The Last 16

It's been a crazy few days of football in the World Cup. The favourites have struggled, the underdogs have shown true fighting spirit, and with a few exceptions football has been the winner.  Or has it?  The food bloggers of the World Cup Food Challenge have been busy in their kitchens making sure that each team that got to the last 16 had a new dish to represent them.

Below is the classified results of the Last 16 of the 2014 World Cup (Food Challenge).

Brazil (Caipirinha) 1 (3) V 1 (2) Chile (Chilean Fish Stew)
Colombia (Ajiaco) 2 V 0 Uruguay (Chivito)
Netherlands (Boterkoak) 2 V 1 Mexico (Churros)
Costa Rica (Arroz con Pollo) 1 (5) V 1 (3) Greece (Avgolemono)
France (Choucroute Garnie) 2 V 0 Nigeria (Chin chin)
Germany (Gurkensalat) 2 V 1 Algeria (Sahlab)
Argentina (Dulce de Leche) 1 V 0 Switzerland (Pizzocheri)
Belgium (Aardappel Taart) 2 V 1 USA (BBQ Ribeye Steak)

In a bizarre twist of fate the World Cup has done something that it has never done before.  Never in the history of the competition have all eight winners of the group stage made it through to the quarter finals, yet that is exactly what has happened this year.  Each blogger has one team left.  The matches on Friday and Saturday really are knock out matches for our team of intrepid foodies.  This weekend will spell the end for four of us...but at least we'll get eight more recipes before the semi-finals.

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