Day Fourteen

It’s Day fourteen of the World Cup 2018 and we have had the biggest upset yet as World Champions GERMANY in Group F are out of the tournament as they lost their third and final game 2-0 to South Korea. Germany needed a win to stay in the competition but that was not to be. South Korea scored their two goals very late in the game in added on time. This is the first time since 1938 that Germany have failed to win a place in the last 16 second round. Germany have the highest votes this World Cup with 36 votes and they have only scored two goals in the three games in the first round. This is their lowest score on record. Meanwhile in the other game in this group, another shock is that Sweden have beaten MEXICO in their last game 3-0. Mexico had won their first two opening games but failed to beat Sweden. Sweden’s goals all came in the second half of the game. The group has finished with Sweden top and Mexico second both with 6 points while South Korea and bottom of the group Germany finished on 3 points each.

In Group E BRAZIL won their last game 2-0 against Serbia and that has taken their goals tally to five. Brazil scored in each half. Brazil have won two of their three games with the other game being a draw. In the other game, Switzerland drew 2-2 with bottom of the group COSTA RICA. Switzerland went a goal up in the first half with Costa Rica came fighting back to draw 2-2 with a late goal in added time. Costa Rica had lost both their opening games and are going home with a total of 2 goals. The group has finished with Brazil first with 7 points, Switzerland second with 5 points. Serbia came next with three points and Costa Rica last with 1 point.

What a day we had seeing two of our teams going out after round one in which one is last World Cup Champions Germany. Costa Rica are in their first Golden Goals World Cup and they nearly did better than the then Champions. The tournament seems to be wide open. Who can win this World Cup for 2018. England play Belgium tonight in group G. “Come on ENGLAND”