He might have been a few days late, but Cristiano Ronaldo has now joined the World Cup party. The striker reminded us all of his talents with two goals that stole yesterday’s headlines. That game was followed by the total snoozefest involving England and Ghana, which I’ve just about recovered from. If you missed it, congratulations. Do not watch the highlights.
Now, though, the tournament gets a little complicated as we start the final round of group stage matches, with SIX games taking place today. This is when we find out which teams will progress to the knockout phase of the tournament and who will be going home.
You need a PhD in advanced mathematics to fully understand all the permutations, but I’ll try break it down in the simplest way possible.
The Main Thing: What happens now in the final group games
Probably important to confess that I don’t have a PhD in math, but I have seen plenty of soccer tournaments over the years, so I get how this works.
