Here are some post-match facts from yesterdays World Cup games: Mexico v Cameroon - Cameroon have only won one of their last 14 World Cup games (1-0 v Saudi Arabia in 2002), drawing four and losing nine. - Oribe Peralta has scored nine goals in his last seven competitive appearances for Mexico. - Despite firing in four more shots than opponents Mexico (9), Cameroon failed to manage a shot on target until the 91st minute. Spain v Holland - Spain conceded 5+ goals in an international for the first time since losing 6-2 to Scotland in June 1963. - Only once before had Spain conceded 5+ goals in a World Cup game (1-6 vs Brazil in Brazil in 1950). - The last team to beat Spain after conceding the first goal were Northern Ireland in September 2006 (3-2). - Spain only conceded two goals in the whole of World Cup 2010 – three fewer than in this match alone. - A four goal margin is the biggest losing margin by a defending champion at a World Cup. Chile v Australia - Tim Cahill has scored in three World Cups for Australia; no other Australian has done so in more than one tournament. - Alexis Sanchez became the first Chilean to score a goal and provide an assist in a single WC game (1966-present). - Sanchez has been involved in seven of the last eight goals that Chile have scored (six assists and one goal).
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 11:39:46 +0000
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