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Jul 14, 2014 · Most impressive was Costa Rica winning Group D over former World Cup winners Uruguay, Italy and England and taking the Netherlands to a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals.
- Tensions in 2014 Spain World Cup side revealed ... - Yahoo Sports
Spain are into their first final of a major tournament since...
- Tensions in 2014 Spain World Cup side revealed ... - Yahoo Sports
6 days ago · Spain are into their first final of a major tournament since they last won a trophy at Euro 2012, beating France to make the final 12 years on. La Roja have been the best side to watch in the ...
Jul 13, 2014 · The 2014 FIFA World Cup final takes place Sunday at Brazil’s legendary Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, pitting three-time World Cup winner, Germany against Argentina, a country that’s also...
- Goals
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- Progress
- Regions
- Germany Glory
- England and All That
- Sorry Spain
- Beleaguered Brazil
- And Finally…
The 2014 World Cup saw a joint-high number of goals scored (171). James Rodriguez became the first player to score in his first five career World Cup appearances since Peru’s Teofilo Cubillas (across the 1970 and 1978 tournaments). There were more goals scored by substitutes in this World Cup than in any previous edition (32). 13.3% of shots have b...
Faryd Mondragón became the oldest player to ever make an appearance at a World Cup finals when he came on for Colombia v Japan (43y 3d). Switzerland’s Diego Benaglio was the only goalkeeper to register a shot at the 2014 tournament, thanks to a late effort vs Argentina. Algeria goalkeeper Rais M'Bolhi created two goalscoring chances for the Foxes; ...
Three of the last four teams to win the World Cup have gone out in the following group stage (France 2002, Italy 2010, Spain 2014). Italy have exited at the group stage in their last two World Cups. The last time they managed this was in the 1960s (1962 and 1966). All eight group stage winners progressed to the quarter finals stage for the first ti...
UEFA have won the last three World Cups, the first time a single confederation has won three in a row. Only six European nations made it to the last 16; a joint-World cup low since the Round of 16 was introduced in 1986. This was the first time that three sides from the CONCACAF region made it out of the group stages and into the last 16 (since the...
Germany have reached the World Cup final for the 8th time; more often than any other side in the history of the competition. Germany have scored 18 goals in these finals – the last team to score as many in a World Cup tournament was Brazil (also 18) in 2002. Miroslav Klose became the top scoring player in World Cup history with his strike against B...
One point was England’s lowest-ever haul in a World Cup group stage. In fact, this was the first time that England have been eliminated from a World Cup at the group stage since 1958. Luke Shaw was the youngest player to play at this World Cup finals, when he played for England v Costa Rica (18y 348d). England’s Wayne Rooney recorded his first Worl...
Spain conceded 5+ goals in an international (1-5 vs Netherlands) for the first time since losing 6-2 to Scotland in June 1963. A four goal margin is the biggest losing margin by a defending champion at a World Cup. In his 126 minutes of World Cup action, Diego Costa failed to muster a single shot on target (only five shots in total). In winning Eur...
Nine of the 14 goals Brazil conceded in this World Cup came in the first 30 minutes of their games. The 7-1 defeat to Germany equalled Brazil’s all-time biggest margin of defeat (lost 6-0 to Uruguay in 1920). Brazil conceded 10 goals from 14 shots on target conceded in the semi-final and third place playoff game combined. Neymar scored the 100th go...
There were fewer red cards at the 2014 World Cup (10) than any other edition since 1986 (8). But Alex Song picked up Cameroon’s eighth red card in their World Cup history. His relative Rigobert Song is one of only two players (along with Zinedine Zidane) to be sent off twice at World Cups, meaning the Song family is responsible for three of Cameroo...
Dec 18, 2022 · Full list of World Cup winners: URUGUAY 1930 - URUGUAY. Uruguay won the inaugural FIFA World Cup after beating Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo. The first tournament included 13 teams,...
May 18, 2018 · There, Uruguay and Argentina each recorded convincing 6-1 wins, over the Yugoslavs and the Americans, respectively, before the hosts took the trophy with a 4-2 victory in front of more than 68,000...
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007.
