Since June 26, the goal score average on this year's World Cup has been steady at 2.83, with 136 goals. Latin and South American teams have all advanced to the final stages of the game. 8 in 10 teams have advanced to the semi-finals. Honduras and Ecuador did not make it to the finals. Uruguay and Belgium have made it to the finals.

Greece and Algeria matched at the knockout parts of the matches. Costa Rica beat won in challenging Italy and Uruguay, and faced England in a group D match. US, Costa Rica and Mexico have made it to the knockout round for the first time.

James Rodriguez from Colombia is the most sought-after goal-scorer in the World Cup, scoring five goals, in total. Lionel Messi of Argentina, Neymar of Brazil and Thomas Müller of Germany were honoured as secondary goal scorers, striking 4 goals each.

There has been a tight match challenge between Thomas Müller of Germany vs Portugal and Xherdan Shaqiri of Switzerland vs Honduras. Lionel Messi scored the highest number of matches.

The elimination of Spain after undergoing two back-to-back losses has been the biggest surprise ever. England encountered its first elimination since 1958. Italy was eliminated after scoring only two goals, the first time to have occurred since 1966. Portugal, with star player, Cristiano Ronaldo, failed to succeed after striking a goal score.

None of the teams from Asia made it to the next round. The teams enjoyed 3 points only, sufficient enough to take them to the next round.