00:16hey welcome back to sports everybody we kick off from Atlanta where we have the
00:21first upset despite not having a defeat as debutants Cape Verde held the 2010
00:26winners and a co-favorite Spain to a goalless draw Spain called the Calvary with Lamin-Yamal
00:32but it was not enough as Cape Verde secured a draw that felt more like a victory
00:48after Germany crushed the first David Goliath encounter yesterday the same was expected of
00:53the co-favorite Spain against Islanders Cape Verde but the debutants were prepared for a fight
01:01Ruiz for Rodri Rodri Cucurea backed over Xenia stayed at home and he's gonna pay the price
01:08now he comes off the crossbar the follow-up and saves in particular their 40-year goalkeeper
01:15for Xenia his heroics ensure the smallest nation in the group had held Spain goalless at the half
01:24frustrated for 71 minutes being introduced at their phenom in Lamin-Yamal as he's been dealing
01:29with a hamstring injury since April 22nd global star that he is is making now his world cup debut
01:41and he didn't take long to get involved
01:49yet the Africans remained concentrated on resisting all the blues from the Goliath
01:57and they almost had a chance to create the upset of the tournament
02:04Cape Verde had just one shot on target and only 29% ball possession but still creating history
02:11Terence Clark TV6 sport ah great memories of TNT versus Sweden in Germany and there was another
02:21matchup between Europe and Africa as Belgium locked horns against Egypt in Group G and just like the
02:26earlier clash this one ended in a draw former Premier League rivals Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne
02:32rekindled their rivalry as Egypt faced Belgium but Salah played his part assisting the opening bull
02:50both teams had scoring chances as if the Pharaohs came close while Belgium struck the post with time
02:58taking away the Red Devils called on their veteran Romelu Rotaku and the centre forward made the difference
03:04albeit if the goal was awarded to Egypt's Mohamed Hini
03:11and the action continues as we speak as Uruguay and Saudi Arabia are facing off in their Group H opener
03:27the winner in this contest would secure top spot in the group following Spain's draw with Cape Verde
03:32and Saudi Arabia are the ones in charge at the moment after Al-Amri scored the opening goal just
03:38before halftime for the 1-0 lead in Miami and we're not done yet as it was a bumper day
03:46of action with
03:46four matches in Group E and F and there was an abundance of goals too as Sweden flexed their
03:52muscles in the thumping 5-1 win over Tunisia Japan showed they can fight with the big boys after holding
03:58the Dutch to a two-all draw and Ivory Coast pipped Ecuador with a 1-0 victory Sunday was the
04:05most
04:06prolific day for goals as 19 was scored across the four matches with Germany alone scoring seven of
04:11them against Curacao in Group E however Ivory Coast needed only one goal to defeat Ecuador for second
04:16spot in the group but before that Netherlands and Japan played all the most competitive match of
04:30the day in Group F Virgil van Dijk's opener was cancelled out six minutes later by Keto Nakamura
04:51after goalless first half the goals kept coming as the Dutch went ahead again
05:02but the Europeans just couldn't shake off the Asians as Daichi Kamada earned Japan a share of the points in
05:09a
05:092-2 draw and Sweden displayed their firepower to take control of Group F against Tunisia
05:29Yasin Ayari didn't celebrate as his father is from Tunisia and he came close to representing the North
05:35African nation but the Swedes had much more in their locker Alexander Issa got his before setting up
05:48Victor Jocheres Matthias vanburg made it 4-1 with his first touch of the ball
06:08and Yasin Ayari couldn't resist celebrating his second as Sweden thumped Tunisia 5-1
06:14Terence Clark TV6 Sport
06:18right now that some of today's exciting clashes are out of the way we look ahead to one more clash
06:23on Monday followed by Tuesday's games here's that rap looking at the matches ahead on Monday night
06:30Iran play New Zealand in Group G from 9pm Trinidad and Tobago time touching on their head-to-head clashes
06:36they have met twice with Iran winning one while the other was drawn
06:40then on Tuesday France take on Senegal in Group I from 3pm TNT time they met just once in international
06:48football with Senegal winning that match 1-0 at the 2002 World Cup
06:53Tuesday's second match sees Iraq facing Norway in the other Group I game from 6pm it will be the first
07:00time they face each other and in Group J defending
07:03champions Argentina and Algeria meet three hours later they faced each other just once with the Argentines winning 4-3
07:12then it would not want any Chiefs export
07:15you
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