In Group F, Sweden won their opening game 1-0 against South Korea to
put them joint top with Mexico in this group.
In Group G, BELGIUM won 3-0 against Panama with all three
goals coming in the second half. Panama are in their very first World Cup
tournament. Belgium have a total of 17 votes and this is their fifth World Cup
with Golden
Goals. The highest number of goals that they have scored is six goals
and the last time they did that was in Brazil 2014. In the other group game, ENGLAND
won 2-1 against Tunisia. This is the first time that England have scored more
than one goal in their opening game. In France 1998 England beat Tunisia 2-0.
England could have been a
couple of goals up on Tunisia in the first ten minutes of the first half. But
it was England’s youngest World Cup captain Harry Kane from Tottenham FC that
put England into the lead with a simple tap-in after 11 minutes. Twenty-four minutes
after that, England gave away a penalty and Tunisia scored 1-1 at half-time. In
the second half the pace of the game had slowed down but England kept Tunisia
in their own half for most of the second half. It was not till the end of 90
minutes with added on time that Harry Kane once again, scored the winning goal.
What a great start for us English fans. England have 8 votes and this is their
seventh appearance with us. The best that England have scored with us is eight
goals in Italy 1990. In Brazil they picked up just two goals.
So in Group G Belgium are top
with England in second place.
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