Day Two

In Day two we saw the first set of three games that are to be played on each and every day in the first round. In Group A we have already seen Brazil pick up the first three points but also in that group MEXICO played against Cameroon in the first of the second day games.

Mexico have just three votes this time round and this is their fifth World Cup games with Golden Goals. The best that they have done is five goals from the 2006 games where they made it through to the second round. In 2010 they scored just four goals and again through to the second round.

We have already had some funny decisions given by the officals in the start of this World Cup and they seemed to be getting even worse when three goals were all given off-side in the first half. Mexico had two goals off-side, but one was clearly a goal, while the Cameroon’s had one. In the end Mexico won 1-0 with the winning goal coming in the 61^st minute from Peralta. So Brazil are top with Mexico in second place both on three points while Cameroon followed by Croatia with no points.

In Group B one of the biggest games to see was with SPAIN and HOLLAND. These two teams should make it through this group but what a rematch to the last World Cup final when Spain won 1-0 against Holland. Spain is our second nation that have been in all of our seven World Cup finals and in this one they had a total of 18 votes out of 50. Spain’s best number of goals came in the 1994 and 2002 finals with a total of ten goals. In the last World Cup, they finished on 8 goals. Holland have a total of 13 votes and this is their sixth World Cup with Golden Goals. The best that the Dutch have done is 13 goals in the 1998 finals where they made it to the 3^rd and 4^th play off’s. Not being able to see the whole game Spain did go one up before being beaten 5-1 by Holland.

In the other game, CHILE won 3-1 against the under dog’s, Australia which is the best start that they have had to date with Golden Goals. This is their only second outting with us and back in 1998 they finished on a total of 5 goals and they made it through to the second round. They have just two votes in this World Cup. So in Group B Holland are top and Chile are second both on three points. They are then followed by Australia and at the bottom of the table, Spain.

So At the end of the second day games, all of our five nations have scored goals giving us a total of 13 goals to date. The highest number of goals from the first round, after they had all played their first game, came from the 2002 World Cup with 30 goals, and we only had seventeen teams in that one.