Drama of final group-stage matches to be lost at next FIFA World Cup Via DerekVanDiest
Unfortunately, what soccer fans witnessed these past few days won’t be the same with three-team groups, where the top two teams advance and the third will go home.tap here to see other videos from our teamHere in Qatar, only two of the 32 teams had been eliminated after two games, with Canada joining host Qatar in having its fate sealed with two losses to start the tournament.
That left Croatia and Belgium fighting for the second spot in the group. A scoreless draw was enough to Croatia to advance, while Belgium, a pre-tournament favourite was eliminated. A goal and it would have been the other way around. Uruguay was held to a scoreless draw by Korea in its first game, which had them needing a win against Ghana, after losing its second to Portugal, which was awarded a late penalty in the 2-0 win.
Argentina got its win with two second-half goals, while Mexico took a two-goal lead on Saudi Arabia, but because yellow card accumulation being used as a tie-breaker, they needed another goal to advance. Needing to win by three, Mexico pushed forward despite leading 2-0 and ended up conceding a goal on the last kick of the game, which eliminated it on goal differential instead of yellow-card accumulation. Potato, Potahto …
Germany, meanwhile, were surprise 2-1 losers to Japan and then needed a late goal against Spain to keep its hopes alive or risk joining Qatar and Canada on the elimination block with a game to go.
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