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Group D – Match Summaries/Video Highlights – Germany/Ghana/Serbia/Australia

June 23, 2010 — by Suman

Scenario Analysis:

Here’s who advances in each of the 9 possible outcomes of this afternoon’s 2 matches:


 GER win/GHA loss GER/GHA draw GER loss/GHA win
SRB win/AUS loss GER & SRB SRB & ? GHA & SRB
SRB/AUS draw GER & ? GHA & ? GHA & SRB
SRB loss/AUS win GER & GHA GER & GHA GHA & ?

Lots of ? marks, indicating cases where two teams finish with the same number of points, in which case it goes to the tiebreaker based on total goals (scored?).

Group D fixtures & results:

  • Sun June 13 (Day 3): Ghana 1, Serbia 0
  • Sun June 13 (Day 3): Germany 4, Australia 0
  • Fri June 18 (Day 8): Serbia 1, Germany 0
  • Sat June 19 (Day 9): Ghana ?, Serbia ?
  • Wed June 23 (Day 13): Ghana v Germany
  • Wed June 23 (Day 13): Serbia v Australia

Standings:

Team MP W D L GF GA Points
GhanaGhana 2 1 1 0 2 1 4
GermanyGermany 2 1 0 1 4 1 3
SerbiaSerbia 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
AustraliaAustralia 2 0 1 1 1 5 1

Video highlights and match summaries below.

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Group C Summary – England/USA/Algeria/Slovenia

June 23, 2010 — by Suman

Scenario Analysis:

Here’s who advances in each of the 9 possible outcomes of this morning’s 2 matches:


 USA win USA draw USA loss
ENG win USA & ENG ENG & SVN ENG & SVN
ENG draw USA & SVN SVN & ? SVN & ENG
ENG loss USA & SVN SVN & USA SVN & ALG

(?: if both games end as draws, both USA & ENG will finish with 3 points.  The tiebreaker is total GF, so USA has the advantage, having scored 3 so far to ENG’s 1.  It’s possible but unlikely that ENG could advance in this scenario–if they & SVN play to a high-scoring draw, e.g. 3-3, while USA plays to a low-scoring draw, e.g. 0-0.)

Group C fixtures & results:

  • Sat June 12 (Day 2): England 1, USA 1
  • Sun June 13 (Day 3): Slovenia 1, Algeria 0
  • Fri June 18 (Day 8): USA 2, Slovenia 2
  • Fri June 18 (Day 8): England 0, Algeria 0
  • Wed June 23 (Day 13): Slovenia v England
  • Wed June 23 (Day 13): USA v Algeria

Standings:

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
SloveniaSlovenia 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
USAUSA 2 0 2 0 3 3 2
EnglandEngland 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
AlgeriaAlgeria 2 0 1 1 0 1 1

Video highlights below.

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Brilliant Orange

June 19, 2010 — by Suman — 2

Inspired by Tommy’s couple video posts today, I thought I’d do one myself.

Consider this collection of videos a warmup for the Netherlands v Japan game kicking off in a couple hours (and also a warmup, perhaps, for the capsule history of Dutch football I’m thinking about writing up).

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