Most knew this was an evenly matched group when the draws were made for the World Cup but we still expected Poland to qualify as one of the top two sides, however, they put in a lackluster performance in their first game against Senegal and lost the match 2-1.  They are now playing catch up. The Europeans perhaps underrated Senegal ...

Japan were considered the most likely team to finish bottom of this group when the draw was made, however, the Asians won 2:1 against all odds in their first game. It was an emotional win after they had suffered an earthquake the previous day. Japan had a reason to win their first game after Carlos Sanchez was sent off for ...

England faced Tunisia on Monday in their opening World Cup game and although they were dominant from the start, they left it late to clinch the winner. England’s dominance in that game led to them wasting several chances and VAR was also unsurprisingly not consulted when the Three Lions had two clear penalties for fouls on Harry Kane. When Markus ...

Four years ago Germany lifted the World Cup after beating Argentina thanks to a Mario Götze goal. They entered this year’s competition as one of the favourites yet again, but their display in their first match has made it a hard job for them to reach the knockout round now. The Mexicans exposed the unusually slow German defence many times ...

16 years ago South Korea co-hosted the World and shockingly reached the semifinals, with some help along the way. However, since that time they have struggled at major tournaments and come into this game without a win in seven World Cup games, five of which have been losses. They lost their first game to Sweden and it wasn’t just an ...