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- Russia v South Korea: World Cup 2014 live!
- Brazilian police halt protesters outside Mexico match - video
- Goals, thrills and villainy so far this has been a World Cup to savour
- Luiz Felipe Scolaris Brazil less lethal when Neymar has off-day
- Uruguay prepares for England clash - video
- Australia's Mark Milligan ruled out of Holland match
- Vicente del Bosque urges Spain to rebel after opening World Cup defeat
- Football in brief: Celtic appoint John Collins as their assistant manager
- Portugals Fábio Coentrão ruled out of rest of World Cup by injury
- Roy Hodgson prepared to put Wayne Rooney centre stage against Uruguay
- Socceroos v Holland: Australia's debt to Dutch football
- Mums the word for Raheem Sterling, the new symbol of England
- Louis van Gaal claims he will need a bar stool to watch Holland play
- Wayne Rooney is ready to show what he can do for England Frank Lampard
- Michael ONeill: Englands pace can cause overhyped Uruguay problems
- World Cup 2014: Brazil fail to find a way past marvellous Mexico
- Marc Wilmots never lost faith in Belgium team during defeat of Algeria
- Brazil v Mexico: World Cup 2014 as it happened
- World Cup news in brief
- Brazil looks to rewrite World Cup history with win at Maracana stadium - video
- Vicente del Bosques Spain will attack, attack but must play patient game
- Victory over Ghana, agony over Altidore: America wakes up to the World Cup
- USAs Jozy Altidore 'crushed' after hamstring injury forces Ghana exit
- World Cup 2014: Brazil v Mexico in pictures
- Argentina train ahead of Iran - video
| Russia v South Korea: World Cup 2014 live! Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:39 PM PDT
82 min: I mean, bugs the size of gulls? Really?
81 min: clumped away by Son at the near post. In other news, the TV commentator reckons there are "bugs the size of seagulls" being attracted to the stadium floodlights. Point one: there's no such things as a seagull. Point two: that's ever so slightly terrifying.
80 min: Ki swings it in. It's half cleared. The ball is swung back in. Akinfeev grabs it gratefully. And Russia break and get themselves a corner at the other end
79 min: Lee Keun-ho, who has been very bright since his introduction, wins a corner
78 min: "It never fails," begins Daniel Stauss. "I see a goalkeeper error like that, I immediately think of Rock Biter from the Neverending Story. 'They look like big, strong, good hands, don't they? I always thought that's what they were.' I blame that goal on The Nothing."
77 min: Korea are on the ropes now. Think Rocky Balboa in the 11th against Apollo Creed (first time around). Dzagoev is the spark.
75 min: I haven't seen a replay from the right angle but I have a feeling Kerzhakov may have been offside there. Ah well, no matter. It's a goal regardless. This could be a brilliant last 15.
Carnage in the South Korean box. Dzagoev skips clear and flashes in a shot. Jung saves superbly. A defender hacks clear, straight into the chest of Eschenko, and the ball drops to another substitute, Kerzhakov this time, who swivels and scores.
71 min: Denisov replaces Glushakov in central midfield. And Hong is being carried off perhaps it was more than cramp. He's replaced by Hwang Seok-ho.
70 min: Kerzhakov replaces the anonymous Zhirkov. A penny for Capello's thoughts. For Rob Green 2010, read Igor Akinfeev in 2014.
The substitute Lee Keun-ho thrashes in a shot. Again Akinfeev should simply gather. Again he spills it. But this time he spills it over his head and into the net. It'll probably go down as Lee's goal officially, but Akinfeev deserves to have his name against it. If he hadn't used his hands it would have simply bounced away off his face.
66 min: Kombarov whips in a cross so vicious it eats its dinners with fava beans and a nice chianti. Jung does very well to fist the ball clear.
65 min: This is a lull. (But it won't hurt you).
