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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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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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2014 World Cup – Round of 16 Predictions (Netherlands vs Mexico, Costa Rica vs Greece)
The round of 16 in the 2014 World Cup continues as the big match of the day also opens it with a very interesting clash between the Netherlands and Mexico in Fortaleza, while the two surprising sides of Costa Rica and Greece will face off in the later edition at Recife.
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Match Highlights – Colombia vs Uruguay
Not the favorites to win the World Cup, but it’s hard to deny that Colombia have been the most impressive team in the tournament so far, picking up a fourth win, this time beating Uruguay 2-0 to make it into the quarterfinals while leaving a terrible Uruguay side behind with James Rodriguez scoring twice, including the best goal of the tournament so far, now leading the scoring charts.
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Match Highlights – Brazil vs Chile
The first match in the round of 16, the first penalty shooutout. After a 1-1 draw through the first 120 minutes, Brazil came through with penalty kicks as Julio Cesar made two saves and Neymar scored the fifth kick, while Gonzalo Jara missed the deciding kick by hitting the post.
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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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Round of 16 Teams & Matches of the 2014 World Cup
We have our teams that make the round of 16 in the 2014 World Cup. Only six from Europe (Netherlands, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium), five from South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Argentina), three from North & Central America (United States, Mexico, Costa Rica) and two from Africa (Nigeria and Algeria).