As early as this Saturday, we may know the name of the first team to qualify from Group E of the World Cup, as the first-round winners, Germany and Ivory Coast, face off at BMO Field in Toronto.
Germany are starting to look like the football powerhouse we remember from the past, and their 7-1 victory over the modest Curacao team has propelled them to first place in the all-time World Cup scoring rankings with 239 goals.
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Of course, that result was expected, and the real challenges are yet to come, as Ivory Coast will certainly be far more organized and capable defensively. Still, Die Mannschaft enter this match on a 10-game winning streak.
Their defensive play still has room for improvement, but Germany have scored at least three goals in six of those 10 wins, and at least two in nine of the ten.
Ivory Coast are in similar form, with eight wins in their last 10 matches and five in a row, including friendly victories over France and Scotland. Expectations for them in their first match were that they would face more trouble against Ecuador, and overall, the only thing that impressed was their defensive play.
In the 90th minute, however, Manchester United’s young star Amad Diallo found the net with a superb finish off a pass from Wilfried Singo, securing a 1-0 victory. Amad came on as a substitute in the 56th minute, and his performance will likely earn him a spot in the starting lineup against Germany.
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