63 min: With the ball out for a throw-in, Hong goes down with cramp. A few fans take the opportunity to have their photo taken with the matchball. That's a superb idea. Though, admittedly, one that could slow down matches considerably if it catches on.
62 min: Jung's turn to look shaky. Kombarov takes aim from range and the South Korea keeper can't hold it. In fairness, it did bounce a little awkwardly for him.
61 min: Hong gets on the end of Ki's inswinger, but can only direct his header into the turf. Even Akinfeev has no trouble gathering that one.
60 min: Yun, the QPR left-back, charges forward and wins a free-kick off Eschenko. This could be dangerous
59 min: Alan Dzagoev, enfant terrible, wonderful talent, and 24 as of yesterday, replaces Oleg Shatov.
57 min: Akinfeev's handling has been very poor a free-kick from fully 40 yards from the centre-half Kim slams straight into the keeper's midriff then pops out again. And again he has to scramble to recover.
56 min: The ineffective Park jogs off to be replaced by Lee Keun-ho, the 2012 Asian Player of the Year.
55 min: Faizulin thinks Eschenko is overlapping down the line, so taps the ball past the full-back. But Eschenko is 10 yards away wondering what his team-mate is doing.
54 min: Ki sends it to the back post and Lee can only spoon his header over the bar.
53 min: This is almost end-to-end now. Son runs at Shatov and wins a corner
52 min: "I'd like to respectfully disagree with the earlier comment applauding Meireles' hair," writes Keenan Robbins. "He's consistently had some of the worst haircuts over the years (compiling these may be a worthy half-time project; no, you don't need to use the toilet). The entire Portugese team is quite bad in the hair department, really. From the guy from 'Wolf of Wall Street' getting the start at center forward, to Ronaldo's hilarious little bangs that flop down and make a forehead moustache when his liter of hair product fails - they should be removed from the tournament for crimes against taste, theology, and geometry. Italy, of course, win the Hair Cup. Though Paletta doesn't get a winners medal."
51 min: Ki's turn to shoot from distance and again Akinfeev can't gather cleanly at the first attempt. He recovers just in time to scoop up the ball ahead of the onrushing attackers.
50 min: Koo pings one at goal from 30 yards and Akinfeev fists the ball away. This has picked up considerably.
49 min: Shatov goes into the referee's Big Book Of Very Naughty Boys after clattering into (I think) Han.
48 min: Koo looks to skip around Ignashevich but the experienced old pro just levers him off the ball.
46 min: Two close shaves in the space of a minute. Faizulin lofts a shot at goal, which Jung tips over. Berezutski gets on the end of the resultant corner and nods into the side-netting, producing one of those fake goal net billows that we saw with Raheem Sterling et al.
Peep! Off we go again. This needs an injection of pace at the halfway mark. A little like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
An email! "I don't know who made Neil Shipperley the style police, but I think the ref's haircut looks pretty tidy and hardly "shocking"," writes Michael Day. "Sure, you can see that his hair is thinning, especially when viewed from above, but the 'shave it all off' mantra seems to have become the conformist view on what men should do when the hair disappears from top of their heads. I applaud the referee and anyone else who does what they want with the hair at their disposal."
It's such an obvious comparison that I hesitate to make it, but there was something a bit England 2010 about that Russia first-half display. It was just so stodgy and unadventurous. Stat! Russia fail to score in the first half for their 4th successive WC match, their joint-worst such run at the WC (1958-1962). #RUS #KOR
Peep! And it's an uneventful minute. Cue the referee's whistle and a few whistles from those in the stands.
45 min: There will be a minimum of one minute's added time sponsored by 7up, Peugeot, PG Tips and Scampi Fries.
43 min: Lee and Park exchange neat passes, but can't break through the Russia backline. Park looks happier dropping deep into a No10 role, but he's supposed to be the spearhead in this side. It's not quite working.
