Australia 2-2 Croatia
Another refereeing nightmare in which the British referee lost count of how many yellow cards he'd given out and one player stayed on the pitch when he had officially been sent off. Later he was impossibly booked a third time and sent off anyway.
Australia go through to play Italy in the 2nd Round - the best World Cup performance in their history.
Brazil 4-1 Japan
Brazil go through to play Ghana in the next round, after ending Japan's hopes. We had the bizarre spectacle of Brazilian legend Ronaldo, who is considerably overweight and at times looks like he can hardly move, yet the goofy sod still managed to score twice. He has now equalled the all-time goalscoring record in the World Cup.
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