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26th June 2014
07:53am BST

The biggest surprise for us is that Honduras were the biggest time-wasters, they spent seven minutes and 40 seconds on the ground during the two opening group games. We know they are cynical but we thought they channeled that by kicking lumps out of the opposition.
Brazil were the team that spent the most time on the ground "in pain" as they were on the floor 17 times. Wonder-boy Neymar was down five times but every time he was back on his feet within 15 seconds.
The toughest team was Bosnia and Herzegovina who only had two incidences of players writhing around on the floor, fair play to Dzeko and the boys.
The stretcher had to be used nine times in the opening two round and miraculously five of the players who needed to be carried off were back on the pitch within 90 seconds. Hallelujah.
Hat-tip to Wall Street Journal.
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