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Uruguay
South Korea
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2
1
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Uruguay
Ghana
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5
3
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Uruguay
Netherlands
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2
3
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Nederland
Espaņa
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0
1
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Germany
Spain
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0
1
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Argentina
Germany
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0
4
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Argentina
Mexico
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3
1
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USA
Ghana
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1
2
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Germany
England
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4
1
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Netherlands
Slovakia
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2
1
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Netherlands
Brazil
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2
1
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Paraguay
Spain
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0
1
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Paraguay
Japan
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5
3
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Brazil
Chile
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3
0
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Spain
Portugal
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1
0
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Winners and a record
I guess Spain won the World Cup, but more importantly, Michael won the "Guess the Winner" pool. Congrats! Babu made a nice comeback, predicting Spain to win the last match. He even had the half time score correct. But so did Jamie! And he had the amount of reds correct. Since this wasn't a "Guess the Winner" pool, but a "Guess the Score" pool, Jamie wins the last one! Andrew almost had the amount of cards correct.
 This is a new record! The most yellow cards in a World Cup final! What a proud moment for Dutch soccer...Michael "The Octopus" Gowen  Octopus Paul and Gowen both had it right! Spain beats Germany, Babu is no longer the soccer expert he once was.Let's hope Michael is correct about his last prediction as well... One More Match 
4 Before the tournament started, we had these 4 BIG stars: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Kaka (yes, he is like Madonna and Cher: one name). They all have something in common: they didn't score (well, Ronaldo scored one token goal in Portugal's 7-0 win against Korea). They were invisible in a lot of the matches. And their teams went home. So, here's my suggestion: make your star players score goals. It might help making it to the last 4. Maybe I should be coaching one of these teams. Brazirritated  Brazil got a tad irritated.The Dutch on the other hand kept their cool. Who's next? Uruguay. Bring it! HOLLAND! Get ready for wearing orange all summer! Brazil will be crying soon... American Dream - English Goal?  The American dream is over. Jamie might be in trouble!The ref at the England Germany game is in trouble too. Some people say it's a goal when the ball crosses the line... USA! The USA wins their group for the first time in 80 years! Easily all the way to the semis! Holland! Holland is the very first team to make it to the next round. It's a sign! The Offside Rule The offside rule exists to stop goal hanging, where a player stands next to the opposing teams goal keeper in the hope that someone can get the ball to him (probably using a long ball), so he can get it past the goal keeper. This would make for a very boring game.
"Guess the Winner" pool rules:
1 point in the 1/8 finals, 2 points in the quarter finals, 4 points in the semi-finals, 8 points in the final match.
"Guess the Final Score" rules:
Final Score, then Half Time score. Tie breaker: How many yellow and red cards. 
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