The fifth game day at the World Cup in Brazil presented several exciting matches. In the cities of El Salvador, Curitiba and Natal, Germans, Portuguese, Nigerians, Iranians, Ghanaians and Americans played their first games. Game day gave the first goalless draw and a hat trick for Germany's forward Müller.
On June 16, teams from Germany and Portugal met in El Salvador. It was one of the three most anticipated matches at the start of the World Cup. However, the intrigue did not work out. The Germans dealt with Cristiano Ronaldo and his team with apparent ease. The final score 4 - 0 in favor of Germany testified to the total advantage of the latter. The Germans showed, perhaps, the most convincing game at the start of the World Cup along with the Dutch. The first hat trick of the championship took place in the match. Muller sent three goals to the Portuguese goal.
The second match of the day did not give the fans a lot of positive emotions. Sooner or later, all episodes end. The attacking football of the championship has trained the fans to amazing moments and beautiful goals. However, at the stadium in Curitiba, the Nigeria national team, with a tangible advantage over the Iranian team, could not score a single goal. The final bleak zeros on the scoreboard were recorded by the final whistle of the match chief referee.
The Ghana national team and the USA fought in the final match of the fifth game day. At the stadium in Natal, spectators saw an interesting game that kept them in suspense from the first to the last seconds. Already at the 29th second, the score was opened in the meeting. The Americans distinguished themselves. The Ghana national team was able to recoup only on 82 minutes, and on 86 the US team again took the lead. The final score remained the same - the Americans win 2 - 1 and are compared with the Germans in the number of points after the first round.
