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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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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.
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2014 World Cup – Round of 16 Predictions (Brazil vs Chile, Colombia vs Uruguay)
After a day of rest, the knockout stage of the 2014 World Cup can begin. The round of 16 opens with Brazil playing against Chile in Belo Horizonte, followed by another All-South American clash between Colombia and the frustrated Uruguay team, playing in Rio de Janeiro.
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13 Best Memes of Mexico & Brazil Qualifying out of the Group Stage
It wasn’t that surprising to see Brazil and Mexico qualify from Group A, but it was sure impressive to see them finishing the job with wins over Croatia and Cameroon, while the meme and joke makers mostly focused on Miguel Herrera, Neymar and Fred sporting an impressive mustache.
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2014 World Cup – Neymar Turning Himself Into a Brazil Legend
At the age of 22, Neymar has a very good chance of already putting himself along the biggest names in the history of the Brazil national football team. His transcendence when it mattered the most to help the Seleção secure qualification from the first place in their group has gotten him slightly closer to that legendary status.
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2014 World Cup – Day 12 Predictions (Cameroon vs Brazil, Croatia vs Mexico, Netherlands vs Chile, Australia vs Spain)
Reaching day 12 of the 2014 World Cup means we’re entering the most intense week of the competition, which includes 16 matches in a four day span. Group A will decide its qualifying teams as Cameroon, already out of the race, taking on Brazil, while Croatia and Mexico play at the same time. In group B things are simpler, and the only thing left to decide is who finishes first between the Netherlands and Chile, while Australia play Spain in a meaningless match.
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Brazil vs Mexico – Neymar Playing On His Own
The second goalless draw of the tournament between the host nation and Mexico taught us quite a few things. The most important one was how big of a problem Brazil has when it comes to creative players that aren’t named Neymar. Guillermo Ochoa and his amazing goalkeeping skills took care of the rest.
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26 Best World Cup Memes of Guillermo Ochoa & Mexico Stopping Brazil
It seems the entire fan base of Mexico has gone crazy with their love for Guillermo Ochoa who put on the best individual performance of this World Cup so far to help Mexico secure a goalless draw against Brazil, resulting in memes and jokes all heralding the fantastic goalkeeper.
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Match Highlights – Brazil vs Mexico
No goals in a World Cup match for the second time in this tournament, as the two leaders of Group A, Brazil and Mexico, couldn’t find the net thanks to a wonderful performance from both Julio Cesar and the man of the match, Guillermo Ochoa, making quite a few incredible saves from point blank during the match.
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2014 World Cup – Day 6 Predictions (Brazil vs Mexico, Belgium vs Algeria, Russia vs South Korea)
Day 6 of the World Cup is when we complete the first round of group stage matches and head back to the beginning as Brazil play their second match, this time against Mexico. We also get to see Group H in action with Belgium taking on Algeria and Russia facing South Korea.