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The World Cup's biggest winners and losers: From t...

All 48 teams in the World Cup have played exactly two games, so we look at the players and nations who were winners and losers.

The World Cup's biggest winners and losers: From t...
Source: ESPN Soccer

Following Argentina 's 2-0 win over Austria -- after scoring his fifth goal of the tournament, and after breaking Miroslav Klose's record for most goals in World Cup history -- Lionel Messi was asked which goal was his favorite.

"Honestly, I don't remember," he said. "I'm tired."

And aren't we all? That's 48 games in the books, a number we normally wouldn't reach until the final match of the group stage finished during the 32-team era. We still have 24 more games to go before the knockout rounds begin.

So, if you're tired and, like Messi, don't remember anything that just happened, then we've…

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