Japan, Germany's rout, Ivory Coast, and Spain's outlook.

Forward Elye Wahi will miss Ivory Coast's second World Cup match against Germany after he was denied a visa to enter Canada, the Ivorian federation said on Thursday.

With the first round of World Cup group stage games nearly over, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve seen over the first eight days of the World Cup. Some teams, like Tunisia and Curaçao, already need a lot of help to ensure that their campaigns won’t end in the group stage.

Kai Havertz scored two goals as Germany pulled away from World Cup first-timer Curaçao late in the opening half and piled on after that in a 7-1 win Sunday in a group match. Livano Comenencia tied it at 1-1 with his left-footed shot through traffic from the center of the box in the 21st minute to give Curaçao its first goal in the tournament and send fans of the tiny Caribbean nation into a frenzy.

Relive all the action from Sunday's World Cup matches, with features, news, video analysis and color from around the competition.

It will be a battle for the top of Group E when Germany and Ivory Coast meet on June 20 at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario. Germany is always a favorite to make a run at this tournament and after a 7-1 win over Curacao to open it,