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* [[France national football team|France]] turns the tables against [[Spain national football team|Spain]] 3-1 and completes the quarter finalists' list.

* [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] beats [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] 3-0 and advances to the quarter finals; The defending champion set some historical records in this match; longest winning streak in World Cups with 11 wins; First team to score 200 goals in the World Cup and [[Ronaldo]] who scored Brazil's first goal, surpassed [[Gerd Mueller]] as the top scorer in the World Cup's history (15 goals).

* After finishing with a goalless draw following extra time, [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] defeats [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] 3-0 on penalties, and advances to the quarter finals. For the first time in any World Cup final, a team is eliminated without conceding a goal in open play.

* [[Italy national football team|Italy]] scores a penalty in the last minute of extra time to defeat [[Australia national football team|Australia]] 1-0 and advance to the quarter finals.

* [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] defeats [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] 1-0 and advances to the quarter finals. For the first time in any World Cup final, four players are sent off.

* [[ England national football team| England]] defeats [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] 1-0 and advances to the quarter finals.

* [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] scores a goal in extra time to defeat [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] 2-1 and advance to the quarter finals.

* [[Germany national football team|Germany]] defeats [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] 2-0 and advances to the quarter finals.

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* Third round of group matches: [[Ecuador national football team|ECU]] 0-3 [[Germany national football team|GER]], [[Costa Rica national football team|CRC]] 1-2 [[Poland national football team|POL]], [[Paraguay national football team|PAR]] 2-0 [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|TRI]], [[Sweden national football team|SWE]] 2-2 [[England national football team|ENG]], [[Portugal national football team|POR]] 2-1 [[Mexico national football team|MEX]], [[Iran national football team|IRN]] 1-1 [[Angola national football team|ANG]], [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|CIV]] 3-2 [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|SCG]], [[Netherlands national football team|NED]] 0-0 [[Argentina national football team|ARG]], [[Czech Republic national football team|CZE]] 0-2 [[Italy national football team|ITA]], [[Ghana national football team|GHA]] 2-1 [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]], [[Croatia national football team|CRO]] 2-2 [[Australia national football (soccer) team|Australia]], [[Japan national football team|JPN]] 1-4 [[Brazil national football team|BRA]], [[Ukraine national football team|UKR]] 1-0 [[Tunisia national football team|TUN]], [[Saudi Arabia national football team|KSA]] 0-1 [[Spain national football team|ESP]], [[Switzerland national football team|SUI]] 2-0 [[Korea Republic national football team|KOR]], [[Togo national football team|TOG]] 0-2 [[France national football team|FRA]]

* Second round of group matches: [[Germany national football team|GER]] 1-0 [[Poland national football team|POL]], [[Ecuador national football team|ECU]] 3-0 [[Costa Rica national football team|CRC]], [[England national football team|ENG]] 2-0 [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|TRI]], [[Sweden national football team|SWE]] 1-0 [[Paraguay national football team|PAR]], [[Argentina national football team|ARG]] 6-0 [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|SCG]], [[Netherlands national football team|NED]] 2-1 [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|CIV]], [[Mexico national football team|MEX]] 0-0 [[Angola national football team|ANG]], [[Portugal national football team|POR]] 2-0 [[Iran national football team|IRN]], [[Czech Republic national football team|CZE]] 0-2 [[Ghana national football team|GHA]], [[Italy national football team|ITA]] 1-1 [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]], [[Japan national football team|JPN]] 0-0 [[Croatia national football team|CRO]], [[Brazil national football team|BRA]] 2-0 [[Australia national football (soccer) team|AUS]], [[France national football team|FRA]] 1-1 [[Korea Republic national football team|KOR]], [[Togo national football team|TOG]] 0-2 [[Switzerland national football team|SUI]], [[Saudi Arabia national football team|KSA]] 0-4 [[Ukraine national football team|UKR]], [[Spain national football team|ESP]] 3-1 [[Tunisia national football team|TUN]]

* First round of group matches: [[Germany national football team|GER]] 4-2 [[Costa Rica national football team|CRC]], [[Poland national football team|POL]] 0-2 [[Ecuador national football team|ECU]], [[England national football team|ENG]] 1-0 [[Paraguay national football team|PAR]], [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|TRI]] 0-0 [[Sweden national football team|SWE]], [[Argentina national football team|ARG]] 2-1 [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|CIV]], [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|SCG]] 0-1 [[Netherlands national football team|NED]], [[Mexico national football team|MEX]] 3-1 [[Iran national football team|IRN]], [[Angola national football team|ANG]] 0-1 [[Portugal national football team|POR]], [[Australia national football (soccer) team|AUS]] 3-1 [[Japan national football team|JPN]], [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]] 0-3 [[Czech Republic national football team|CZE]], [[Italy national football team|ITA]] 2-0 [[Ghana national football team|GHA]], [[Korea Republic national football team|KOR]] 2-1 [[Togo national football team|TOG]], [[France national football team|FRA]] 0-0 [[Switzerland national football team|SUI]], [[Brazil national football team|BRA]] 1-0 [[Croatia national football team|CRO]], [[Spain national football team|ESP]] 4-0 [[Ukraine national football team|UKR]], [[Tunisia national football team|TUN]] 2-2 [[Saudi Arabia national football team|KSA]]

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