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12 Best Memes of Brazil Beating Croatia in World Cup Opener
As you might have guessed, the World Cup opening match between Brazil and Croatia got plenty of attention in the social media, as the memes and jokes that followed focus on Yuichi Nishimura and his awful refereeing, Marcelo scoring an own goal, Fred learning from Neymar how to dive and that weird mustache from Luis Gustavo, making him seem like a GTA character.
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Greatest Scorers in World Cup History
Only seven players have scored 11 goals or more in the history of the World Cup. Two from Brazil, Pele and Ronaldo; one, Sandor Kocsis, is from Hungary; another is from France, Just Fontaine. West Germany or Germany with Jurgen Kilnsmann, Gerd Muller and Miroslav Klose.
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Most Capped Players in World Cup History
There are 12 players in the history of the World Cup to appear at least 19 times for their national sides: Six from Germany or West Germany (Overtah, Rummenigge, Matthaus, Klose, Seeler and Vogts), two from Brazil (Ronaldo, Cafu), two from Poland (Lato, Zmuda), one from Argentina (Maradona) and one from Italy (Maldini).
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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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Did Algeria Cheat to Get Into the World Cup? Burkina Faso Think So
Even though it seemed like we’re all set to have our World Cup group stage draw, there seems to be some controversy about one African berth, as Burkina Faso have lodged a complain against FIFA that Algeria used an ineligible player, Madjid Bougherra, in the second leg of their playoffs clash, scoring the only goal which gave his nation the World Cup ticket.
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When Big Teams Miss Out on the World Cup
It’s rare to see on of the traditional powers of world football not making it into the World Cup, but there’s a chance that England, France and even Mexico, who are usually one of the first teams to qualify, won’t make it into the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, or go through a playoff in order to make it in.
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Lionel Messi Needs to Both Help and Then Beat Neymar
It’s hard to imagine Lionel Messi being any better, doing any more, on the pitch than he already has over the last few seasons. Yet in 2013-2014, he’ll face two very different tests, with both Barcelona and Argentina, and both of them have to do with Neymar, in one way or the other.
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2010 World Cup Diary – Day 17
Germany and Argentina advanced with some impressive displays but leave Mexico and England with bitter taste in their mouths after two huge mistakes by the referees, not seeing a Lampard goal and not seeing an offside when Tevez scored – Plus all the goals and best pics from today’s action.
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England’s Top Ten Most Capped Players
The ten most capped players in the history of England’s national side.