Quote from: Jatiluhung on Today at 09:56:54 AM

Quote from: Mauser on Today at 09:11:03 AM

What a week of football this was, especially the group E had me struggling. I had a small bet on Spain in their match against Japan only to see them lose the match 2-1 with a 83% ball possession. How is that even possible to lose a match like that. Now with hindsight it seems that Spain wanted to get rid of Germany and make sure Japan can get to the next stage. But why didn't Germany just play for a draw before winning to get pressure on Spain to win the match. If Germany had lost than both Japan and Costa Rica would have advanced. With group E I only lost money so far. At least Portugal and Switzerland both advanced to the next match so I could recover my losses. As for today Argentina vs Australia should be a very one sided match. Argentina should take the win home in 90 minutes without problems. As for the Netherlands vs USA match, I do think Netherlands is going to win but I am not sure if there will be overtime or not. And tomorrow France should easily win against Poland. Good way to make some small wins before the quarter finals.

well, many unexpected things have happened in the group stage, especially in Groups E and H. In group H, I was also surprised by the results of the match from Portugal vs South Korea. I really didn't expect that South Korea could win and qualify for the round of 16.

and I think the Netherlands vs USA match will be a little difficult to predict. But for the Argentina vs Australia match, I also think that Argentina should be able to win quite easily. But the Poland vs France match I think will be a bit fierce.

At the last moment South Korea reached the last sixteen of the World Cup after defeating Portugal in a thrilling match. The win equals Korea and Uruguay with 4 points and goal difference. Due to scoring more goals, South Korea got the knockout ticket as the group runner-up. Uruguay and Portugal would have been promoted according to the equation of Group 'H' but at that moment, Son Heung-Min changed the fate of Koreans.

On the counter attack, Son Heung-Min took the ball from his own half and moved towards the opponent's d-box. Facing the situation alone where he was surrounded by a few opposition players, he passed to Hwang Hee Chan and it was put to good use. Through this, Korea also clarified its position.