On June 21, Brazil hosted the matches of the second round in groups F and G of the World Championship. As part of the tenth game day of the tournament, teams from Argentina, Iran, Germany, Ghana, Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the fields of Brazilian cities. The game day was not distinguished by the performance, to which the spectators of the 2014 World Cup are already accustomed. Only 6 goals were scored in three games.
The national teams of Argentina and Iran were the first to enter the field within the tenth game day. Many experts predicted a simple victory for the eminent South Americans, but in reality everything turned out a little differently. Argentina's national team had a very bad match. Despite the fact that already in the first half the South Americans' possession of the ball was more than 70%, the Iranian players defended quite calmly, not allowing the Argentines to create ultra-dangerous moments. The first half ended with no goals. 90 minutes of the meeting also did not please the audience with goals scored. It seemed to everyone that the game would end in a draw, but the Argentine captain had his say. Lionel Messi scored a goal in the condensed time with a beautiful dribbling strike from outside the Iranian direct line. Argentina snatched the victory in the final minutes, and with six points tops the standings in Group F.
The second match of the game day turned out to be very exciting. The national teams of Germany and Ghana played among themselves. Despite the fact that the spectators did not see any goals in the first half, the match itself looked very interesting. The denouement came in the second half of the meeting. At the beginning of the second half, the Germans scored. After a few minutes, the Africans were able to recoup, and then completely stepped forward. Germany was losing 1 - 2. At the same time, it cannot be said that the score was not according to the game. However, the Germans managed to win back the second ball. Replaced by Klose, he scores his first goal in the current tournament and 15 in world cup matches. The final score of the meeting is a combat draw 2 - 2, which has become the most productive so far in the tournament.
In the final match of the game day, the audience recognized another team, which even lost its theoretical chances of reaching the playoff stage. In Cuiaba, the Nigerians beat the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a minimum score of 1 - 0. The Europeans may well present a pretense to the refereeing, because even with an equal score, the line referee from New Zealand took a clean ball from Dzeko, fixing a false offside position. At the end of the half, the Africans scored, but the Europeans were never able to recoup. The final defeat of 0 - 1 deprives the Bosnians of the chances of continuing the struggle for reaching the playoff stage.