41 min: Son drifts inside from the left again he's been by far South Korea's brightest player thus far and exchanges passes with Park before winning a corner. Russia scramble clear, but the Taeguk Warriors are on top at the moment.
40 min: "Are we sure that referee is Argentinian?" asks Daniel Stauss. "I ask because, in that photo, he looks like he stepped straight out of an old Soviet propaganda poster. There's something about that picture that makes me expect to see him leading schoolchildren into the glorious future, or possibly doing something unsettling with wheat." He does look like he enjoys a BBQ a straight-laced meat-based BBQ (none of your fancy halloumi kebabs) but a good BBQ nonetheless.
39 min: Son purrs into a shooting position on the edge of the box. He really is good to watch with the ball at his feet. Unfortunately when the ball leaves his feet on this occasion it heads off into the stratosphere.
37 min: Hong goes up for a header and sort of deflects of Kokorin, meaning he heads back to earth in a perpendicular position. He slams into the turf and needs a bit of magic sponge action.
35 min: Whipped in, flicked on, headed clear. "Now that we've seen all teams, I'm calling Best World Cup Hair for Raul Meireles," writes Gayathiti Ganeshan. "Mohawk and bushy woodsman beard mean his follicular game is on point." Indeed, though the cross-hairs ahem! so far in this one have been trained on the ref:
34 min: Like a shop at around 9am in the morning, it's opening up! Koo finds space outside the area and fires in a shot. Deflection. Corner
32 min: Kokorin turns on halfway and zips forward before feeding the ball to Zhirkov on the left. The former Chelsea man skews his shot pretty miserably wide from 25 yards.
31 min: From the free-kick which must be 40 yards out and more Ignashevich absolutely thunders in a shot. Jung spills it, but spills it safely.
29 min: Ki clatters into Samedov. It's a booking, no more.
27 min: which is punched clear by Jung Sung-ryong.
26 min: Shatov bursts from midfield with the surprise factor of Giger's Alien bursting from John Hurt's stomach. Unlike the Alien the can't take full advantage of the situation although he has won a corner.
25 min: "Since you don't seem to have had any emails yet I am sending one," writes Tony Tyler. "Or is it just cause its all twitter these days? Anyway I wouldn't agree that this could have been the first knockout game, only because Cameroon, Australia and Ghana have been all but knocked out already after losing games they could not afford to lose in their groups. I think I'll need to write more concisely if I am ever to start tweeting. That last sentence could have been dropped for one. And this one "
24 min: Han raises the pulse with a thundering tackle on (I think) Glushakov. It wins South Korea the ball 40 yards from goal, but they can't make the most of it.
22 min: We're in Nigeria v Iran territory so far I'm afraid to say.
21 min: The closest either goalkeeper has come to a workout Kombarov's deep cross finds Samedov sliding in at the back post but in can only sends his effort looping across and away from goal.
19 min: Kokorin is caught offside. The TV commentator's pronunciation which may be entirely correct is making is sound like the former Millwall, Rotherham and Crewe defender Justin Cochrane is spearheading Russia's attack.
18 min: Son flops theatrically under pressure from Eschenko. Nothing doing.
17 min: A cross-field ball finds Zhirkov in space on the left. He works the ball inside and things are looking vaguely dangerous until Shatov's loose pass.
15 min: Pass, pass, pass from South Korea. Pass, pass, pass. Then splayed out of play by Kim.
13 min: Son pulls back Samedov in midfield or at least the referee thinks he does and picks up a booking. That seems exceptionally harsh.
12 min: Cagey. Very cagey.
11 min: Son serves notice of his talent with a surging, direct run from left to right. He reaches the edge of the box and needs to look up for options but instead opts to stick his head down and go for goal. It's wild and wide.
9 min: A cracking ball inside the full-back from Lee Chung-yong is millimetres from the toes of Park. And in other news, the referee has a combover. I didn't notice, but others have: Ref needs to look at his Barnet shocking !! Just shave it off proper comb over !!
