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2018 World Cup – Group F Preview
Our 2018 World Cup preview of Group F includes the defending World Champions Germany, perennial last of 16 losers Mexico, Zlatan-less Sweden and the consistent yet recently unremarkable South Korea. Germany Four years after their triumph over Argentina, Germany are heading into yet another tournament without one ‘above the rest’ star, but with the tried […]
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19 Best Memes of Arjen Robben Diving to Beat Mexico in the World Cup
We’ll never get one conclusive answer of whether or not it was a foul by Rafael Marquez on Arjen Robben, but a penalty was called and the Netherlands beat Mexico to make it into the World Cup quarterfinals. As expected, the memes and jokes at the expense of Robben diving were soon to follow.
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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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Mexico and the Curse of the Quarterfinals
Mexico have been to the quarterfinals of the World Cup: Once in 1970 and against in 1986. Other than that, a nation that is mad about football and has over over eight million people participating in the sport, with a population of 118 million, can’t get past the round of 16, failing to do so in the 2014 World Cup for a sixth consecutive time.
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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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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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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 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.