World Cup: This is how Germany advances against Ivory Coast on Saturday

Second World Cup game against Ivory Coast

So Germany will advance on Saturday

The World Cup preliminary round is becoming a complicated arithmetic game. But some teams can provide clarity on the second matchday. Who else belongs to it besides Germany?

Who the preliminary round of this Football World Cup If you want to get through it, you should be well versed in mathematics. The new mode of the XXL tournament stipulates that in addition to all winners and runners-up from the twelve groups, the eight best third parties also advance.

However, the teams that can make it to the knockout round on the second matchday of the World Cup do not want to count – and therefore clarity as quickly as possible. Also the German team’s national coach Julian Nagelsmann After the 7-1 start against debutant Curaçao, has the chance to overcome the first hurdle early in this one WM gain weight.

The maximum score of six points is necessary for safe qualification after two games. The DFB eleven can therefore book their ticket to the round of 32 against Ivory Coast on Saturday.

In this case, if Ecuador does not win against Curaçao, the group victory would be perfect. Because at the World Cup, if there is a tie, the direct comparison counts before the goal difference. After the direct comparison and the goal difference, the number of goals scored is the next criterion. The fair play rating and, as the final criterion, the FIFA world rankings are then used.

Like Germany, Ivory Coast can also win with a win on Saturday Toronto complete the qualification ahead of time. The same applies to all other groups: the victorious teams that started would advance to the next round early with another success.

These are: Mexico, South Korea (both Group A), Scotland (Group C), USA, Australia (both Group D), Sweden (Group F), France, Norway (both Group I), Argentina, Austria (both Group J), Colombia (Group K) and England and Ghana (both Group L).