The previous day had seen Cameroun, one of the five African Countries in the Mundial "cruising" below the Group A table, after they were being mauled by Brazil, 4 goals to 1. Neymar was on target twice while Fred and Fernandihno got their first goals of the competition to comfortably place the hosts top of the table by goal differences.
GROUP A
1. Brazil 7
2. Mexico 7
3. Croatia 3
4. Cameroon 0
Meanwhile, it was a sad day for the Ivorians as they were painfully ejected from the competition by Greece. They were still qualified for the knock-out stage until the 93rd (injury time) minute of the game when Samaras converted a penalty kick to nullify Bony Wilfried's 73rd minute equalizer and moved the Europeans from 4th to 2nd since on the other side, Colombia had already brushed Japan aside, to send themselves to the top of Group C table with the maximum points.
GROUP C
1. Colombia 9
2. Greece 4
3 Cote d'ivoire 3
4. Japan 1
FIXTURES
Brazil vs Chile on 28th June at Belo Hoizonte 16:00GMT; 17:00WAT
Netherlands vMexico on 29th June at Estadio Fortaleza 16:00GMT; 17:00WAT
Colombia vs Uruguay on 28th June at Maracana 20:00GMT; 21:00WAT
Costa Rica vs Greece 29th June at Arena Pernambuco Recife
20:00GMT; 21:00WAT
More fixtures to come as qualified teams are decided.
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