All 32 Teams Have Played One Match Each As The World Cup Has Begun In Explosive Fashion, But Are Things Going According To Plan For The Favourites Or Are The Underdogs Having A Say In Proceedings? This Is A Short Round-up Of Groups A To D, Of The Results As They Stand After One Match.Group A1. Germany 3pts, 2. Ecuador 3pts, 3. Costa Rica 0pts, 4. Poland, 0ptsGermany Kicked Off The Tournament In Style With An Entertaining 4-2 Win Against Costa Rica At Odds Of 14. Full Back Phillip Lahm Scored A Cracking Goal After Six Minutes To Break The Deadlock But Veteran Paulo Wanchope Levelled On 12. Miroslav Klose Netted Twice On 17 And 61 Before Wanchope Hauled His Side Back Into The Game 3-2 Down. Torsten Frings Ensured Victory For The Host Nation Three Minutes From Time.Poland Were The Victims Of A Shock Result As Ecuador Won At Odds Of 103. The Least Rated Of All The South American Sides Took The Lead Through Tenorio After 24 Minutes Before Former Southampton Striker Augustin Delgado Scored A Second With 10 Minutes Remaining.Group B1. England 3pts, 2. Sweden 1pt, 3. Trinidad Tobago 1pt, 4. Paraguay 0ptsEngland Struggled In The Heat Against Paraguay But Picked Up Three Vital Points As They Beat Their South American Opponents 1-0. Carlos Gamarra Headed In David Beckhams Free Kick Into His Own Net After Three Minutes As England Clung On To A Win At Odds Of 813.Sweden Were Expected To Brush Aside An Unfancied Trinidad Tobago Side And The Caribbean Side Even Had A Man Sent Off Early In The Second Half. But Leo Beenhakkers Side Showed Tremendous Spirit And Held Firm For A Goalless Draw At 72.Group C1. Argentina 3pts, 2. Holland 3pts, 3. Ivory Coast 0pts, 4. Serbia Montenegro 0ptsThe Two Favourites Had Their Own Way In The Opening Round Of Fixtures As Both Argentina And Holland Beat Their Opponents At Odds On. Two Chelsea Goalscorers Were On Target As 47 Argentina Showed Genuine Class To Defeat A Dangerous Looking Ivory Coast. Hernan Crespo And Javier Saviola Scored The Decisive Goals Before Didier Drogba Netted A Consolation Eight Minutes From The End. Holland, Marginally Better At 46, Were Made To Sweat Against Serbia Montenegro As Arjen Robbens Goal After 18 Minutes Was All That Separated The Sides.Group D1. Mexico 3pts, 2. Portugal 3pts, 3. Angola 0pts, 4. Iran 0ptsBoth Mexico And Portugal Faced Arguably Weaker Opponents In The First Round Of Matches And Duly Obliged At Odds On. Omar Bravo Opened The Scoring For Mexico After 28 Minutes But Iran Levelled Through Yahya Golomohammadi On 36. With The Match Looking To Finish All Square Bravo Netted A Second On 76 And Zinha Secured An 813 Win Three Minutes Later.In One Of The World Cups More Political Matches, Portugal Edged Past Angola By A Single Goal. Firm 12 Favourites Before Kick-off, Portugal Took The Lead Through Talismanic Striker Pauleta After Four Minutes But Couldnt Find Any More As They Managed To Take All Three Points.
