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Eom Jisung

South Africa 1-0 South Korea

Eom did not come off the bench as South Korea faced a surprise defeat to South Africa. Results yesterday mean South Korea are officially eliminated from the tournament.

Cameron Burgess

Australia 0-0 Paraguay

Burgess also did not play as Australia and Paraguay played out a goalless draw which saw both sides qualify. Australia face Egypt on Friday in the round of 32.

Marko Stamenic

New Zealand 1-5 Belgium

Stamenic played a full 90 as New Zealand suffered a heavy defeat to Belgium. Despite this, Stamenic played relatively well. He completed 58 of his 61 passes, made 4 clearances, 3 blocks, and was only dribbled past once as New Zealand were also eliminated from the tournament.

Clearly Bellamy can't continue after the Burnley fiasco so here's my proposal

Daniel Farke is appointed Wales manager. He doesn't need to quit Leeds or even come to Wales, we simply start running Wales camps from Elland Road. That way most of our best players are comfortable and familiar with their surroundings and we don't need to worry about the politics of where to play games anymore. This will also encourage other players to sign for Leeds, and create a mini-national team in the Premier League.

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Eom Jisung

Mexico 1-0 South Korea

Eom came off the bench in the 71st minute to play at left wing back again. He did his job defensively, winning 2/2 ground duels and his single aerial duel, although Mexico were reluctant to attack having already taken the lead. His most important contribution came from an excellent cross which resulted in a goal mouth scramble at the end of the game and a save of the tournament contender from Raul Rangel. South Korea remain pretty certain to go through, needing only a point in their final game against South Africa to secure second place and a match against Group B's runners up.

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Cameron Burgess

USA 2-0 Australia

Burgess had a stinker in his 45 minutes on the pitch. He struggled with America's high press and constantly gave away the ball, achieving a passing accuracy of only 44%. More decisively though, he scored America's opener while under little pressure: his 4th own goal of the season (all of which have come against American-affiliated sides). Australia remain likely to go through. A point against Paraguay would likely see both teams progress, so perhaps it's not the match to watch that day.

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Marko Stamenic

New Zealand 1-3 Egypt

Stamenic had a very good game despite his side's defeat. He completed 47 passes (87% accuracy), including 3 key passes and 2 big chances created. The first was a deep inswinging cross that got headed over the bar and the second was a late shot which was deflected towards goal, but saved. He also did good defensive work, managing 3 clearances, 2 interceptions and a block, although he also lost 5 ground duels. New Zealand now require a win against Belgium to have any chance of qualifying for the knockout stage.

Eom Ji-Sung

South Korea 2-1 Czechia

Entered the pitch shortly after South Korea equalised, replacing Lee Tae-Seok as a left wing back. Didn't have much to do going forward, but did a reasonable job carrying the ball forward. Did an excellent job defensively, winning both of the tackles he was required to and getting a clearance late on. This puts South Korea in an excellent position to qualify from their group, needing a win against Mexico at 2am tomorrow morning to confirm top spot.

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Cameron Burgess

Australia 2-0 Türkiye

Played the full 90 against perennial dark horses Türkiye and kept a clean sheet. Very Burgess performance from him, lots of short passes with a few long ones, rarely giving away possession, lots of clearances, and didn't lose a single duel, winning 2 on the ground and 2 in the air. The wider Australian performance forced Türkiye to resort to pop shots from distance, shooting 16 from outside the box and an average of 0.045 xG per shot overall. Again stands them in good stead as they take on hosts America on Friday evening in a game that will likely determine the winners of the group (though not mathematically)

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Marko Stamenic

Iran 2-2 New Zealand

Played 92 minutes before being subbed off for Tyler Bindon. Energetic performance, with 50 successful passes (86% accuracy), just under half of which were in the opposition half and 5 of which were long. Defensively did a bit of everything, 2 blocks, 2 clearances, 1 tackle, 2 fouls. Didn't have the best time on duels, getting beaten in air and on the ground more than he didn't. Overall a good showing, setting up NZ reasonably well, though they'll still need a win or two draws from Egypt and Belgium, who also drew. They take on Egypt in the early hours of Sunday morning in Vancouver

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Coached by Graham Potter (Sweden) and assisted by Paul Clement (Brazil)

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