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Luis Suarez Bites, Marco Rodriguez Ruins, Uruguay Wins, Italy Loses
A terrible match between Uruguay and Italy for the right to qualify from Group D went down with plenty of controversy. Mexican referee wrongly sent off Claudio Marchisio and ruined the match, Luis Suarez struck again with his teeth, biting Georgio Chiellini. The bottom line? Italy lose 1-0 and are knocked out of the World Cup, while Uruguay move on thanks to a Diego Godin goal.
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2014 World Cup – Vicente Del Bosque Ruined The Spain Swan Song for David Villa
It’s hard to believe Vicente del Bosque didn’t know David Villa was retiring from the Spanish national team once this World Cup is over. Is he that disconnected from his players? Are the rumors of him losing faith with his players, feeling betrayed by their ability in the first two matches, true? Or was it simply Villa no longer being part of the Barcelona-Real Madrid “mafia”, which means he gets less attention from a manager who is now taking hits from every direction for a million reasons and one.
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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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6 Best Celebration Gifs of Mexico Head Coach Miguel Herrera in the World Cup
The best thing about Mexico in the 2014 World Cup? Not just the brilliant football we’ve been seeing from El Tri, but the celebrations of head coach Miguel Herrera, with an umatched passion among the other managers on the sideline for other teams. So good that a compilation of his celebrations gifs, including some from his days as manager of Club America, just had to be put together.
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2014 World Cup – Day 13 Predictions (Italy vs Uruguay, Costa Rica vs England, Japan vs Colombia, Greece vs Ivory Coast)
Maybe the busy schedule brings out the best of teams, and after a fantastic finish to yesterday’s matches we enter day 13 with high expectations. Things get super hot in Group D as Italy play Uruguay for the right to join Costa Rica in the next round, with England simply trying to get a point or three before heading home. In Group C, Colombia will try to keep their perfect record against the desperate Japan, while Colombia will try to keep Greece with 0 goals and far away from the second place.
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2014 World Cup – Day 12 Results & Table
While Group B was matches for garbage time, Group A provided two excellent matches in day 12 of the World Cup as Brazil beat Cameroon and Mexico ran over Croatia to qualify from the group, while the Netherlands beat Chile to finish first in the group ahead of the South American team, while Spain won against Australia to leave the tournament with a slightly less bitter taste.
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2014 World Cup – Cristiano Ronaldo Makes it Easy to Hate Him
Another match, another World Cup disappointment for Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. The Real Madrid star is having a bad time in Brazil, with his ability, his team’s performance and his usual faces, antics and style on the field isn’t helping him win over those who are targeting his every little move and action just so they can hate him even more.
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2014 World Cup – Eden Hazard Still Needs to Show us Something
A lot of expectations from Eden Hazard, but the star of the Belgium national football team hasn’t lived up to them so far. However, one moment of breaking free from a match-long of tight marking was enough for him to set up a winning goal for Divock Origi and help his team clinch a spot in the round of 16.
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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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2014 World Cup – Qualifying Scenarios From the Group Stage
The second round of group stage matches is over, which means we’re headed into a very intense week with 16 matches in four days, with teams that haven’t been knocked out or secured qualification to the round of 16 are now busy running the possible scenarios in front of them.