FIFA World Cup 2014: Costa Rica beats Italy and throws England out

10. Roy Hodgson will remain in charge of the English national team after the World Cup, despite the huge fiasco.

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9. Italy – Costa Rica 0-1: If there is any group to call a “Group of Death”, the Europeans die. With a group against three previous world champions, Costa Rica is already in the Play-off leaving two of these champions out of the tournament as early as

FIFA World Cup 2014: England sunk by Luiz Suarez

  10. The news of the day is that Iran coach Carlos Queiroz will leave Iran after the World Cup. As the Portuguese coach explains, he does not have full support from the political forces in the country.

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 9. Colombia – Ivory Coast 2-1: The tactical first half was followed by a more open and aggressive second, where both of the teams weren’t necessarily ought to go forward and score. They had already earned three points in their previous matches. Both of the teams began creating chances and Colombians scored first. Especially

FIFA World Cup 2014: World Champions Spain eliminated

10. The news of the day is related to the conflict within different collectives. Not all of them get available for public discussions, but sometimes it is hard to hide. France was the champion of conflicts in the last World Cup. This time it is most probably going to be Cameroon. Greece will also become a candidate of such a trophy, as their defender Maniatis books tickets back to Athens after a conflict within the team. The coach Fernando Santos has apparently been able to stop the 27-year-old player.

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 9. Australia – Netherlands 2-3: A match, which was supposed to be one to forget for Australia, became one of the best performances in the Australian football history.
The Socceroos came back only a minute after conceding, thanks to an excellent strike from Tim Cahill. The Ducth team presented the same line-up as in the already historical match against Spain. The result of that match was so impressive, that the football society had forgotten the way the Netherlands played in the first half of that match. And again, the opponent was able to create lots of chances in front of Cillessens goal. And the absence of creative midfield made it easier for Australia to control the ball in the centre. Fortunately for

FIFA World Cup 2014: The analysis of the first round

11. The news of the day is again related to injuries. Both of the Portuguese players, who had to leave the pitch due to injuries in their first match against Germany, will not be able to help their team for another 10 days. The players concerned are Real Madrid’s Fabio Coentrao and Besiktas’s Hugo Almeida.

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10. Belgium – Algeria 2-1: A very slow start from Belgium, showing very simple football before the substitutes Fellaini and Mertens decide the destiny of the match. The three points are obtained, anyway. Algeria will look to wipe out either South Korea’s or Russia’s chances of advancement.   

Defence: 1 - 1
Midfield: 1 - 1
Attack: 1 - 0
Interplay: 1 – 0,5
TOTAL: 4 – 2,5

8. Fellaini (BEL) – 0,5
14. Mertens (BEL) – 0,5
 4. Kompany (BEL) – 0,5
 7. De Bruyne (BEL) – 0,5
 2. Bougherra (ALG) – 0,5

 9. Russia – South Korea 1-1: One of the most

FIFA World Cup 2014: Welcoming Germany and Thomas Mueller

10. Brazil’s Hulk will most probably miss the second match of the host nation due to an injury.

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9. Germany – Portugal 4-0: The team without forwards scored 4 times. Portugal has been the most

FIFA World Cup 2014: Messi's debut

10. For the first time in many years, the national anthems of two participant teams weren’t played before the match. France and Honduras were ready to sing along, but there were some technical problems, which prevented the players of this beautiful emotional act before the matchstart.

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9. Switzerland – Ecuador 2-1: Probably the most boring match so far, with yet another unfairly disallowed goal. The late goal and the 5^th comeback in 9 matches are the good news.

Defence: 1 – 1
Midfield: 1 – 1
Attack: 1 – 0,5
Interplay: 0,5 – 0,5
TOTAL: 3,5 – 3 

23. Shaqiri (SUI) - 0,5
7. Montero (ECU) – 0,5

8. France – Honduras 3-0: The dirtiest

FIFA World Cup 2014: Uruguay and England lose in "Group of Death"

10. Colombia – Greece 3-0: And the third South American team managed to win, scoring 3, exactly as Brazil and Chile. Greece were mostly unlucky, but deserved the defeat.

Defence: 0,5 – 0,5

Midfield: 1,5 – 0,5

Attack: 1,5 – 0,5

Interplay: 1,5 – 0,5

TOTAL: 5 – 2

10. Rodriguez (COL) – 1,5

9. Gutierez (COL) – 1

11. Cuadrado (COL) – 0,5

8. Kone (GRE) – 0,5

9. Uruguay – Costa Rica 1-3: A shock result in the “Group of Death”, where things get even more dangerous

FIFA World Cup 2014: The day when Spain was destroyed, Part II

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6. Uruguay, a seeded team during the World Cup draw, was meant to get an easy group, but here you get four-time world champions Italy and champions of 1966 England. However, you cannot frighten Oscar Tabarez easily. The coach, who has been in charge of the two-time World champions for 8 years now, has gathered together the best team since 1950, when Uruguay won the first Brazilian World Cup. The top ten most capped Uruguayan players include 7 players involved in the current World Cup squad. Two of them are the Uruguayan all-time topscorers. Of course, we talk about Diego Forlan, the best player of the previous World Cup, and

FIFA World Cup 2014: The day when Spain was destroyed, Part I

15. A couple of Mexican fans in the Brazilian city of Natal caught a thief in their hotel room. The criminal figured out, that it was the wrong room to choose. The hard way, of course. The young men beat him up before calling the police.

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14. The opening match was witnessed by several fans, which had tickets but no