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FIFA World Cup History

Here's no doubt that the FIFA World Cup is the most expected sports event in the world. Indeed, ever since the first tentative competition in Uruguay in 1930, FIFA's (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) flagship has constantly grown in popularity and prestige.

A bunch of visionary French football administrators, led in the 1920s by the creative Jules Rimet, are credited with the original idea of bringing the world's strongest national football teams together to compete for the title of World Champions. The original gold trophy bore Jules Rimet's name and was contested three times in the 1930s, before the Second World War put a 12-year stop to this popular tournament.

And when it resumed, the football World Cup rapidly reached its undisputed status as the greatest single sporting event of the modern world. Held since 1958 alternately in Europe and the Americas, the World Cup broke new ground with the Executive Committee's decision in May 1996 to select Korea and Japan as co-hosts for the 2002 edition.

It's important to say that since 1930, the 16 tournaments have seen only seven different winners. However, the FIFA World Cup has also been punctuated by dramatic upsets that have helped create footballing history - the United States defeating England in 1950, North Korea's defeat of Italy in 1966, Cameroon's emergence in the 1980s and their opening match defeat of the Argentinean cup-holders in 1990....

Nowadays, the FIFA World Cup holds the entire planet under its spell. The last World Cup Germany 2006 got extraordinary numbers in terms of audience, breaking many records. And after this long way, the main goal of the FIFA World Cup remains the same - promote the game, unite the World, entertain people and make nations happy.

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I've followed almost all the FIFA World Cup matches since 2010 sometimes, I must admit, at the expense of work and family. My family understands, work is not so forgiving, but since I am a partner in a company offering part time office cleaning jobs, I have more "wiggle room" than most other people. And I make up any time lost, at night or doing jobs that my partners would rather not have to do such as overseeing work late at night or on the weekends. Our professional janitorial services offer all sorts of services including porter services, evening cleaning services, office cleaning, restroom cleaning, break room,and cafeteria cleaning, trash removal, dusting and damp wiping, vacuum cleaning, sweeping and mopping, spot cleaning, window cleaning, specialty cleaning, emergency cleaning, construction clean up and exterior cleaning.


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As our business has become more successful, it requires more of my time. Consequently, I am now recording many of the FIFA World Cup games so I can watch later. But I still try to plan vacations around the FIFA World Cup finals, much to the chagrin of my family. Fortunately they are understanding.

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Events - World Cup 2010

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A record total of 205 teams have entered the race for one of the 31 places at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. The preliminary phase, which began in the Oceanian Zone back in August 2007, is now in full swing, with only the Host Nation guaranteed a berth in world football's showpiece event. For World Cup 2010 finals tournament 32 teams will have competing. The 64 football matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be played in nine cities of South Africa. 32  teams for the 2010 tournament will be the winners and runners up of the eight qualifying groups.  These thirty two teams, divided equally into eight groups  A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H each consisting of  four teams. The groups are drawn up by the FIFA administration, again using seeding. The seeded teams being the host nations, the reigning champions, subject to qualification, and those with the best points per game coefficients over the qualifying phase of the tournament and the previous World Cup qualifying. Other finalists will be assigned to by means of a draw, using coefficients as a basis.

The eight groups are again played in a league format, where, in the 1st round, a team plays its opponents once each. Two teams that emerge with maximum points in each group progress to the 2nd round. The same points system is used (three points for a win, one point for a draw, no points for a defeat). A schedule for the world cup group matches will be drawn up, but the last two matches in a group must kick off simultaneously. The winner and runner-up of each group progresses to the 2010 World Cup Quarter-finals, where a knockout system is used (the two teams play each other once, the winner progresses), this is used in all subsequent rounds as well. The winners of the World Cup quarter-finals matches progress to the 2010 World Cup Semi-finals, where the winners play in the 2010 World Cup Final. If in any of the knockout rounds after normal playing time, the scores are still equal, extra time and penalties are employed to separate the two teams. Matches are arranged so that there are always two games within a week, which is aimed at minimizing player travel time.

 

The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. It will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by a nation in the Confederation of African Football, leaving the Oceania Football Confederation as the only FIFA Confederation never to have hosted the event

The 2010 Fifa World Cup tickets will go on sale in January 2009. www.worldcupticketing.com is secure, safe and reliable agent for selling World Cup Football tickets.  Eager soccer fans are expected to buy multiple price level tickets for all 64 World Cup matches, single match or multiple matches. www.worldcupticketing.com is purely dedicated and the No. 1 source for all World Cup 2010 Football tickets. We specialize in providing South Africa World Cup 2010 Tickets to watch all football matches in South African Nine Cities and South African Ten Stadiums. We have a good range of World Cup 2010 Tickets on our website. World Cup Tournament Tickets, World Cup Quarter Final Tickets, World Cup Semi Final Tickets and World Cup Final Tickets are available now. If you have some extra 2010 World Cup Tickets you can sell to us we will give you good price so feel free to buy or sell the WC 2010 tickets.  Get your Account Now! Log In & Book your South Africa World cup Tickets Early!

