World Cup Review

Day 7
Thursday, June 15

Once aging on assingment aging in Detoit Rock City, So the as in the last two days all of today match summary are from the Offical FIFA World cup sight on yahoo.com

GROUP A
Ecuador (W=3 Pts.) vs Costa Rica (L= zero pts.)

Ecuador made history by beating Costa Rica 3-0 in Hamburg to qualify for the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup™ for the first time

Carlos Tenorio, Agustin Delgado and Ivan Kaviedes scored the goals that secured the South Americans' progress from Group A. Their victory means that they and hosts Germany become the first two teams to book their places in the last 16 - and ends Costa Rica and Poland's hopes of advancing.

Luis Suarez's men did not look back after taking an eight-minute lead through Tenorio's header. Delgado doubled the advantage with a fine near-post finish on 54 minutes and Ivan Kaviedes volleyed the third goal two minutes into added time.

The victory sees Ecuador and Germany become the first two teams assured of spots in the second round of these finals. It is a historic moment for the Ecuadorians on only their second appearance on the world stage.

GROUP B
England (W=3Pts) vs Trinidad & Tobago (D=1 pt.)

England secured their place in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup™ with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago but they left it late before striking through Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard

Crouch broke the deadlock in Nuremberg with a headed goal in the 83rd minute and his Liverpool team-mate Gerrard added a superb second in the 91st minute. England, who welcomed back Wayne Rooney as a second-half substitute, have taken six points from their two Group B matches while Trinidad and Tobago remain on one point.

England took their time to see off Trinidad and Tobago, but two late goals mean that, as against Paraguay, they did what they had to do. As for T&T, they emerged with huge credit, if no points, for giving Eriksson's side such a scare.

GO ENGLAND GO



GROUP B
Sweden (D=1pt.)vs Paraguay (L=zero pts.)

Freddie Ljungberg's 88th-minute header earned Sweden a 1-0 victory over Paraguay.

Ljungberg's strike leaves the Scandinavians strongly positioned to take second place in Group B, three points above Trinidad and Tobago going into their game against leaders England. For Paraguay, however, the late goal spelt heartbreak, ending their hopes of progressing to the second round.

After a performance not dissimilar to that in their opening game, Sweden conjured up their first goal at these finals to secure their first win. While they are now clear favourites to join England in the second round, Paraguay, who again defended bravely without really looking threatening in attack, will make an early exit after their final match against Trinidad and Tobago.

After two Matches in Group play
Group A
Ecuador 6 Pts. (+5 GD)
Germany 6 Pts. (+3 GD)
Poland No Pt. (-3 GD)
Costa Rica No Pt. (-5 GD)

Last match in Group play
June 20th at 10 am
Costa Rica v Poland
Ecuador v Germany

Group B
England 6 Pts. (+3 GD)
Sweden 4 Pts. (+1 GD)
Trinidad and Tobago 1 Pt. (-2 GD)
Paraguay No pts. (-2 GD)

Last Match in group play
June 20th at 3 pm
Paraguay v Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden v England

In the Final 16:Ecuador, Germany, England

Out of the World cup: Poland, Costa Rica, Paraguay

Tomorrow Games
Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro
Argentina look good in there open round game but they will punch there ticket into the final 16 as Serbia & Montenegro tried to bounce back after a 1-0 loss to Netherlands.

Netherlands v Ivory Coast
Netherlands are also hoping to punch ther ticket to the Final 16 but the Ivory Coast
Hoping for win to keep there chance alive.

Mexico v Angola
And Mexico who look good vs Iran will look for a win and go to the super 16 vs a deprate Angola.