The Quarter-finals

Before we give out the Quarter-final results, here is the top fifteen people after the Second Round games had all been completed. The numbers in red by their names means that they have that number of teams in the quarter-finals.

                    2nd     GAME                                                    GOALS

             ROUND  THREE        NAME                               TOTAL 

                     1                -              S. REEVE (4)                          39           

                   2              -              C. EVANS (4)                         36

                   3              -              S. STUBBS (4)                        36

                   4              -              T. WOOD (4)                          36

                   5              -              T. KING (3)                             35

                   6              -              D. MIDDLETON (4)               35

                   7             8              R. MILES (4)                           35

                   8             9              S. THOMSON (4)                    34

                   9             13            G. WARMAN (4)                    34

                   10            -              G. CARTHY (4)                      33

                   11           7              M. CORMACK (3)                  33

                   12           15            B. BARNES (1) (3)                  31

                   13           16            T. GOODEY (3)                       31

                   14           11            M. LIDDLE (3)                        31

                   15           12            P. REEVE (3)                           31

We had seven of the eight teams that were to play in the Quarter-finals of the World Cup and the draw looked very promising.  The first game up was between FRANCE with 11 votes against GERMANY with 24 votes. The game stated off very well but when the Germans scored in the 12^th minute, the game seemed to go very stale. Both teams did not perform very well on the day although we must take the heat in to consideration. Not a very good game to watch but Germany are now on 10 goals and keep their 100% goal scoring record going. France went out with 10 goals.

The BRAZIL and COLOMBIA was a completely a different game and was fantastic to watch Brazil warming up at last. Brazil have a total of 45 votes while Colombia had 5 votes. The game really was end to end stuff and it was Brazil that took the lead in the 7^th minute but we had to wait till the 68^th minute for Brazil to go 2-0 up. Colombia then had to fight back and received a penalty in the 80^th minute and scored. The 2-1 by Brazil means that they will face Germany in the Semi-finals. Brazil have a total of 10 goals while Colombia go out with a total of 12 goals.  

ARGENTINA with 30 votes took on BELGIUM with 14 votes and another disappointing game, where both teams failed to give their best. In the end Argentina scored and won 1-0 in the 8^th minute of play. Belgium go out with their first blank score sheet of the tournament with 6 goals. Argentina are now on 8 goals and have a 100% scoring record.

HOLLAND with 13 votes faced COSTA RICA, this was always going to be a tough game for Holland as Costa Rica have played very well till then. With all the extra time in the Second Round that we had, this was the only game to go into extra time and penalties after a 0-0 draw. Holland made sure that they were the last nation to go through to the Semi-finals and won 4-3 on penalties. This was Holland’s first blank score sheet and they have a total of 12 goals.

Our goals total now stands at 112 goals for the tournament.

Best four teams to date are HOLLAND (12) COLOMBIA (12) BRAZIL (10) GERMANY (10) Total of 44 goals.

We have all four nations in the Semi-finals from the Golden Goals collection of teams. 

They are BRAZIL v GERMANY, HOLLAND v ARGENTINA