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World Cup 2022
The 2022 World Cup was hosted in Mexico. The teams that qualified out of the Group stages were Portugal, England, Spain, Chile, Ghana, Czech Republic, USA, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Ukraine, Argentina, Holland, Germany, France and Algeria. No major disappointments at this stage.
The second round saw Portugal crush Chile 6-0, Spain beat England 1-1 (3-1 on penalties .. England hit just 1 out of 4), Ghana upset Italy 1-0, the Czech Republic beat USA 2-2 (5-3 on penalties), Brazil beat Argentina 2-0, Mexico beat Ukraine 1-0, Holland beat Algeria 3-1 and Germany beat France 1-0.
In the quarter finals, Portugal beat the Czech Republic 1-0, Spain beat Ghana 2-0, Germany beat Brazil 2-0 and Holland beat Mexico 2-2 (9-8 on penalties).
Holland beat Portugal 2-1 and Germany beat Spain 2-1 in the semi-finals.
Spain came in third by beating Portugal 1-0.
Germany beat Holland convincingly in the finals, 3-0 was the final score.
The England campaign:
1-0 loss to Portugal
4-0 win over New Zealand (Dean Hoo hattrick)
3-0 win over Australia (Dean Hoo 1 goal)
1-1 draw with Spain, out on penalties
The US campaign:
2-1 win over Sweden (Rob Nielsen 1 goal)
1-1 draw with Cameroon
1-0 win over Italy
2-2 draw with Czech Republic, out on penalties
Ubaldo Geronimo was in the Mexican team but did not feature in any games.
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