They now have two more games to play and victories in these games will ensure automatic qualification for the knock-out stages. |
Don't expect players of the ilk of Zidane and Hagi to continue holding court in the knock-out stages though. |
Two wilting sides then slugged it out toe-to-toe in the extra 30 minutes before Town finally delivered the knock-out blow. |
It is good the knock-out system is gone, the knowledge that all those months of preparation are riding on one afternoon. |
Each rider races the course solo at first, and the fastest times determine the start order for the knock-out rounds. |
In each group, each team plays all the others in a round-robin format, then the top two go through to the knock-out round. |