“Germany beat Morocco 6-0 at the Women’s World Cup, but it was Morocco who went through to the last 16. What’s the biggest score a team has won/lost by and then not qualified/qualified from their group?” asks Chris Butterworth.
Germany’s ultimately futile trouncing of Morocco meant they went out with a goal difference of +5, while Morocco qualified for the last 16 with a goal difference of -4. It’s by far the biggest such victory at a Women’s World Cup. In fact, in eight previous tournaments, we can find only two cases of Team A beating Team B, only for Team B to qualify at the expense of Team A.
Both were single-goal victories. In 1995, Brazil beat the hosts Sweden 1-0 in their opening group match, bu…
Charles Barkley can be lazy and out of touch, and occasionally insightful, but he nailed it with the Bucks last night. That’s after he forgot who Jeff Teague plays for, which would seem to be the minimum requirement for his job. Anyway, at halftime, when the Bucks were down 20 to a Trae Young-less Hawks team, he said the Bucks are just good at basketball, but have no killer instinct. It’s hard to argue. They were toast well before Giannis got hurt (more on this in a sec) to a team without its best player. These things can get tricky, and the Bucks just went through this in the last round. You can find a team inspired for a game to all pick up the slack, or figure out how they’re going to play without their centerpiece. But you can’t get blown out in a conference final. The Bucks …