World Cup match day 10 recap: Mexico, Germany and Belgium victorious
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Matchday 10 had some of the most exciting games of the world cup so far. Mexico beat Korea Republic 2-1 to make it their second win in a row after beating Germany in their opening game.
Mexico grabbed the lead after Carlos Vela put away a penalty to become the first Mexican to score a spot kick since 2010.
Mexico the doubled the lead in the 66th minute through a Javier Hernandez goal until Son Heung-min hit a screamer in the 93rd minute to give Korea a consolation goal.
The game between Belgium and Tunisia saw its first goal from a calmly converted Eden Hazard penalty in the 6th minute.
Lukaku followed up with a goal after an assist from Mertens enabled him to plant it in the bottom corner.
Tunisia replied with a goal 2 minutes later but Lukaku scored another goal to make him level with Cristiano Ronaldo at 4 goals in the competition.
The last 2 Belgium goals came in the second half from Hazard and substitute Mitchy Batshuayi before Tunisia scored one last goal in the closing minute of the game.
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The final match of the day, Germany vs Sweden, was action packed.
A first half goal from Sweden gave the Germans a massive scare of an early knockout from the tournament.
Germany however managed to keep controlling the game till the very last minute.
An early second half goal gave the Germans a fighting chance and it seemed as though the game was going to end as a draw until the very last minute.
Toni Kroos beautifully put away a free-kick to give the Germans their first three points in the group:
Here are the table standings:
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