Oopsie is Costly (6/21)

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ -- D1-Argentina GK Wilfredo Caballero miskicked a ball played back to him straight into the air and D3-Croatia's Ante Rebic's eyes were wide with opportunity and hit a wicked shot past the keeper for the first score in the 53'.  Although it looked like an easy put in by Rebic, if you look at the replay, it was a great finish, a finish 98% of MLS players would not be able to do -- most would settle the ball, wait for it to stop, and then try to kick it past the keeper.  Croatia then took major advantage of two more opportunities against an Argentine team desperately trying to score and before you knew it, Messi and Argentina went down 3-0 and will need a lot of help if they want to make it to the Round of 16.  Croatia qualified for their 2nd trip to the Knockout Stage and like Switzerland vs Brazil, took advantage of a lenient ref to commit 23 fouls and spread the cautions among four players.

Meanwhile, C1-France qualified for the Round of 16 in the most

lackluster fashion, a 1-0 win over C3-Peru, eliminating the South American team.  Earlier, C2-Australia benefited this time from a VAR review to earn a belated penalty kick to tie the match at 1 with C3-Denmark.  The tie kept both teams alive and it was just the 4th tie of the tournament (23 matches).  The Aussie PK was the 11th (9 made), which is more than the 48 round-robin matches in 2014 (10).

Teams who score first are still undefeated (19-0-4) while 14 of the 23 matches have been tied at the half and none of the 9 teams leading at the half have lost (7-0-2).

France's win knocked Ilveccio into a tie for first and at the end of the day, five entries were tied with 15 points as Alyonushka, Popozao, Spermicidal FC (who had a 9-match win streak snapped with the DEN-AUS tie), and Teuton moved up.  All in Archila and Wondolousy's Skyball are tied for last with 8 points.  69 got FRA, 9 got the DEN-AUS tie, and Gimme Your Mane (35th-T, 12) was the only won to pick CRO.  Ten went 2-1 while ten went 0-3.

Round of 16
A-RUS via URU>EGY
A-URU via URU>EGY
C-FRA via FRA>PER
D-CRO via CRO>ARG

Eliminated
A-KSA via URU>EGY
A-EGY via URU>EGY
B-MAR via ESP>IRN
C-PER via FRA>PER

Won Group
None