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2014 World Cup – No Robin van Persie Ending a Unique Streak for the Netherlands
Whatever the result may be when the Netherlands face Chile for their final group stage match in the 2014 World Cup, it won’t matter – both teams have qualified to the next stage. However, without a suspended Robin van Persie, it’ll be the first time the Dutch national team plays an international match with a player whose surname begins with ‘Van’ since 1996.
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9 Best Memes of Miroslav Klose Rescuing Germany Against Ghana in the World Cup
So Germany are in trouble against a fantastic Ghana team. In comes Miroslav Klose. The result? Perfectly predictable: A goal that makes him joint top scorer of the World Cups along with Ronaldo, Germany avoid a loss, Somersault that doesn’t work out too well and memes and jokes memorizing the moment.
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14 Best Memes of Lionel Messi Saving Argentina Against Iran in the World Cup
One goal and one moment of brilliance from Lionel Messi is enough for Argentina to beat Iran in the World Cup, but also for all the meme and football joke makers to come out of the woodwork in praise of the Barcelona star, while also not missing out on the opportunity to make fun of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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2014 World Cup: England Hitting an All-Time Low
Even in a World Cup where nothing was actually expected of the England national football team, they manage to hit an all-time low: Not making it out of the group stage for the first time since 1958. Just another example of the bad luck, naivety and especially tactical inferiority in the English game right now, which is personified by the ill equipped manager, Roy Hodgson.
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2014 World Cup – Germany & Ghana Give Us the Best Match so Far
From a Ghana team that simply outplayed many’s favorite to win the tournament, to Miroslav Klose saving Germany and becoming the joint all-time top scorer of the World Cup and Thomas Muller finishing the match on his back with blood covering his face, the 2-2 draw was the best match we’ve seen in this tournament so far.
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2014 World Cup – Lionel Messi Makes Everything Possible
It was another rough match for Argentina as they reached injury time without scoring and with little hope of busting the Iranian bunker known as their 10 man defense. But Lionel Messi, in bad or good matches, only needs a certain amount of space and freedom to change everything. His goal might be something we’re used to seeing from him, but it doesn’t make it any less pretty or important.
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2014 World Cup – Bosnia Going Home Because of the Referee
One terrible referee, not the first we’ve seen in the World Cup, has cost Bosnia a ticket to the round of 16. Instead, after losing to Nigeria with a goal that shouldn’t have been disallowed and another that should have been, they no longer have a chance to qualify from Group F, while Peter O’Leary, one of the worst officials in this tournament, won’t see anything harsh done to him. Referees are allowed to make mistakes at the expense of others.
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2014 World Cup – Day 11 Predictions (United States vs Portugal, Belgium vs Russia, South Korea vs Algeria)
In the matchday that ends the second round of matches in the group stage we get to finish Group F as the United States meet with the reeling and injured Portugal, while Group H gives us what beforehand was supposed to be the match for the first place between Belgium and Russia, while South Korea play with Algeria.
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2014 World Cup – Day 10 Results & Table
Not a day filled with goals, but some great moments and a lot of good football. Argentina beat Iran to put themselves in the next stage thanks to Lionel Messi. Nigeria might join them thanks to a victory over Bosnia, coming through referee mistakes in their favor. Germany and Ghana presented the best match of the tournament which ended in a draw, as Miroslav Klose equaled Ronaldo at the top of the all-time scoring charts in the World Cup.
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15 Best Memes of France Destroying Switzerland & Other World Cup Stuff
The most impressive result of day 9 in the 2014 World Cup was France absolutely running all over Switzerland with an impressive performance from Olivier Giroud and Karim Benzema, maybe the best player in the tournament so far. Obviously, things went so well for them it resulted in memes and jokes at the expense of the Swiss side.