In tonight's World Cup matches Australia beat Serbia 2-1 in quite an open and entertaining game. Germany beat Ghana 1-0 in a technically great but quite dull game. That means the final standings in Group D are;
1. Germany 6pts
2. Ghana 4pts
3. Australia 4pts
4. Serbia 3pts.
Germany go through as group winners and will meet England in the second round. Ghana go through as runners up and will meet the USA in the knock out stage.
If you are unfamiliar with the history of the England football team there is a unwritten rule. That is if it is possible for England to meet Germany in the knock out stage of a major competition it will happen. That game will end in a draw and the game will go to extra time. After extra time the scores will still be level and the match will be decided by penalty shoot out. Germany will win on penalties. It happened in Italia '90 and it happened in Euro '96. Although I have to say on current form England should count themselves lucky if it gets that far .
The Ghana v USA game could well prove more interesting. On paper Ghana should win but with the way the two teams are playing the USA will only need a little bit of luck to get the better of them.
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