#worldcup After the group stages of the 2014 FIFA #worldcup ,we now await the round of 16 matches of the tournament. *A total number of 48 matches played in the group stages. *with only 8 drawn matches played which include 5 stalemate. *A total number of 134 goals are scord in the group stages. *Brasil MARCELO became the first player to score in this year tournament via an own goal making him the first player to score an own goal. *Brasil NEYMAR JR became the first player to be booked,receiving a yellow card in the first half of the opening match against croatia. *Uruguay MAXIMILIANO PERREIRA became the first player to be sent off. *Spain IKER CASILLAS is the first and only keeper to conceede 5 goals in a match so far. *CAMEROON conceded the highest number of goals with 10. *MEXICO concede the fewer number of goal with only 1. *A total of 4 red cards has been produced so far.PEPE,MAXI PERREIRA,ALEX SONG and ANTONIO VALENCIA have all been sent off. *Only 2 african countries NIGERIA and ALGERIA qualified to the knock out stages.GHANA,CAMEROON and COTEDOVOIRE are all eliminated. * Some European countries had a poor tournament by their standards.ITALY,SPAIN,ENGLAND and PORTUGAL all eliminated against all expectations.RUSSIA,BOSNIA HERZEGOVINIA and CROATIA are also all eliminated. *No Asian country made it to the knock out stages with Australia,Japan,South korea and Iran all eliminated. *MIROSLAV KLOSE join RONALDO as the all time #worldcup highest goal scorer on 15 goals. *GREECE and ALGERIA qualify for the knock out stages for the first time in their history. *LIONEL MESSI,NEYMAR JR,THOMAS MULLER are the joint top highest goals scorer so far on 4 goals each.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:41:02 +0000
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