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Brazil qualified as first at their group, winning two matches ( Croatia and Cameroon) and drawing one ( Mexico ). They eventually reached the semi-finals, beating Chile and Colombia. Brazil, however, were then knocked out by the eventual champions Germany in a match known as the Mineirazo.
Jan 6, 2014 · Instead, the 2014 tournament has strengthened the view that a new Brazil is still broadly dominated by the old power structure, full of selfishness, short termism and incompetence. The...
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- England and All That
- Sorry Spain
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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...
On 12 June 2014, the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup began with the opening ceremony at Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. The event saw 660 dancers take to the stadium and perform in a ceremony which celebrated the nature of the country and its love of football.
Oct 30, 2007 · The Fifa president Sepp Blatter today confirmed that the 2014 World Cup will be staged in Brazil, who will host the tournament for the first time since 1950. Brazil were the only country...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2014 World Cup, the 20th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 July 2014, and was contested by Germany and Argentina.
One of the highlights of the tournament was Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa's performance against Brazil when he denied the host nation of any goal, resulting in goalless draw. The last 16 saw...
