Sunday, June 20, 2010

Goals, Goals, Goals!

Paraguay's 2 goals made the total in the second round of matches 26 in just 11 matches, which is one more than the entire first 16 games (25).  Teams are now playing for the win after a very conservative first round of play.  The day ended with 32 goals in 13 matches (2.46 goals/match) with 3 to go.

FIFA really needs to have a review of every yellow card.  Kaka's second yellow was atrocious and continues the poor refereeing.  But FIFA could overturn it, but FIFA is what FIFA is.  Luckily Brazil has qualified and don't need him for the final match.  Coin Tossed and I Hate Vodka Alot are the only two who didn't put Brazil through.

The latest Pando! or Gordo? is now online and don't forget his weekend special.  Latest standings and results are posted.

UPDATE:  Group F scenarios...

Group F       
    P W L D F A GD Pts
PAR 2 1-0-1 3 1  2  4
ITA 2 0-0-2 2 2  0  2
NZL 2 0-0-2 2 2  0  2
SVK 2 0-1-1 1 3 -2  1

***Group F Scenarios
~REMAIN: SVK-ITA, PAR-NZL
~NOTE: PAR>SVK, ITA=PAR, ITA=NZL
y-PAR W or T&ITA T/L or (GD/GF/DL) T&ITA W
y-(GD/GF/DL) ITA W&PAR T or (GD/GF/DL) W&NZL W
y-NZL W&ITA T/L or (GD/GF/DL) W&ITA W
x-PAR W/T or L&ITA T or (GD/GF/HH) L&SVK W
x-ITA W or T&NZL L or (GF/DL) T&NZL T
x-NZL W or T&ITA L or (GF/DL) T&ITA T
x-SVK W&PAR W/T or (GF/GD/HH) W&PAR L

Legend
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x – Advance to R16
y – Win Group
z - Eliminated

W – Win (by any margin)
L – Loss (by any margin)
T - Tie
W# - Win by # goals
L# - Lose by # goals
#+ (by # goals or more)
#- (by # goals or less)

REMAIN – Matches left of interest
NOTE – Match results of interest

Order of tiebreakers:
 >GD – goal differential
 >GF – goals for
 >HH – head-to-head (pts, gd, gf)
 >DL  - draw lots       

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