8 min: Kombarov's inswinger skims the foreheads of several attackers but no one can get a telling connection.
7 min: Russia are beginning to dominate. Eschenko finds Samedov running in behind his full-back. He can't capitalise on that, but a few moments later his team win a corner after Kim's mistake.
6 min: Fayzulin whips in a better cross, but it's met well by Hong.
5 min: Samedov gets a yard or two of space down the Russian right, but pings his cross straight into the first defender. And as the ball breaks out to Eschenko he whelps the cross out for a throw-in on the opposite side.
4 min: Ignashevich has seen more of the ball than anyone else so far.
3 min: Yun sends a throw-in to the feet of Son on the edge of the Russia box, but his control is loose. A scrappy start here.
1 min: Russia get their foot on the ball first, but a loose pass from Zhirkov hands possession to their opponents.
Peep! Right, off we go then. Russia kick things off. At the coin toss, by the way, Berezutskiy was asked if he wanted to call 'Fifa' or 'World Cup' by referee Pitana. He chose 'Fifa. Pitana looked slightly taken aback.
Anthemwatch Grand old stuff from Russia (plus there appears to be a fan in the crowd dressed as St Nick, huge white beard and all. He must be sweltering). Strings and the odd drumroll from South Korea, and not at all unpleasant.
The players are in the tunnel. There's no click-clack, click-clack of studs though, as the tunnel is covered in green carpet.
This World Cup has been crammed full of highlights. One that has been unfairly overlooked is the epic commentary of Mick Morgan during Castleford v Wigan (Warning: contains Mild Bad Words) being dubbed over Neymar's flailing elbow against Croatia. Acarn spake:
How the teams shape up Copied below are the official tactical line-ups published by Fifa but I'm not entirely convinced they're correct:
Tonight's officials The referee is Argentinian PE teacher Nestor Pitana and he's a man after my own heart. "I love football in all of its forms," he says. "Watching a good football match is as good as having a good Argentinian barbeque with friends, and sharing some fabulous Argentinian meat.
Russia: Igor Akinfeev; Vasili Berezutski, Sergey Ignashevich, Andrey Eshchenko, Dmitry Kombarov, Yury Zhirkov; Denis Glushakov, Alexander Samedov, Victor Faizulin, Oleg Shatov; Alexander Kokorin South Korea: Jung Sung-ryong; Lee Yong, Yoon Suk-young, Kim Young-gwon, Hong Jeong-ho; Ki Sung-yeung, Han Kook-young, Lee Chung-yong, Son Heung-min, Koo Ja-cheol; Park Chu-young
Some pre-game reading: Here's John Duerden previewing the AFC's hopes: Boosted by the draw, expectations are high there too a Seoul poll had 80% predicting the knockout stage though World Cup fever is not. There will be no huge public-viewing parties that have been a bright-red staple of the capital and other major cities for the past three tournaments. The country is still coming to terms with the anguish of Aprils Sewol ferry disaster and there are still victims unaccounted for. Hong wants Asias youngest representatives to make the country feel a little better. Nobody knows which South Korea will turn up in Brazil they almost did not at all after a poor qualification campaign that saw the team use 45 players, more than all of the qualifiers except Argentina. Could it be the version that has the two wide men, Son Heung-min and Lee Chung-yong, driving forward with speed and skill and the cultured Ki Sung-yeung pulling the strings from deep? Or the one with a toothless attack and a defence terrified of set pieces? Japan may struggle in this regard but South Korea are on a whole other level. Behind closed doors of a training camp in Miami, the team has rolled up its sleeves to work on this vice again and again. Capellos famed disciplinarian streak has again materialised at this World Cup with his players banned from using Twitter. Tweets can be a nuisance if they are not written in an intelligent fashion, he explained in Cuiabá. Overall, however, his strict approach has been welcomed by a squad that has lost focus in past tournaments. Capello demands discipline and its a good thing because everyone is working hard, giving 100% in every session, said Berezutski. That was reflected in Russias mature defensive performances in qualifying, another reason why supporters believe Capello has added something different and overdue to the national team.
