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Currently 3:2 for Argentina vs Nigeria, and 3:1 for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Iran.


I'll leave this link here (mainly for my convenience):

http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/wm-2014/ergebnisse-und-tabellen/

That's one down and dusted

I guess watching Switzerland win would have been more exciting.

So that's the first South American team to go home.

Maybe. But France - Ecuador was also exciting to the very end

Time to collect my winnings

Today could very well become even more exciting - and surprising. Only one team (B*lg**m) is already qualified for the knockout rounds. 7 (seven!) others have a chance to follow

But I would be surprised if the other 3 will not be Germany, USA and - Russia. Yes, that is indeed my gut feeling

I hope you are right. Ghana scored -- unfortunately it counts for Portugal.

Well, they should have scored more often, really, lots of chances.

Glad about the result.

An okay game, everything considered. There was much at stake after all

True, but all is well for now.

Russia just scored.

My gut feeling was correct - but only for 54 minutes

I had no gut feeling.

Let's hope Germany will win against Algeria.

Yes

I was in the pub last night sat behind a group of Russians
They were until Algeria equalised, by the end it was

It must be hard having to leave before the real fun starts.

They are in good company, though: look at Spain.

Indeed! And Italy and England (although the latter's World Cup in 1966 was a gift, of course )

Having withdrawal symptoms yesterday was tough, so I'm looking forward to watch two full games without interuptions tonight

I never know how they count those penalties. Chile would have deserved to win, Brazil didn't score once throughout the entire 120 minutes. Unfortunately, Chile scored twice, and their first goal counted for Brazil.

Now that we're out of the group stages, I hope to be able to follow the matches a bit better. I've only been able to catch the second half of most of the games so far.

Yes, it should be easier now. Three matches in a day was a lot!

That's another South American team to go home. Interesting that they have to knock each other out and thereby reduce the amount of possible South American winners.