1.   Flintshire must win by at least five wickets to snatch second in the four-strong group and thus qualify for the semi-final knockout stage.

2.   FIFA is also considering bringing in sudden-death penalty shoot-outs in drawn games in the knockout stages.

3.   In the seven matches of the knockout stage, only nine goals were scored.

4.   Organizers would try to correct some of the problems for the knockout stages, he said.

5.   After beating England and Colombia, Romania tops the group standings with six points, and has already qualified for the knockout second stage.

6.   And the team has shown defensive lapses that Scolari must correct quickly if he hopes to continue in the knockout stage.

7.   At the outset of the competition, Portugal and Poland were firm favorites to advance from group D to the knockout stage.

8.   Brooke is expected to be key to the All Blacks game plan in the knockout stages.

9.   But failure to advance would bring the disgrace of being the first-ever host nation that failed to reach the knockout stage.

10.   But failure to advance would bring the embarrassment of being the first-ever host nation that failed to reach the knockout stage.