Day Five
In Group F:
New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
Group G:
Côte d’Ivoire 0-0 Portugal
Brazil 2-1 PDR Korea
New Zealand scored in the injury time to draw against a skilled Slovakia side, which was their first World Cup goal.
Group G has no weak teams. Four continents represented and the four sides all came to play.
This is how the teams I follow are fairing:
Team | Group | Points | Matches | Goals | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Played | Won | Tied | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | |
E | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
H | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 comments
Cool Bryan! 😀
I would like to post a comment about why Aus didn’t field Harry Kewell. The problem was his fitness level and in particular his stamina to play a full 90min’s after his injury. It was felt that his fitness wasn’t 100% and not worth the risk of loosing him for the next two games. He will play the next match.
I feel for Pim. He’s really damned whatever he does. *shrug* I thought he answered his naysayers well actually. 🙂
Pim challenges benched superstar Harry Kewell to perform against Ghana
Reading that article, I can see his strategy. He knew they would lose against Germany, so decided to keep his best players rested for the next two matches. I hope his strategy works. 😉
Well, if people have problems, there’s no point in risking them in a losing effort. I can see the US goalie sitting out the next game at least, so he will be in shape down the road.
Everyone needs playing time to stay sharp, but you don’t risk key people unless you can win, and you certainly don’t do it if you think you can win without them.