Could Northern Ireland defeat Brazil by two goals to guarantee a last 16 place? Even a win by one goal might have been enough. But no, BBC viewers saw the live game at 7pm and Brazil's best performance so far. Northern Ireland's third place with one point was not good enough.
Spain, meanwhile, coasted home.
Group D:
Brazil 3 Northern Ireland 0
Careca 15, 87, Josimar 42
Group D:
Spain 3 Algeria 0
Caldere 15, 68, Eloy 70
Group D:
Brazil P3 W3 D0 L0 F5 A0 Pts 6 - +5
Spain P3 W2 D0 L1 F5 A2 Pts 4 - +3
Northern Ireland P3 W0 D1 L2 F2 A6 Pts 1 - -4
Algeria P3 W0 D1 L2 F1 A5 Pts 1 - -4
Golden Boot
4 - Elkjaer (Den), Altobelli (Ita)
3 - Valdano (Arg), Careca (Bra), Lineker (Eng)
2 - Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mor), Cabanas (Par), Yaremchuk (Sov), Caldere (Spa), Allofs (WGer)
1 - Zidane (Alg), Burruchaga (Arg), Maradona (Arg), Ruggeri (Arg), Claesen (Bel), Scifo (Bel), Vandenburgh (Bel), Vercauteren (Bel), Veyt (Bel), Josimar (Bra), Socrates (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Getov (Bul), Laudrup (Den), Lerby (Den), J Olsen (Den), Papin (Fra), Fernandez (Fra), Rocheteau (Fra), Stopyra (Fra), Tigana (Fra), Esterhazy (Hun), Detari (Hun), Radhi (Irq), Flores (Mex), Romero (Mex), Sanchez (Mex), Merry Krimau (Mor), Clarke (NIre), Whiteside (NIre), Romero (Par), Diamantino (Por), Smolarek (Pol), Carlos Manuel (Por), Strachan (Sco), Park Chang-Sun (SKor), Kim Jong-Boo (SKor), Huh Jung-Moo (SKor), Choi Soon-Ho (SKor), Yakovenko (Sov), Aleinikov (Sov), Belanov (Sov), Blokhin (Sov), Rodionov (Sov), Rats (Sov), Zavarov (Sov), Butragueno (Spa), Eloy (Spa), Salinas (Spa), Alzamendi (Uru), Voller (WGer), Own Goal
Other news today: Derek Hatton, former Deputy Leader of Liverpool Council, was expelled from the Labour party.
GAME OF THE DAY - BRAZIL V NORTHERN IRELAND
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