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Penalty Shootouts Turn Goalkeepers Into National Heroes
The rules of a penalty shootout are simple: It’s all about the kicker. The goalkeeper can only gain something from it if he makes a save. He can’t lose if he concedes. National heroes are born from these moments. Suddenly, Brazil remembered just how important Julio Cesar is. Costa Rica introduced Keylor Navas to the world.
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Where to Watch France vs Nigeria Online
We carry on with our matches in the round of 16 of the 2014 World Cup, with France facing Nigeria coming up next. If you don’t know where you can watch the match on a live online stream, we’re here to help out.
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You Should Have Heard of James Rodriguez Before the World Cup
This isn’t the case of a star born from nothing in the World Cup. James Rodriguez has been one of the best players for Porto and Monaco over the last three years. The fact that most casual World Cup and football fans don’t follow those leagues doesn’t mean he wasn’t any good prior to that.
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Netherlands & Arjen Robben Know it Pays Off to Dive & Cheat
It pays off to try and cheat in football matches. It doesn’t mean that Rafa Marquez didn’t foul Arjen Robben in that highly controversial decision deep into injury time that won the match for the Netherlands against Mexico. What it does mean that if you want to do well in the World Cup, having someone who isn’t shy of diving and attempting to cheat on the team doesn’t hurt.
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Mexico and the Curse of the Quarterfinals
Mexico have been to the quarterfinals of the World Cup: Once in 1970 and against in 1986. Other than that, a nation that is mad about football and has over over eight million people participating in the sport, with a population of 118 million, can’t get past the round of 16, failing to do so in the 2014 World Cup for a sixth consecutive time.
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2014 World Cup – Round of 16 Predictions (France vs Nigeria, Germany vs Algeria)
The third day of knockout stage matches in the World Cup, between two former World Champions and two nations that haven’t done much on the World Cup stage. France play Nigeria at Brasilia to open the day and we finish with Germany against Algeria in Porto Alegre.
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Match Highlights – Costa Rica vs Greece
For the first time in their history, Costa Rica are in the quarterfinals of a World Cup. They need a penalty shootout to get ir done, as Theofanis Gekas misses the fourth one for Greece followed by Michael Umana hitting the clincher, as the first 120 minutes ended in a 1-1 draw: Costa Rica led thanks to a Bryan Ruiz goal, Greece equalized in the 91st minute through Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
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Match Highlights – Netherlands vs Mexico
There are rules in the World Cup, and one of them is that Mexico never get past the round of 16. A bad match from the Netherlands for most of it didn’t matter in the end, as a brilliant goal from Gio Dos Santos wasn’t enough to hold onto the win, as a powerful equalizer from Wesley Sneijder and eventually an injury time penalty from Klaas Jan Huntelaar put the Dutch in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win.
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14 Best Memes of James Rodriguez & Colombia Knocking Uruguay Out of the World Cup
If anyone needed more proof of how good James Rodriguez can be, came the fantastic brace in the win over Uruguay to knock them out of the World Cup while Luis Suarez, suspended for his vicious bite, was sitting at home and watching helplessly.
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11 Best Memes of Brazil Knocking Chile Out of the World Cup
While there’s nothing really fair about a penalty shootout, someone has to lose and go home. Brazil weren’t the better team in the match, but Chile hit the crossbar and the post at the wrong time. Combined with a great performance from Julio Cesar when it mattered the most, and we have the host nation moving on to the next round.