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Jun 12, 2014 · Brazil, the team who gave Spain the unexpected drubbing, are the hosts and the favorites to hoist their sixth World Cup. Though many only see them as slight favorites, statistical analysis ...
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Jul 2, 2013 · The opening game of the 2014 Fifa World Cup will see hosts Brazil play Croatia on 12 June, 2014. Group A. Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon. Group B. Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia....
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Star man Andrés Iniesta. It would have been impossible to choose a more popular player to score the winner in South Africa in 2010. Even Real Madrid fans like him. By not standing out he ended up standing out even more. "He doesn't dye his hair, wear earrings or have tattoos," as Pep Guardiola put it. Not flash at all: even the flashy things he doe...
Everyone's favourite cuddly uncle. If there's one word that leaps to the mind when you meet Vicente del Bosque it's "decency". Quiet, humble, generous and warm. Universally liked, except by a tiny handful of the pathetic and bitter. Manages big players softly and occasionally surprises with a tactical innovation. Two league titles, two European Cup...
Possession football is dead? Try telling that to Spain. Few countries have had so marked a style as Spain and no country has been as successful with it. Spain will adopt a 4-3-3 formation, albeit one that may include no actual strikers at all, and seek possession for protection as well as creation. Xabi Alonso and Sergio Busquets will be the base f...
There's something about the Italians that tends to get their Spanish neighbours going, sending the stereotypes streaming: Italy, it's often said, are cynical, dirty and boring. Unlike Spain. Crucially, for years, unlike Spain, they were successful, too. The Euro 2008 quarter-finals and the 2012 final have taken some of the edge out of that. Maybe n...
In Curitiba in the south. It'll be cold, Del Bosque says. Cold for Spain, anyway. Calm, quiet, and relatively isolated but with friends and families close enough to turn up for days off. Card games, sweepstakes on other matches and PlayStation to keep them busy. At the last World Cup, Álvaro Arbeloa and Raúl Albiol always chose to play as England, ...
Feb 17, 2014 · Group stages. Fixtures. (All kick-off times are British Summer Time) Group A. 12 June 2014. Brazil 3-1 Croatia, Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 21:00 Match report. 13 June 2014. Mexico 1-0 Cameroon, Arena das Dunas, Natal, 17:00 Match report. 17 June 2014. Brazil 0-0 Mexico, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 20:00 Match report. 18 June 2014.
Jun 12, 2014 · 1. Thursday 12th June 2014, São Paulo , 21:00 BST. Group A Match. Brazil 3–1 Croatia. Neymar (29′, 71′ ), Oscar (90′+1) Marcelo (11′ ) Coverage: ITV1. 2. Friday 13th June 2014, Natal , 17:00 BST. Group A Match. Mexico 1–0 Cameroon. Peralta (61′) Coverage: ITV1. 3. Friday 13th June 2014, Salvador , 20:00 BST. Group B Match. Spain 1–5 Netherlands.
Jun 11, 2014 · From Germany to Italy, to Argentina and many more, there are no shortage of contenders who are more than capable of stealing the spotlight away from both Brazil and Spain. Let's break down all of...
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Dec 6, 2013 · Spain will open their defence of the World Cup next year with a repeat of the 2010 final with Netherlands. Vicente del Bosque's side will also face South American opponents Chile and Australia,...
