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World Cup Results

Chile Breaks Swiss Streak

June 21, 2010

Despite their overwhelming domination of the game, Chile walked away from their match with Switzerland with just a 1-0 win. Chile had four times more shots than the Swiss, the Swiss were forced to make five saves while Chile didn’t have to make one, and Chile had 40% more possession time. Chile Scored with Switzerland [...]

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Portugal Unleashes on North Korea

June 21, 2010

Today, Portugal tallied up the largest World Cup score since 2002. In their match against North Korea, Portugal scored seven goals. The game had started out looking like a fairly even match with North Korea even getting some dangerous looks on goal, but that was soon to change. Portugal’s scoring frenzy started in the 29th [...]

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World Cup History For Greece

June 18, 2010

Few expected Greece to walk away from their match with Nigeria with a “W”. Delivering Nigeria with its second loss with a 2-1 victory, this was Greece’s first win and first goals of the 2010 World Cup. Early in the game Nigeria put  one away on a free kick to take a lead over Greece, [...]

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Mexico Takes Down France in Game #2

June 18, 2010

In an upset, France fell to the underdog Mexico, losing 2 to 0. Mexico has never beat France before and has never beat a former World Cup Champion. Scoring for Mexico was Javier Hernandez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Not only did Mexico boast strong players on the field, but each of the three subs that came [...]

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