Jun 23rd 2014, 15:55:06
I was talking about USA-Portugal tie-breaker. Before the "total goals scored" rule there's also the head-to-head rule you mentioned, irrelevant because USA and Portugal made an equal match but very important if Ghana beats Portugal. So if Ghana wins 3-2 and USA loses by no more than one goal then both have goal differences of 0, but head to head score takes precedence and USA goes to next stage. So to recap: Total points, goal difference if tied, direct match result if still tied, total goals scored, toss a coin.
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