round they have a total of 8 votes.
The group stands as SPAIN and Japan are joint top of the group with 3 points each. GERMANY are in third place with Costa Rica at the bottom of the group.
In Group F we have two of the four teams. CROATIA played Morocco in their first game and we had our third goalless draw of the tournament as they drew 0-0. Croatia are in their fourth World Cup with Golden Goals and their biggest amount of goals came in 1998 with 11 goals. The last tournament that we had Croatia was in Germany 2006 on where they finished with 2 goals and went out in the 1st group rounds. They have 4 votes. BELGIUM won 1-0 against Canada scoring their goal in the first half. Belgium are in their 6th World Cup with us and they picked up their highest number of goals in Russia 2018 with a total of 16. They managed to get to the 3rd/4th play-offs. They have a total of 15 votes.
The group stands as BELGIUM are top with 3 points, followed by CROATIA and Morocco both with a point each. Canada are in fourth place.
After the fourth days play, seventeen of our twenty-two nations have now played and six have picked up a blank score sheet. We stand at a total of 28 goals to date.
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