One of the more puzzling sights of the World Cup so far (apart from watching England, which is another matter) was the Japanese fan shown on TV celebrating after their team’s draw with Croatia.
Why celebrate? It wasn’t exactly a good result – to qualify, Japan now need to beat Brazil, which is tough enough, but even that is not enough – they also need to win handsomely to boost their goal difference, and to hope that Australia do not beat Croatia.
I know it’s largely academic, but I had thought that if Australia drew with Croatia that would also eliminate Japan (because Australia beat Japan in an earlier game). Not so, it seems. Although FIFA originally said that results between the two countries would be considered before goal difference, they seem to have changed their minds – and not done a very good job of letting people know.
And what was with the whispering commentator for the Germany vs. Ecuador game last night?
Ordinary Gweilo 
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