The first knockout game of the tournament? Both these teams you'd expect to beat Algeria. Both these teams you'd expect to lose against Belgium. So this is winner-takes-all, right? Well, no. On the evidence of Belgium's narrow, at times fraught, win over Algeria earlier today Group H is as open as any tonight's tie in the Arena Pantanal might not be the be-all-and-end-all it might have first appeared. Still sound the Statement of the Bleedin' Obvious Klaxon a win for either side tonight would constitute a huge step towards the second round. And, despite a fair amount of evidence suggesting a result to the contrary, I rather fancy South Korea for this one. Yes, they lost to Lebanon in qualifying and drew with Kuwait. And, yes, in the final qualifying stage they finished level on points with Uzbekistan and behind Iran, who appeared very limited in their opening game against a misfiring Nigeria. And, yes, their World Cup record on anything other than home soil is somewhere between poor and dreadful. And, yes, they lost 2-1 to Russia last November. And 1-0 to Tunisia in their penultimate warm-up game. And 4-0 to Ghana in their final warm-up game.  |
| Brazilian police halt protesters outside Mexico match - video Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:36 PM PDT Armed police stop anti-Fifa and anti-government protesters short of the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza ahead of the Brazil and Mexico game on Tuesday. After a light scuffle police peacefully contained the demonstration although protesters still continued to taunt them. Many residents of Fortaleza were critical of the demonstrators arguing that they wanted to welcome the World Cup game, which is the largest match ever to be played in the city. Many Mexico supporters faced a hostile journey to the stadium prior to the match Continue reading...  |
| Goals, thrills and villainy so far this has been a World Cup to savour Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:10 PM PDT The 2014 tournament in Brazil has gone off like a train with committed teams, a feast of attacking football and moments of real controversy not to mention our warm and generous hosts Well then. Hows it been for you? As of Wednesday afternoon Brazil 2014 will be seven days old, a tournament that has so far unspooled relentlessly into a real-time montage of goals, attacking play and moments of grace and villainy ever since that thrillingly anxious opening night in São Paulo. By the end of Tuesday every team will have played a match. Each of Brazils wet-paint-and-string new-build mega-stadiums has now hosted a match and each of the host cities have been subjected to the World Cups own peculiar travelling fervour of hostel-packing, couch-surfing, five starhoteling Japanese, Dutch, Ecuadorians, Ghanaians and all the rest. Continue reading... |
| Luiz Felipe Scolaris Brazil less lethal when Neymar has off-day Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT In the past few months, Brazilians have been asking themselves how their team would fare on a day when Neymar did not step up and the answer came in Fortaleza In the past few months, Brazilians have been asking themselves how their team would fare on a day when Neymar did not step up. The answer came in Fortaleza: they are much less lethal and much more jittery if their top scorer in the last four years does not escape his markers or produce moments of individual brilliance. Before the tournament started, the Seleçãos third group game against Samuel Etoo and Cameroon on Monday was not given a lot of importance but after a failure to score for the second time in five World Cup ties, Brazilians will be excused for feeling a bit uneasy when assessing their chances at their second shot of home glory. Continue reading... |
| Uruguay prepares for England clash - video Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:35 PM PDT Uruguay trains for Thursday's match against England. Luis Suarez joins the session too having recovered from surgery on his knee. Uruguay is under pressure after a 3-1 defeat against group D underdogs Costa Rica. Team captain Diego Lugano has described the next match against England as "life or death" as defeat for either team could lead to elimination from the World Cup Continue reading...  |
| Australia's Mark Milligan ruled out of Holland match Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:29 PM PDT |
| Vicente del Bosque urges Spain to rebel after opening World Cup defeat Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:21 PM PDT Coach will make changes for must-win game against Chile Were hurt after Dutch defeat but we have another chance Continue reading...  |
