Win, Lose, and Draws

9/16 of the way through the World Cup and the double double headers began. Uruguay set right the footballing world holding hosts Russia to a 3:0 defeat. At the same time, Mohamed Salah was trying to end Egypt's World Cup on a high note by getting their first win ever at the tournament. Saudi Arabia had other plans and won 2:1. As Group B ended we were treated to 2 draws. Iran would find themselves trailing for most of the match, saved by a bad Ronaldo penalty kick. They would strike late and get the 1:1 draw. Spain would fall behind Morocco, fight back, fall behind and earn the draw before the final whistle. Uruguay battles Portugal and Spain gets Russia in the next round.

Uruguay 3:0 Russia

Luis Suarez 10' 1-0

Denis Cheryshev (og) 23' 2-0

Edinson Cavani 90' 3-0

	Result	Points	Score Uruguay	Points	Score Russia	Points	Total
Artifex	Russia	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fortuitous	Uruguay	5	6	0	4	0	5
Historicus	Uruguay	5	2	0	0	2	7
IoannesNix	Uruguay	5	3	2	1	0	7
Musicus	Uruguay	5	1	0	0	2	7
Praeceptor	Uruguay	5	3	2	1	0	7
Scriptor	Uruguay	5	2	0	1	0	5

Saudi Arabia 2:1 Egypt

Mohamed Salah 22' 0-1

Salman Al-Faraj (pk) 45+6' 1-1

Salem Al-Dawsari 90' 2-1

	Result	Points	Score Saudi Arabia	Points	Score Egypt	Points	Total
Artifex	Egypt	0	0	0	2	0	0
Fortuitous	Saudi Arabia	5	7	0	6	0	5
Historicus	Draw	0	1	0	1	2	2
IoannesNix	Egypt	0	1	0	3	0	0
Musicus	Egypt	0	0	0	1	2	2
Praeceptor	Egypt	0	1	0	3	0	0
Scriptor	Egypt	0	0	0	2	0	0

   

Iran 1:1 Portugal

Ricardo Quaresma 45' 0-1

Karim Ansarifard (pk) 90+3' 1-1

	Result	Points	Score Iran	Points	Score Portugal	Points	Total
Artifex	Draw	5	1	2	1	3	10
Fortuitous	Portugal	0	0	0	5	0	0
Historicus	Portugal	0	0	0	3	0	0
IoannesNix	Portugal	0	1	2	3	0	2
Musicus	Portugal	0	0	0	1	2	2
Praeceptor	Draw	5	1	2	1	3	10
Scriptor	Portugal	0	1	2	2	0	2

   

Spain 2:2 Morocco

Khalid Boutaib 14' 0-1

   Isco 19' 1-1

Youssef En-Nesyri 81' 1-2

Iago Aspas 90+1' 2-2

	Result	Points	Score Spain	Points	Score Morocco	Points	Total
Artifex	Spain	0	3	0	2	2	2
Fortuitous	Morocco	0	5	0	7	0	0
Historicus	Spain	0	3	0	2	2	2
IoannesNix	Spain	0	3	0	2	2	2
Musicus	Spain	0	1	0	0	0	0
Praeceptor	Spain	0	4	0	3	0	0
Scriptor	Spain	0	2	2	0	0	2

Portugal's draw has earned Historicus and extra point. Artifex loses her pairing as Egypt exit the tournament. To give her a fair chance moving forward, she'll be performing a substitution. Since Uruguay officially eliminated Egypt, she will ride La Albiceleste for the rest of the tournament. Every Uruguayan win gets her 3 points. A win or loss on penalties is worth 1 point for her. Onto the scores.

	Standings	Points	Oracle
1	Musicus	149	54
2	Praeceptor	135	42
3	Scriptor	128	42
4	Artifex	126	36
5	IoannesNix	124	31
6	Historicus	122	37
7	Fortuitous	59	10

Today's Disciplinary Official is Essam Elhadary. Egypt's goalkeeper started the game becoming the oldest player to ever play at the World Cup at 45 years of age.

 He's defeated. He's tired. He just wants to go home. He's not holding the goalpost up there. It's the other way around. And you never know, in 4 years he might be back breaking his own record. No cards, no fouls.

The Grand Salmon Alpaca