醫生爸爸愛足球: Lose a game in World Cup Group Stage

2018-06-18

Lose a game in World Cup Group Stage

In 2018 FIFA World Cup, Germany, Argentina, Spain, Brazil have loss or draw in their first games. The fans are quite disappointing.

I have reviewed the information of past five world cups in year 2014, 2010, 2006, 2002 and 1998. Six out of ten finalists had draws or loses in their group stages. And they still managed to go to the finals.

Germany had a draw with Ghana in 2014, and won the world cup finally.
Spain lost her first game to Switzerland in 2010, and won her first world cup eventually.
In 2006, the finalists Italy and France had a draw with USA and Switzerland respectively in the group stage.
In 2002, the finalist Germany had a draw with Ireland.
In 1998, the winner Brazil lost to Norway in the group stage, and they won the fifth world cup.

Losing or drawing one game in the group stage is not the end of the story.

2014 FIFA World Cup Final