| Football in brief: Celtic appoint John Collins as their assistant manager Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT Former Scotland midfielder honoured to return to Parkhead Schalkes Julian Draxler turns down chance to join Arsenal Continue reading...  |
| Portugals Fábio Coentrão ruled out of rest of World Cup by injury Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:52 PM PDT Coentrão suffered thigh injury in defeat by Germany Almeida and Patrício stay with Portugal after scans Continue reading...  |
| Roy Hodgson prepared to put Wayne Rooney centre stage against Uruguay Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:31 PM PDT Rooney given central role in training behind Sturridge Manchester United striker stayed behind for extra practice Wayne Rooney is set to be restored to a central attacking position behind Daniel Sturridge for Englands critical World Cup group game against Uruguay on Thursday as Roy Hodgson seeks to extract greater involvement from his sides leading scorer. The Manchester United striker was a playmaker in the middle of an attacking trident, operating behind a lone forward, throughout the training session at their base in Urca on Tuesday, with Raheem Sterling often on the right and Danny Welbeck on the left. Continue reading... |
| Socceroos v Holland: Australia's debt to Dutch football Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:30 PM PDT Ever since immigrants from the Netherlands arrived in Australia they have shaped how the sport is played in the country  |
| Mums the word for Raheem Sterling, the new symbol of England Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:30 PM PDT The young striker has not only made himself undroppable but astonished everyone with his down-to-earth approach It was when someone mentioned Euro 2004 in Raheem Sterlings presence, with a reference to the impact Wayne Rooney had on that competition, that we were reminded about the youthfulness of the new kid on the block. Sterlings face was a blank and, when he was asked to pick out the first tournament he could actually remember, it turned out Luke Shaw, at 18, was not the only member of Englands squad with zero recollections beyond the last World Cup. Frank Lampard, sitting directly to Sterlings right, was among those blinking in astonishment. Thats a scary thought, said a player who turns 36 on Friday. Sterling was being asked about 2004 because of the similarities between the way he has announced himself on the world stage, at the age of 19, with those prodigious performances from an 18-year-old Rooney the original assassin-faced baby for Sven-Goran Erikssons team in Portugal. Continue reading... |
| Louis van Gaal claims he will need a bar stool to watch Holland play Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:30 PM PDT The Dutch manager complains about the match view He says his dugout is below the level of the pitch Louis van Gaal has revealed that he is unhappy with the view from the dugout at the Estadio Beira-Rio and joked that he will need a bar stool to be able to watch Hollands group game against Australia. The Holland manager was seen remonstrating with a Fifa official during the training session at the stadium in Porto Alegre, on the eve of their second group match, and later said that he expects the issue to be resolved. Quite what Fifa can do is unclear the dugout sits below ground level but van Gaal made it clear that he was far from impressed, so much so that he was pleased the issue was brought up in his pre-match press conference. Im glad you asked this question, which means it will be disclosed, said Van Gaal when asked why he appeared unhappy with one of the officials. Continue reading... |
| Wayne Rooney is ready to show what he can do for England Frank Lampard Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:29 PM PDT Midfielder insists, Wayne is one of the toughest I have met Frank Lampard has backed Wayne Rooney to come to the fore as England seek to prolong their involvement at the World Cup by defeating Uruguay on Thursday. The midfielder is convinced the sides leading scorer is ready to make his mark on the tournament. Rooney, who spent periods on both flanks during the Group D defeat by Italy in Manaus, is expected to revert to the central No10 role in São Paulo after training at length back in the middle on Tuesday. The position he plays in the team has drawn the focus over recent days given his relatively peripheral display at the Arena Amazônia, despite providing the assist for Englands equaliser, though his team-mates believe he can influence the side effectively regardless of where he plays. Continue reading... |
