Talk:2002 FIFA World Cup Group D

Latest comment: 10 years ago by 162.83.221.79 in topic Last Game Progress
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--JeffGBot (talk) 09:19, 10 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Last Game Progress

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At the start of the last day of matches, South Korea lead the group with four points and a goal difference of +2. The USA was second with four points and a goal difference of +1, and Portugal had 3 points but an all-important goal differential of +3.

This meant that POR would qualify with a win, or a draw and a US loss.

As the US quickly went down by two goals, POR simply had to avoid losing. Instead, POR managed to have two players kicked off, which directly lead to the goal that put them out of contention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.83.221.79 (talk) 04:12, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply