Houdini

The 9 point group stage curse continues for England.

Two goals now for Ronnie!

24 June: Canada 1-1 Switzerland- ITV 24 June: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 Qatar (0:00)- ITV4 24 June: Scotland 0-3 Brazil (23;00) BBC One 24 June: Morocco 4-0 Haiti (23:00) BBC Two 25 June: Czech Republic 1-2 Mexico (02:00)- BBC One 25 June: South Africa 0-2 South Korea (02:00)- BBC Two

I'll give it another 45 mins max and if the situation is still the same I'll just move on to Senegal Vs Norway (which is actually a more entertaining match on paper).

As of now 40 matches have been played so far in this World Cup and it's crazy to think that there's another 64 to go which in itself was the total amount of games played in the World Cups between 1998-2022.

Congratulations Sarah on a 6th win a row! Thank you Mack for running this once again.

BIG mountain for me to climb!

22 June: Argentina 3-0 Austria (18:00)- BBC 22 June: France 4-0 Iraq (22:00)- BBC 23 June: Senegal 2-2 Norway (01:00)- ITV 23 June: Algeria 0-0 Jordan (04:00)- ITV 23 June: Portugal 2-0 Uzbekistan (18:00)- ITV 23 June: England 3-0 Ghana (21:00)- BBC 24 June: Croatia 3-0 Panama (00:00)- BBC 24 June: Colombia 2-0 DR Congo (03:00)- ITV

If Egypt hold on that will surely be enough to get them into the Round of 32.

New Zealand have drawn their last 4 World Cup matches. Will this be a 5th draw in a row?

That was a brilliant game of football and a fantastic performance from Cape Verde. No one can beat them by the looks of things! I would expect them to win against Saudi Arabia which would seal knockout stage qualification for them. As for Uruguay they are seriously looking at a group stage exit now after many people tipped them to comfortably be in the top 2 of this group prior to the tournament starting.

Ecuador Vs Curacao was easily the worst match of the tournament so far and I doubt that there will be one worse than this for the remainder of the competition. Great achievement for Curacao to get a point but the match was very low on quality and entertainment. No way either of these two sides make it out of the group stage and the reaction of the Ecuador players at full time tells you everything you need to know about how they will do when they face Germany in the last group match. It serves them right as it was clear to see in their match against Ivory Coast that they just thought they could get a draw there and just show up tonight and win easily against Curacao without breaking a sweat but now that has well and truly backfired on them.

A couple of transitional moments could happen in this group today: Winner of Germany Vs Ivory Coast will progress into the knockout stage. Loser of Ecuador Vs Curacao will be eliminated from the tournament.

I would be very surprised if Vincenzo Montella doesn't get sacked or resign as Turkey manager after going out of the tournament so early. USA Vs Turkey will be a dead rubber as the result will not have any effect on the final standings of this group.

Time is slowly running out for Turkey in this tournament which is a surprise because they were one of the best teams in Euro 2024 so I expected them to easily make it out of this group.

The referee in this match is very theatrical haha

Two goals for Cunha and that was really well taken 2nd for him. Haiti will be the first team eliminated from the World Cup if the score remains the same.

Scotland currently have a goal difference of 0 which would obviously drop to a minus figure if they lose to Brazil in the last group match. Only scoring 1 goal against Haiti could come back to bite them if that scenario happens.

Not just that but his mother was denied a flight back to England because she was too heavily pregnant at the time and it ended up being in September 2001 when she was able to fly back from New York in the same month and city as 9/11 when Balogun was two months old.

14:30 - Carry The Flag 15:05 - Kalpana 15:40 - Joliestar 16:20 - Saber Strike 17:00 - Binhareer 17:35 - Lost Boys 18:10 - Le Destrier

20 June: Brazil 5-0 Haiti (01:30)- ITV 20 June: Turkey 1-0 Paraguay (04:00)- ITV 20 June: Netherlands 2-1 Sweden (18:00)- BBC 20 June: Germany 3-0 Ivory Coast (21:00)- ITV 21 June: Curacao 0-2 Ecuador (01:00)- BBC 21 June: Japan 2-0 Tunisia (05:00)- BBC 21 June: Spain 3-0 Saudi Arabia (17:00)- BBC 21 June: Belgium 2-0 Iran (20:00)- ITV 21 June: Cape Verde 0-1 Uruguay (23:00)- BBC 22 June: Egypt 2-2 New Zealand (02:00)- ITV

Helicopters flying over the stadium after the USA national anthem is played. That's got Donald Trump written all over it!

14:30 - Silent Beauty 15:05 - Albert Einstein 15:40 - Warrant Holder 16:20 - True Love 17:00 - Glyfada 17:35 - Causeway 18:10 - Gold Digger

Hull away to begin the new season! Much better start than last season. Arsenal Vs Coventry will be the first match of the season.

That happened in the 1994 World Cup in a group that coincidently involved Mexico. The only time in World Cup history where all teams in a group finished with the same amount of points.