24 June 2022,
After 14 days and 48 matches played, only 16 teams can go through to the second round of the World Cup. Here are the results of the group stage.
View attachment 440460Colombia and the
Czech Republic will go through to the second round. 3 goals of
Ryan Kimbrell in 3 games weren't enough for the USA to go through. Qatar, hosts for the 2022 World Cup, hardly had any chance and only managed to get one draw.
View attachment 440459Italy, with
Adam Lavas scoring 1 goal, didn't have any trouble in the group stage.
Ivory Coast came as strong second place in the group. Croatia and Japan can go home again after not winning a single game.
View attachment 440458South Africa was unexpectedly unbeaten in this group.
Brazil was expected to do better but still managed to hold on to a second place. Germany was one of the outsiders to win this World Cup, but they drew all of their games and are already out. Iran hardly had any chance in this group.
View attachment 440457Argentina was expected to do well in this group, and they did.
DR Congo came in an unexpected second place in the group by beating Ukraine, who can pack their bags. Australia had a World Cup to forget after losing all of their games.
Michael McCabe scored 1 of the only two goals they scored.
View attachment 440456Serbia, with
Nemanja Markovic scoring 2 goals, go through to the second round together with
Belgium. China still managed to get two draws in a tough group. Chile were expected to do better but disappointed this World Cup.
View attachment 440455Mexico came in first place in this group, partly thanks to 1 goal of
Ricardo Peraza.
Spain only won one of their games but were still lucky to go through to the second round. Tunisia and Russia are both out of the World Cup.
View attachment 440454France didn't have any trouble qualifying for the second round and won all of their games.
Denmark also did well, thanks to 3 goals of
Demba Bastholm against Ghana. Trinidad & Tobago didn't score a single goal in their games and can go home again.
View attachment 440453Saudi Arabia stunned everyone around the world by winning all of their group matches.
England managed to get second, where
Michael Harris scored 2 goals. Holland were expected to at least make it to the second round but are already out. Paraguay disappointed and lost all of their games.
View attachment 440447Kamel Msakni is in first for most goals right now with 4 goals, but won't have the opportunity to score any more because Tunisia is already out of the World Cup.
Bader Al-Mualid of Saudi Arabia, central defender at Olympique Lyon, performed best up till now with an average rating of 8,25 out of two games.
Dominic Oduro of Ghana,
Igor Kouame of Ivory Coast, and
Danilo Pantic of Serbia are all three in first for most assists. Dominic Oduro is likely to be quickly overtaken though, since Ghana didn't qualify for the second round.
The 16 teams that are left don't have much time to relax as the second round is already around the corner. Below is the draw for the second round of the World Cup.
View attachment 440446There are some nice games to look out for. Fierce rivals Argentina and Brazil will battle for a spot in the quarter finals. There's also no doubt that the rivalry between England and France will play a role in their game against each other.
28 June 2022,
Four days later, and only 8 teams are left in the race to win the World Cup. Lets have a look at the results and the draw for the quarter finals.
View attachment 440442Ivory Coast are impressing this World Cup and had a big win over Colombia. Will they be able to continue their form in the quarter final against Argentina?
Argentina beat their rival Brazil because of a late penalty. They will meet Ivory Coast in the quarter final.
Mexico goes through to the quarter final by beating Belgium.
Ricardo Peraza scored the winning goal for Mexico in the 84th minute.
France did well against England and qualified for the quarter final with relative ease. They will meet in-form Mexico in the next round.
Italy beat the Czech Republic by penalties after an exciting match. Thanks to the goal of
Daniele Del Conte in the 116th minute the two teams went on to penalties in which the Czech Republic missed all of their penalties.
South Africa had a tough time against DR Congo but managed to win after extra time. They are now preparing for their game in the quarter final against Italy.
Spain didn't have much trouble beating Serbia. Spain had already scored three goals, and Serbia's goal in the 90th minute was certainly to late to turn the tide.
Denmark put Saudi Arabia back to earth with a big win. After 2 goals of
Demba Bastholm and 1 goal of
Henrik Poulsen in the first half the match was already decided. They will meet the strong squad of Spain in the quarter final.
Who will make it to the Semi Finals? Find out next time!
(tomorrow)
Question of the day:
Last time I asked you the value of Lionel Messi after 9 years. I think
FMrize was the closest with his guess of 1,3m pounds. Well, here's the answer:
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After the group stage of this world cup, the manager of one of the countries got fired because of the bad results. Which country's manager got fired?