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How's everyone feeling? Nervous? Amused, because of Luis Suarez's 4-month ban? (Sidenote: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
Anyway, it's the final day of the group stage today and there's all to play for in Group G, and quite a lot to play for in Group H.
Group G: 12 PM EDT/9 AM PDT/5 PM BST
United States v Germany
Portugal v Ghana
The USA-Germany match features Per Mertesacker and Mesut Özil, and Lukas Podolski, who all start.
Scenarios:
- Germany advances and wins the group with a win/draw
- Germany advances with a loss AND Portugal/Ghana draw OR a loss AND a Portugal/Ghana win provided that goal difference is not made up
- The USA advances and wins the group with a win
- The USA advances with a draw
- The USA advances with a draw AND Portugal/Ghana draw OR a draw and Portugal/Ghana win, provided goal difference isn't made up
- Portugal advances with a win AND USA loss, provided goal difference is made up
- Ghana advances with a win AND USA loss, provided goal difference is made up
More Group G scenarios are here.
Group H: 4 PM EDT/1 PM PDT/9 PM BST
Algeria v Russia
South Korea v Belgium
Thomas Vermaelen is injured, so there's no Arsenal presence in any of these games.
Scenarios:
- Belgium wins the group with a win/draw OR loss AND Algeria loss/draw
- Algeria advances and wins the group with a win AND Belgium loss.
- Algeria advances with a win OR a draw AND South Korea draw/loss OR a draw and South Korea wins by less than 3 goals
- Russia advances with a win AND South Korea draw/loss OR a win AND South Korea fails to win by one more goal than Russia.
- South Korea advances with a win AND Algeria/Russia draw, provided South Korea wins by three goals and scores three more than Algeria or wins by four goals OR a win AND Russia win, provided South Korea wins by one more goal than Russia