[ad_1]
KOMPAS.com – Two Group F matches, Serbia against Brazil and Switzerland against Costa Rica, ended on Wednesday (27/06/2018) or Thursday morning GMT.
Brazil is sure to be the winner of Group F after a 2-0 win against Serbia. Switzerland has qualified for the last 16 as a second group.
A number of interesting facts occurred in the two matches that took place. One of them is the end of Costa Rica's wait in the scoring business.
Costa Rica has become the last competitor of the 2018 World Cup to score. It took 24 shots for them before Kendall Watson crossed the Swiss goal.
Read also: The Argentine coach even requests tactical suggestions from Lionel Messi
Throughout the history of the World Cup with 32 countries, only three times the entire team of participants in the final round scored, ie in 1998, 2014 and 2018 .
In 2002, only 29 teams could score. The number increased to 31 countries in 2006 but decreased again in 2010 (30 countries).
Here are 5 interesting facts about the ultimate Group F game:
2 – The goal of Serbia was the second goal of Thiago Silva in World Cup. Unique in 2014, against Silva, Silva also scored with a header using Neymar's corner.
3 – Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer becomes the third goalkeeper of the World Cup to score his own goal. His two predecessors are Honduran goalkeeper Noel Valladares in 2014 and Spanish legend Andoni Zubizarreta in 1998 against Nigeria.
13 – Brazil has set a record of never being marginalized in the group stage in the last 13 editions of the World Cup. They were eliminated for the last time in the first round of the World Cup in 1966 when defending champion.
19 – Neymar has been directly involved in 19 goals in his last 18 appearances for the national team (10 goals, 9 badists). Icon#WorldCup #BRA #BRASRB pic.twitter.com/uW36yms5L5
– OptaJoao (@OptaJoao) June 27, 2018
Thiago Silva becomes the second oldest Brazilian player to score in the World Cup. He scored against Serbia at the age of 33 years 278 days. He only lost to Bebeto, 34 in 137 days, when Brazil won 3-2 against Denmark at the 1998 World Cup.
424 – Costa Rica took 424 minutes to wait for a goal at the World Cup. The last time they scored was in the last 16 of the 2014 World Cup against Greece.
| Editor | : | Jalu Wisnu Wirajati |
[ad_2]
Source link
