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Hello!

Since there isn't a official thread where we can discuss matches, games, players, and everything else related to the ongoing world cup I decided to make one! Here I'll be updating results and hopefully bring forth some interesting discussions for those who're interested.

I'm doing this because I love Football, and it is the worlds single largest event, and the first World Cup held on African soil.

Group standings:

Group A

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	4	0	7
Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	2	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	5	4
France	3	0	1	2	1	4	1

Analysis: A pretty clear group with France and Mexico as favorites, but neither has shown any good quality football instead the outsiders Uruguay and South Africa have been playing good. But France still stands as the number one but Uruguay seems to be a strong team with Forlan leading them. South Africa is predicted to come dead last, Uruguay and Mexico will battle it out for 2nd place and France will win the group.


Group B

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	9
Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	2	5	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	5	1

Analysis: Argentina with Messi and Maradona are the big favorites, Greece have been playing decently and Nigeria has a new experienced Swedish coach who has brought a lot of stability and discipline to the team. It is going to be a struggle between Greece and Nigeria but in the end Nigeria seems like the stronger team. Korea is the weakest team in the group, but could perhaps give Greece a run for their money.

Group C

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
USA	3	1	2	0	4	3	5
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	5
Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	2	1

Analysis: England is one of the favorites to take home the whole World Cup, and therefore are seen as clear favorites in this group. Algeria has a good team and placed second in the African Cup and they probably are stronger then USA, but then again USA has a good team spirit and plays with the american "We'll win mentality", question is can Slovenia stop USA and help Algeria to the second place?

Group D

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Germany	3	2	0	1	5	1	6
Ghana	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	3	6	4
Serbia	3	1	0	2	2	3	3

Analysis: Germany a favorite for this group along with Ghana, but Serbia should not be taken lightly as they won their qualifying group before France and have a lot of international stars like Vidic, and champions league winning Stankovic. They definitely have the potential and the pedigree to take home the group. Australia is the outsider and will probably place last. Keep in mind that Germany has lost their captain Ballack due to a injury and the team is quite young.

Group E

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	5	1	9
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	2	6
Denmark	3	1	0	2	3	6	3
Cameroon	3	0	0	3	2	5	0

Analysis: Netherlands big, big, favorite in this group. Denmark and Cameroon will battle it out for second place, and Japan who didn't do very well in their qualifiers will have a hard time keeping up.

Group F

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	5
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	4	5	4
New Zeeland	3	0	3	0	2	2	3
Italy	3	0	2	1	4	5	2

Analysis: Italy has a fairly easy group, and they should win it unless the other teams pull of some kind of a miracle. Paraguay is a stronger team then both New Zeeland and Slovakia, but the New Zeelanders had a excellent run trough before the world cup and could possibly compete for second place. Unless Slovakia plays as well as they did in the qualifiers considering the team they have.

Group G

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	7
Portugal	3	1	2	0	7	0	5
Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	1	1	4	3	4
Korea DPR	3	0	0	3	1	12	0

Analysis: The group of death, there are 3 very excellent teams here. Brazil of course being a favorite, but Portugal could very well win. Then there is The Ivory Coast, they have a deadly lineup and could beat Portugal for second place if the pieces don't come together for Portugal. Korea doesn't stand a chance here.

Group H

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Team	Matches Played	Wins	Draws	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	3	2	6
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	1	1	4
Honduras	3	0	1	2	0	3	1

Analysis: Spain, the number 1 favorite to take home the World Cup has been given a easy group. Honduras shouldn't be able to even nudge at 3rd place, but Chile and Switzerland could have a hard time with each other and the battle for 2nd place will be interesting to follow!

Round of 16:

Team	Result
Uruguay	2
South Korea	1

Team	Result
USA	1
Ghana	2

Team	Result
Argentina	3
Mexico	1

Team	Result
Germany	4
England	1

Team	Result
Netherlands	2
Slovakia	1

Team	Result
Brazil	3
Chile	0

Team	Result
Paraguay	tba 29/6
Japan	tba 29/6

Team	Result
Spain	tba 29/6
Portugal	tba 29/6

Quarter finals:

Team	Result
Uruguay	tba 2/7
Ghana	tba 2/7

Team	Result
Brazil	tba 2/7
Netherlands	tba 2/7

Team	Result
Germany	tba 3/7
Argentina	tba 3/7

Previous Fixtures:

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11/6
South Africa 1 - 1 Mexico
Uruguay 0 - 0 France

12/6
Argentina 1 - 0 Nigeria
South Korea 2 - 0 Greece
England 1 - 1 USA

13/6
Slovenia 1 - 0 Algeria
Germany 4 - 0 Australia
Ghana 1 - 0 Serbia

14/6
Netherlands 2 - 0 Denmark
Japan 1 - 0 Cameroon
Italy 1 - 1 Paraguay

15/6
New Zeeland 1 - 1 Slovakia
Ivory Coast 0 - 0 Portugal
Brazil 2 - 1 North Korea

16/6
Honduras 0 - 1 Chile
Spain 0 - 1 Switzerland
South Africa 0 - 3 Uruguay

17/6
Greece 2 - 1 Nigeria
Argentina 4 - 1 South Korea
France 0 - 2 Mexico

18/6
Germany 0 - 1 Serbia
Slovenia 2 - 2 USA
England 0 - 0 Algeria

19/6
Netherlands 1 - 0 Japan
Ghana 1 - 1 Australia
Cameroon 1 - 2 Denmark

20/6
Slovakia 0 - 2 Paraguay
Italy 1 - 1 New Zeeland
Brazil 3 - 1 Ivory Coast

21/6
Portugal 7 - 0 North Korea
Chile 1 - 0 Switzerland
Spain 2 - 0 Honduras

22/6
Mexico 0 - 1 Uruguay
France 1 - 2 South Africa
Nigeria 2 - 2 South Korea
Greece 0 - 2 Argentina

23/6
Slovenia 0 - 1 England
USA 1 - 0 Algeria
Ghana 0 - 1 Germany
Serbia 1 - 2 Australia

24/6
Denmark 1 - 3 Japan
Cameroon 1 - 2 Netherlands
Italy 3 - 2 Slovakia
Paraguay 0 - 0 New Zeeland

25/6
Portugal 0 - 0 Brazil
North Korea 0 - 3 Ivory Coast
Chile 1 - 2 Spain
Switzerland 0 - 0 Honduras

26/6
Uruguay 2 - 1 South Korea
USA 1 - 2 Ghana

27/6
Germany 4 - 1 England
Argentina 3 - 1 Mexico

28/6
Netherlands 2 - 1 Slovakia
Brazil 3 - 0 Chile

Next matchups:
All games are in local time. GMT+2.
Japan - Paraguay 16:00
Spain - Portugal 20:30