On June 20, the next three matches of the football world championship took place on the football fields of Brazil. Teams from groups D and E met. All matches were important for the national teams in the tournament. In one of the games, a sensation occurred, which already now seems to be a pattern.
The first game of the ninth day of the World Cup was a match taking place in unbearable heat in the city of Recife. The national teams of Italy and Costa Rica entered the green lawn field. It was the worst match of the Italians in recent years. The team that defeated England in the first round looked not just modest, but helpless. The Costa Ricans attacked bigger and more dangerous. Although Supermario had two of his own moments, the Italians' forward did not realize them. At the end of the half, Costa Rica took the lead. This goal was the only one in the match. In the second half of the meeting, the Italians were still the same helpless, and the Costa Rican players formalized their rights to leave the death group, making a sensation.
In the second match of the day, the audience saw the most goals. Thus, the French national team sent five goals to the Swiss goal. The latter also did not leave with zero in the column of goals scored. In the city of El Salvador, at the stadium, spectators saw two goals from the Swiss in the last minutes. The final score of 5 - 2 in favor of France shows that the French are gaining six points in the first two games without any problems. In the final round of the group stage, the 1998 world champions are left to play with the national team of Ecuador, while Switzerland will have to fight with Honduras.
In the final meeting of the game day in Quartet E, the Ecuadorians were stronger than the Honduras national team. The final score of the match is 2 - 1 in favor of the South Americans. Ecuador's national team won a strong-willed victory, the team was inferior to Honduras 0 - 1. The spectators saw the next goals of Enner Valencia. The Ecuadorian forward in goals scored is still in the leading group of scorers in the championship. Enner Valencia scored a double in the game under review.
