Knockout Stage: Second Round

And with that, we can move on to the knockout stages...

Here is the draw for the second round. Each group winner has been paired with the runner-up from the adjacent group (Winner of Group A vs. Winner of Group B and so forth), mirroring the knock-out structure of the football world cup:

Mexico vs. Chile

Australia vs. Brazil

Greece vs. Costa Rica

England vs. Japan

Switzerland vs. Argentina

Iran vs. Ecuador

USA vs. Algeria

South Korea vs. Portugal

Whilst some of those are easy for me to call, there are a couple of clashes that will take some pondering. I will leave those there for the moment, and come back with answers by the end of the weekend.