Brazil 2014 Fifa World Cup Thread

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Jordan set for date with destiny against Uruguay - FIFA.com

 

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New Zealand (3-4-3): 1-Glen MOSS (GK), 3-Tony LOCHHEAD, 5-Tommy SMITH (capt), 7-Leo BERTOS, 8-Michael MCGLINCHEY, 15-Ivan VICELICH, 16- Jeremy BROCKIE, 17-Kosta BARBAROUSES, 20-Chris WOOD, 21-Jeremy CHRISTIE, 22-Andrew DURANTE.

Substitutes (from): 2-Jake BUTLER, 4-Ben SIGMUND, 6-Bill TUILOMA, 9-Shane SMELTZ, 10-Rory FALLON, 11-Marco ROJAS, 12-Tamati WILLIAMS, 13-Chris JAMES, 14-Storm ROUX, 18-Craig HENDERSON, 19-Aaron CLAPHAM, 23-Jacob SPOONLEY (GK)

Coach: Ricki Herbert

Soccer: Smith to captain All Whites - Sport - NZ Herald News

 

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Tiny Iceland on brink of World Cup by Michael Yokhin - ESPN FC

Hmm a possible win for Iceland & they would break Trinidad & Tobago's record in 2006 of being the smallest nation to play @ a world cup.

 

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We're under all sorts of pressure here early on.

 

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Meh, at least I'm now free next Wednesday night.

 

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Saw part of the 1st half. Although predictable NZ was going to defend deep & look to counter-attack given the difficulty of the altitude etc, i thought they might have been a bit more potent going forward. Ah well..

 

[CG123]

Saw part of the 1st half. Although predictable NZ was going to defend deep & look to counter-attack given the difficulty of the altitude etc, i thought they might have been a bit more potent going forward. Ah well..

Yeah, we really got both our tactics and XI wrong. We needed to make an effort to try and keep position in the first half and not just boot it away down field giving it straight back to them. At least we did better than Jordan who lost five nil at home.

 

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http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/382017/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=3888
Only a friendly of course but interesting to see Colombia winning the battle of the two emerging international teams whose talents have impressed all in WCQ.

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Well I did say that Ukraine was a potential banana skin for France. Will be tough to come back from a 2 goal deficit.

 

[thedon5]

Kiev is a hard to place to go to don't forget.

 

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Kiev is a hard to place to go to don't forget.

ENG's 0-0 draw in Ukraine with a under-strength team looking a brilliant result now.

 

[Haarithan]

Almost there, Ukraine. Don't cock this one up now (as Milan did versus Farca last year), please.

 

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As many would obviously notice, Ronaldo has to win the player of the year award after that performance. Geez..

Also this is what France looks like when they play somewhere close to potential. Remain my world cup darkhoses from Europe if they can build on this result.

One key chance they should do is stop playing Abidal.

 

[Haarithan]

Almost there, Ukraine. Don't cock this one up now (as Milan did versus Farca last year), please.

And cock up they did...

EDIT: Has Sakho won you over yet, Don? Couldn't have asked for more from the man yesterday. An absolute monster!

 

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World Cup 2014: from Spain to Algeria via England ? ranking the 32 finalists | Football | theguardian.com