World Cup 2014: results of the second round of the group stageLast night, the second round of the group stage of the World Cup finished with the USA-Portugal game. And now we know those who already have tickets to the playoffs - the Netherlands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina and Belgium.The main result of the last week is the loss of the Spanish team. By losing 2:0 to Chile it lost any chance of getting into the play-offs before the group stage was over and gave up its title of world champion. In two games they lost more goals than in Euro-2008, Euro-2012 and World Cup 2010 all together, scoring only once. The next disappointment is of course the English team. Losing their two first games, the inventors of football for the first time in 56 years could not qualify from the group stage.The main discovery of the first rounds is the team of Costa Rica. The team that looked like a complete outsider in the group with Italy, England and Uruguay, Costa Rica surprised everyone. They beat Italy and got into the last sixteen.The heroes of the round are the Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and the forward of Uruguay Luis Suarez.In the game with the most results, France destroyed the relatively strong Swiss team (5:2). Behind them are South Korea and Algeria (2:4). One of the most interesting games was the one between Germany and Ghana. After the German victory over Portugal, nobody thought that Germany would lose points in the game with Ghana, but this is how it happened.
Last night, the second round of the group stage of the World Cup finished with the USA-Portugal game. And now we know those who already have tickets to the playoffs - the Netherlands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina and Belgium.
The main result of the last week is the loss of the Spanish team. By losing 2:0 to Chile it lost any chance of getting into the play-offs before the group stage was over and gave up its title of world champion. In two games they lost more goals than in Euro-2008, Euro-2012 and World Cup 2010 all together, scoring only once.
The next disappointment is of course the English team. Losing their two first games, the inventors of football for the first time in 56 years could not qualify from the group stage.
The main discovery of the first rounds is the team of Costa Rica. The team that looked like a complete outsider in the group with Italy, England and Uruguay, Costa Rica surprised everyone. They beat Italy and got into the last sixteen.
The heroes of the round are the Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and the forward of Uruguay Luis Suarez.
In the game with the most results, France destroyed the relatively strong Swiss team (5:2). Behind them are South Korea and Algeria (2:4). One of the most interesting games was the one between Germany and Ghana. After the German victory over Portugal, nobody thought that Germany would lose points in the game with Ghana, but this is how it happened.
