In real life today, Germany and Sweden both had dominant performances. Germany came close to duplicating their effort on the tabletop, but Sweden fell short and settled for a tie with Tunisia. Ecuador reversed its real-life loss to Ivory Coast. Japan and Netherlands repeated their tie.
Group E: Germany 3 (1-0-0, +3); Ecuador 3 (1-0-0, +1); Ivory Coast 0 (0-1-0, -1); Curacao 0 (0-1-0, -3)
Group F: Japan 1 (0-0-1, 0); Netherlands 1 (0-0-1, 0); Sweden 1 (0-0-1, 0); Tunisia 1 (0-0-1, 0)
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Germany 5, Curacao 2
NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
3′ Yellow Card Curacao Sherel Floranus
13′ GOAL Germany Jamal Musiala
20′ Yellow Card Germany Jonathan Tah
30′ Yellow Card Curacao Tahith Chong
40′ GOAL Curacao Tahith Chong
45+’ GOAL Germany Florian Wirtz (direct free kick)
55′ GOAL Curacao Livano Comenencia
59′ GOAL Germany Kai Havertz
73′ GOAL Germany Florian Wirtz
80′ GOAL Germany Felix Nmecha (penalty kick)
90′ Yellow Card Curacao Gervane Kastaneer
90+3′ Spectacular Save Curacao GK Eloy Room
Netherlands 1, Japan 1
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
3′ Yellow Card Japan Kaishu Sano
40′ GOAL Netherlands (Japan own goal)
50′ Yellow Card Japan Ritsu Doan
73′ Spectacular Save Netherlands GK Bart Verbruggen
85′ GOAL Japan Daichi Kamada
Ecuador 2, Ivory Coast 1
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1′ Yellow Card Ivory Coast Bazoumana Toure
16′ GOAL Ivory Coast Wilfried Singo
42′ GOAL Ecuador John Yeboah
59′ Yellow Card Ivory Coast Emmanuel Agbadou
83′ GOAL Ecuador Alan Minda
90+6′ Yellow Card Ecuador Willian Pacho
Sweden 2, Tunisia 2
Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico
20′ Yellow Card Tunisia Mohamed Ben Hamida
27′ GOAL Tunisia Rani Kheidra
45+’ GOAL Sweden Alexander Isak
57′ GOAL Sweden Gabriel Gudmundsson
77′ Yellow Card Sweden Benjamin Nygren
85′ Yellow Card Sweden Isak Hien
88′ GOAL Tunisia Rani Kheidra
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