| Michael ONeill: Englands pace can cause overhyped Uruguay problems Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:29 PM PDT Northern Ireland manager spied South American weaknesses They are so dependent on Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani Uruguays limitations as a team leave them overly reliant on Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani up front and vulnerable at the back to Englands raw pace, according to the Northern Ireland manager, Michael ONeill. Last month the former Newcastle and Hibernian midfielder took his team to Montevideo, where they were narrowly beaten by a second-half Christian Stuani goal, despite La Celeste enjoying the bulk of possession at the Estádio Centenario. Suárez was absent from that fixture because he was in rehabilitation following keyhole surgery on a knee but will return to Uruguays starting lineup for the crucial Group D fixture against England in Sao Paulo on Thursdayas both teams seek to recover from defeats in their opening World Cup matches. Continue reading... |
| World Cup 2014: Brazil fail to find a way past marvellous Mexico Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:08 PM PDT |
| Marc Wilmots never lost faith in Belgium team during defeat of Algeria Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:01 PM PDT We were very calm and handled this very well Manager pleased with impact made by substitutes The Belgium coach, Marc Wilmots, said he never had any doubt his misfiring team would overhaul a one-goal deficit against Algeria, having written in the dressing room beforehand that his substitutes would make the difference. But his opposite number, the fiery Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic, believed that his side deserved at least a draw and hit out at the referee for not awarding a foul in the build-up to Belgiums winning goal. Continue reading... |
| Brazil v Mexico: World Cup 2014 as it happened Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:57 PM PDT Brazil stuttered to a point against a resilient and well-organised Mexico side who made the hosts look disjointed in Fortaleza Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:15 PM PDT Gianluigi Buffon and Mattia De Sciglio resume training for Italy Portugals Fábio Coentrão will miss rest of World Cup Italy Continue reading... |
| Brazil looks to rewrite World Cup history with win at Maracana stadium - video Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:13 PM PDT Maracana stadium celebrates its 64th anniversary this year. The stadium was meant to host Brazil's first World Cup victory in 1950, but a loss to Uruguay prevented this and the defeat - known as 'maracanazo' - has weighed heavily on the national team ever since. Former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says Brazil wants to change the story of the stadium by winning the tournament at home. The final round of the World Cup will be held at Maracana stadium on 13 July Continue reading...  |
| Vicente del Bosques Spain will attack, attack but must play patient game Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:35 PM PDT There will be no sudden shift of style for Xabi Alonso and co in crucial game against Chile, despite the hammering by Holland Continue reading...  |
| Victory over Ghana, agony over Altidore: America wakes up to the World Cup Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:31 PM PDT Monday night's match triggered an outpouring of unusually pro-soccer feeling. But what if anything did it all mean?  |
| USAs Jozy Altidore 'crushed' after hamstring injury forces Ghana exit Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:26 PM PDT Jürgen Klinsmann admits Altidore loss was bitter blow Dempsey optimistic after nose injury against Ghana The USA striker Jozy Altidore admitted he was crushed after he was carried off during the dramatic 2-1 victory over Ghana on Monday. The 24-year-old clutched his hamstring when sprinting for the ball in the 21st minute and was taken off on a stretcher, replaced by Aron Jóhannsson. Continue reading... |
| World Cup 2014: Brazil v Mexico in pictures Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:21 PM PDT All the best images from Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza where the host nation take on Mexico. A win should see Brazil qualify for the second phase for the 18th consecutive time Continue reading...  |
| Argentina train ahead of Iran - video Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:13 PM PDT Argentina practise at their camp in Belo Horzonte before their next group match against Iran. Despite a 2-1 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Argentina's captain Lionel Messi said on Monday that there were errors in Argentina's performance that need correcting. He didn't criticise team coach Alejandro Sabella directly but referred to starting the next game with three strikers up front instead of two. Argentina play Iran on 21 June Continue reading...  |
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