Germany Run Riot, Scotland Grind It Out

Germany 7-1 Curaçao is the sort of scoreline that needs no footnotes. Seven past Curaçao, who'll want to forget this one in a hurry. That's Group E business done in style. Ivory Coast kept it tighter in the same group, a 1-0 over Ecuador, the kind of result that wins you nothing pretty but plenty of points.

Scotland did Scotland things — a 1-0 over Haiti, no frills, three points in the bag. Australia were a touch more comfortable, 2-0 past Turkey to make a statement in Group D. The Socceroos look like they mean it.

The pick of the day was over in Group F, where Netherlands and Japan shared four goals in a 2-2 draw. Honours even, and a group that's now wide open. Nobody's running away with that one.

Speaking of the Dutch — this is the country of Total Football, of Cruyff turning defenders inside out, of the 1974 side that played the prettiest football never to win a World Cup. The nearly men of the international game, forever. Draft the Netherlands and see if you can finally get them over the line. One spin away.