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32 Incredible Alternative Jerseys for the 2014 World Cup
Not everyone is happy with the official world cup jerseys each country has released heading into Brazil 2014, so some are taking it upon themselves to make some interesting alternative uniforms, many of them actually better than the original.
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2014 World Cup – Early Favorites
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil isn’t that far away – only five months to go, so it’s a good time to start checking out who is who and what is what, including the early favorites to win the competition. Three teams seem to be somewhat ahead of the rest: Brazil, the hosts and confederation cup winners; Spain, the defending World and European champions; and Germany, with probably the most talented squad heading into the tournament.
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Stadiums of The 2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be played in 12 different stadiums in different cities and different states, all being the capital of its respective region. This means that the tournament is spread more or less across the entire nation, unlike the previous World Cup in the country which was concentrated in the South and South East.
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2014 World Cup – Being in The Group of Death Means Not Winning
Being drawn into the group of death in the World Cup means the chances of going very far in the tournament are awful, non existing even. Uruguay, England and Italy weren’t great favorites going into Brazil 2014, but after the draw they’ve receiving, pitted against each other, their chances of doing something memorable in the tournament, which means at least a semifinal, took another huge hit.
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2014 World Cup Match Schedule
The group stage draw for the 2014 World Cup did create one group of death (Group D with Uruguay, Italy and England together) and put together quite a few interesting teams together, with matches that do deserve to get the kind of attention the knockout stage matches usually get, even giving us a repeat of the previous’ World Cup final with Spain and the Netherlands coming together.
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2014 World Cup Group Stage Draw
The group stage draw gives the hosts, Brazil, a rather comfortable start with Croatia as their opening rival, along with Mexico and Cameroon. The world champions, Spain, do have to play Netherlands in their opening match, but also have Chile and Australia to contend with, making it a relatively comfortable start to the 2014 World Cup defense tour for them.
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All 32 Teams in the 2014 World Cup
The list of qualified nations to the 2014 World Cup is set after the playoffs, completing the list of 32 nations going to Brazil, so it’s only fair to learn a little bit about each team going into the tournament, with the hosts, Argentina, Germany and Spain looking like the four main favorites to win it all.
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World Cup Playoffs – Second Leg Predictions
Things are at boiling point around Europe, as Greece arrive to their second leg in the World Cup playoffs against Romania feeling more confident than any of the other visitors, but both the Ukraine in France and Portugal in Sweden have more than one reason to be optimistic. Iceland and Croatia is a slightly different story, in which the home side must figure out how to open up the unbreakable (so far) Icelandic defense.
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World Cup Playoffs – UEFA Zone Predictions
After two one-sided matches to open the playoff week that fills up the final berths heading into the World Cup, the UEFA zone encounters should provide a bit more parity, as Iceland take on Croatia, Greece host Romania, Portugal play Sweden and the Ukraine encounter France, while most of the attention goes to the duel between Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Last Chance to Make the World Cup
In two World Cups with the Swedish national team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has yet to score a goal. At 32, it’s safe to assume that the 2014 World Cup, if he manages to get past Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo, will be his last.