Day 12: Africa forever!

Take care of this beautiful earth!

What an awesome weekend for all the African Teams!
Ghana for tying powerhouse Germany, Nigeria for pulling out a surprise victory over Bosnia and finally Algeria detroying South Korea. Proud of my roots for sure! This could be the first time that 4 out of 5 African teams can make it through the next round! That would be quite impressive.
Yesterday's game were unbelievable with Algeria scoring with ease and finally an amazing game between USA and Portugal. Its amazing that so many groups need a 3rd game to finalize the outcome of their groups. This has to be the most exciting World Cup I have ever watched!

Today's games are going to be exciting because these are the final games in group matches so all teams in the same group will play their respective games at the same time so there is no throwing of games or anything like it. The purpose of it is to make every game competitive without scoreboard watching for other games in the same group.

Group A:
This comes down to Mexico going for a tie/win and they are in, Croatia has to win to go through. Brazil (like Mexico) needs to win this one so that they win the group to get a better matchup in Group B. They will most likely play Chile if they win their group otherwise its the Dutch and that would be trouble for them. The advantage they have is that the outcome of Group B will be determined by the time they play.
> Croatia will most likely not be able to get through Mexicos defense and Mexico will win this one. (Zakir says Mexico)
> Brazil should win against Cameroon. If any African team I am not impressed with its Cameroon. Who headbutts their own team player! They have totally disrespected Roger Milla's legacy! (Zakir says Brazil)

Group B:
This should be a strategic play for Netherlands and Chile to rest up their guys since they are both through to the next round with 2 wins each.
> Spain has to bow out with some respect so I expect them to win this one however I wouldnt be surprised with the way the Socceroos have been playing they will make it hard for Spain to bow out that easily, this could easily go to a tie. (Zakir says Spain)
> Netherlands and Chile who are two teams that are already through will probably go for a tie in this game and rest a few of their key players (Zakir says Chile)