The coaches have now announced their final troops and FIFA has officially confirmed them. Every football fan has already skimmed through the squads, the groups, the bookmaker odds and there is not much to do other than reading the news and waiting for the opener to come. I decided to try something new this time. I am going to follow all the mass media in the countries participating in the world cup and bring the news to my readers. Sounds ambitious, but let’s see how it will work.
But for now, as the teams are getting ready to take off to Brazil, let’s take a look at the top 5 world cup news of these days.
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4. Bad news turn into good news on the 4th position, as the Brazilian international Oscar asks permission to leave the national team camp to be next to his wife, preparing to give birth to his first child. Luiz Felipe Scolari required the Chelsea player to be back for the friendly match against Serbia on Friday, as the Associated Press informs.
3. The third place is occupied by the whole Squadra Azzurra, one of the favourites of the tournament. The European vice-champions were unable to win their friendly match against Luxemburg - the team ranked as number 120 in FIFA/Coca Cola ranking. Italian newspapers are shocked. La Gazzetta Dello Sport quotes the national anthem wondering “Dov’ E’ la Vittoria?”, meaning “Where is the victory?”, though the most optimistic ones find parallels between the previous World Cup results and the friendlies prior to the tournaments.
2. One of the heroes of the day is Atuallah Guerra King. This is the 26-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international, currently playing for the Central FC, representing his home country. Still no clue what this dude is doing in the World Cup news threads? Then watch him bow at Lionel Messi before the friendly match yesterday. The short video has had more than 100000 viewers in a period of less than 24 hours.
1. However, the news of the day is definitely the famous Ghanaian witch doctor Nana Kwaku Bonsam, who claims to be the main and only reason why Cristiano Ronaldo might not play in the opening match of the World Cup due to an injury. When reading the doctor talk about this in February, you just laugh. Then reading The Guardian quote Nana “I know what Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury is about, I’m working on him”, you think “OK, leave me alone”. But as soon as the doctor says “I am very serious about it. Last week, I went around looking for four dogs and I got them to be used in manufacturing a special spirit called Kahwiri Kapam”, you have to simply accept the power of the doctor. Let’s hope the witch will leave the four dogs and the rest of the football fans alone for the next month or so. The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Fact File
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