Day 5

12. Slovakia vs. New Zealand- 1-1

This was another early game that was tough to get up for. Two teams I do not fancy to make it out of their group and I had New Zealand ranked last in my rankings. The game was surprising, after Slovakia scored in the second half I figured it was over and they had their 3 points. New Zealand didn't go away though and capitalized scored on a header which was basically the last play of the game a crazy end to the game tying all the teams in Group F with 1 point, it's anyone's game.

13. Ivory Coast vs Portugal- 0-0

This game was the game of the day and I guess it lived up to it, I mean it was close. I was a little disappointed that Drogba didn't start the game and figured because of that Ivory Coast was in trouble. Portugal hardly created any chances only a Ronaldo shot off the post was the only time I thought they had a chance to score. The game was a little slow and even when Drogba came on there weren't many scoring chances so I guess it didn't live up to the hype.

14. Brazil vs. North Korea- 2-1 Brazil

Brazil was heavily favored in this one and I thought that North Korea was going to be a little tougher than everyone expected, and was right. North Korea is a mystery to most teams and they had a defensive strategy that almost netted them a point. After a 0-0 tie at the half Brazil finally scored 2 goals and only a last minute goal from North Korea could make it closer. This game pretty much stated the obvious, who ever gets a better result against Brazil will get out of the group of death alive.