DAY 14 - WEDNESDAY JUNE 24th
UK times
20:00 Bosnia v Qatar
20:00 Switzerland v Canada
23:00 Morocco v Haiti
23:00 Scotland v Brazil
02:00 South Africa v South Korea
02:00 Czechia v Mexico
So we're onto the final group games... two matches at a time, Wednesday will feature six matches in total.
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DAY 13 - TUESDAY JUNE 23rd
14 points for the day hands Éva Willingham Tuesday's Manager of the Day trophy. Entirely random by intention, Éva was handed two correct scores on Tuesday including a 9-pointer for England 0 Ghana 0. Not just a bumper score, but a bumper score when very few other teams picked up any points at all. Despite the MotD, Éva is still outside our top 100, climbing just nine places to 105th. Behind Éva's random fortune, ten managers were second best with 10 points each. Nearest the top, Jeff Norton climbs to 3rd and Alison Giovannetti is up to 7th. Neil Mullen remains top and is now 10 ahead of Roisin Guargena in 2nd.
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COLOMBIA 1 CONGO DR 0
82 teams in the points. 44 with 2 points, 26 with 3 for the correct margin and 12 spot-on for 5 points. 2 points each for our top two. Jeff Norton moves a point closer in 3rd with a 3-pointer. Alison Giovannetti is the top placed manager to pick up the 5, Alison climbs to 7th and just 2 points off 3rd.
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PANAMA 0 CROATIA 1
17 take 5 points, 32 take 3, 52 take 2. 3 points for Neil Mullen increases the lead further to 10 points. Jeff Norton and Richard Hancy pick up the full 5 and we now have four teams on 81 points, 4 behind 2nd place Roisin Guargena.
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ENGLAND 0 GHANA 0
Easily the shock of the tournament so far, for me. That nobody at all predicted 0-0 for this one. Five teams get 9 points on a random score - none of them had had much luck up to now, though, with the highest of them moving up to 106th, Éva Willingham. I feel like the three teams who actually predicted a draw deserve more than 3 points. Minimal change then in our league tables, let's hope for more points - and diversity of points - in the two games still to come today.
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PORTUGAL 5 UZBEKISTAN 0
Three managers got this one spot-on and it's a cracking way to get one right. Not only is it worth 6 points but, apart from one random 7-2 (for 3 points), no-one else picks up more than 2 points. Abby Sierra and Barry Webster started the day inn 33rd/34th, both on 63 points. They each climb 14 places to hit the top 20. The other to predict 5-0 is Jon Wandrei, up to 41st. No change at the top then, with all of the top 10 scoring 2 points. And after I sung my son's praises in Day 12's review, Oliver is the highest to get zero points and drops from 11th to 15th.
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Day 12 - Neil Mullen pulls clear. Robert Metzger takes Manager of the Day.
Day 11 - Wycliffe Osei is Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen stays top.
Day 10 - On-fire Norah Ettaouchi takes Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen back on top.
Day 9 - Jeff Norton crashes the party.
Day 8 - Jeff Norton, William Montague, Mara Adler share MotD. Neil's fourth day top.
Day 7 - Andrew Nyanchoka takes Manager of the Day. Neil still in front.
Day 6 - Richard Hancy and Scott Abercrombie share MotD trophy, Neil Mullen stays top
Day 5 - Zoltán Vidák takes Manager of the Day with randoms, Neil Mullen goes top
Day 4 - Roisin Guargena goes top, shares MotD with Chris Bounds and Stephen Wraige
Day 3 - Paula Wilhelm takes Manager of the Day, Steven Jewell hits 8-pointer
Day 2 - 13 share Manager of the Day as Nick and John go clear
Day 1 - six set the pace with two from two
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