Key Posts yesterday 4.41pm A history-making day at the World Cup By
That concludes our live World Cup coverage for today, a day when we saw many goals, another team eliminated and a few moments in history.
The Netherlands impressed in the early match with a dominant 5-1 win over Sweden, putting the Oranje top of a very competitive Group F.
Germany left it late, coming from a goal behind to defeat Ivory Coast 2-1 in their clash in Toronto.
The story of the day, however, was Curacao providing another shock at this tournament by holding the fancied Ecuador to a scoreless draw and giving the tiny Caribbean nation its first World Cup point in its first tournament appearance. Curacao keeper Eloy Room made 15 saves, falling just behind US shot stopper Tim Howard’s record for most saves in a match.
Eloy Room. Getty Images yesterday 4.38pm MATCH REPORT: Japan rout Tunisia 4-0 in World Cup’s 1000th match By
Ayase Ueda scored twice and had an assist to help Japan to a 4-0 Group F victory on Saturday night in Monterrey, Mexico, to eliminate Tunisia and spoil the debut of their coach Herve Renard.
Tunisia were eliminated while Japan and Netherlands each have four points and a plus-4 goal d
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