 

The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa.. South Africans all over the country are extremely motivated and excited by the prospect of staging the2010 FIFA World Cup.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the World Cup South Africa Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Final in SA is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2010 South Africa tournament final.

In the eighteen tournaments held, only seven nations have won the title. Brazil is the most successful World Cup team, having won the tournament five times. The current World Champions, Italy, follows with four titles, while Germany holds three. The other former champions are Uruguay (who won the inaugural tournament) and Argentina with two titles each, and England and France with one title each.

The most recent World Cup Finals were held in Germany, where Italy was crowned champion after beating France in the final. The next World Cup Finals will be held in South Africa, from June 11, 2010 to July 11, 2010, and the 2014 Finals will be held in Brazil.

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WORLD CUP 2014: SEE THE QUALIFYING MINUTES THAT ARE GREATEST

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BBC Sport forms through all the highlights of as the 2014 tournament, the World Cup qualifiers brings nearer.

Spain World Cup Qualifiers

Spain World Cup Qualifiers @ BBC.co.uk

View the classic matches, the finest goals, the worst gaffes and the oddest seconds sought to be amongst the 32 finalists.

Top Scorers
Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez completed the qualifying effort making them the combined top scorers of the 32 teams.

Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez

Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez @ Sportige.com

Uruguay’s Suarez scored almost half his nation’s goals in qualifying while Van Persie’s goals helped Netherlands end top of the group, as they secured their position via a playoff with Jordan.

Shots That Are Top
Whet your desire by observing a few of the most effective strikes in the qualifiers.

The video begins with a spectacular hit from Juan Carlos Marino, a 30-yard drive which helped Peru earn point.

Other highlights include an overhead kick from Juan Carlos Garcia and Serbia’s Aleksandar Kolarov’s brilliant goal.

Freekicks That Are Top
Wales’ Gareth Bale’s stunner against Serbia characteristics in the qualifiers in our top free kicks, as does Argentine Lionel Messi’s low drive.

You might also see Ivan Rakitic’s winner against Macedonia, a 40-yard floating free kick that made goalkeeper Martin Bogatinov stunned.

Headers That Are Top
From qualifying the finest headers comprise Cristiano Ronaldo’s exact positioning which helped a triumph is secured by Portugal in Belfast. Additionally contained is Wayne Rooney’s header the England striker’s seventh goal.

Jeremain Lens additionally features from long range after the Netherlands international heads home.

Team Goals That Are Top
Our top team goals showcases a 16-pass move in the buildup to some classic soccer and Jasmin Kurtic’s strike leading to some Jordi Alba finish.

We then conclude from Hallur Hansson.

Fastest Goal
Yura Movsisyan scored against Denmark – the first – the fastest goal in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup scored – and.

Armenia ended Group B nine points behind Italy.

Worst Gaffes
We pick out a few of the mores embarrassing minutes for players.

The Araz Ozbiliz in Armenia features as he manages to kick the corner flag instead of the ball, the Alvas Powell in Jamaica gets himself into a spot of trouble with a throw in while Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio plays with his way into problem.

The Odd And Unusual
Observe some of the peculiar minutes in the qualifying effort that is international.

The instants revisited comprise Scotland kicking off the second half of the match before it was made by the home goalkeeper Tome Pacovski back onto the pitch, and a few unbelievable weather as USA sponsored Costa Rica in snow-strike Colorado.

Argentina's Javier Mascherano

Argentina’s Javier Mascherano @ Goal.com

Argentina’s Javier Mascherano red card for kicking out in the Mario Balotelli’s in Italy angry outburst, and Ecuador after being sent off against the Czech Republic may also be contained.

Eventually we see some Poland buffs making the most of soggy states before the qualifier of their team with England, a game that had to be rescheduled due to the waterlogged pitch.

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WORLD CUP TICKET PRICES CRASH DURING DASH TO FINISH WORKS

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World Cup tickets are being recorded on the secondary market for as low as $15.48, 89 percent below face value, as football enthusiasts snub matches outside Brazil’s southern cities.

The most inexpensive access to your game is at Fortaleza’s Castelao arena, which includes a face value for a ticket to the June 24 match between Ivory Coast and Greece. Tickets to see three-time winner Germany at the exact same site in northeastern Brazil can be found at 44 percent.

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The resale market may be changing, said Oliver Wheeler, a spokesman in London – Viagogo based ticket exchange. The monthlong tournament starts against Croatia in Sao Paulo in two weeks, one of three arenas that stay bare. A tent will be used during the tournament at Fortaleza airport because a terminal that is new will not be prepared in time.

“Some of the ticket costs have already been directly linked to the assurance in the infrastructure,” Wheeler said.

Brazil’s government, which can be spending spread matches, $11 billion on the function and many buys are for games in northeastern and northern cities.

Flood in the Amazonian city of Manaus this week “has undoubtedly affected on people’s self-assurance” for matches there, Wheeler said. A ticket for the assembly between Honduras and Switzerland on June 25 in Manaus can be bought for $27.27.

Superior Costs

At Once, tickets for the knockout phases, and for games in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, are being recorded above their official costs. The July 13 final at Rio’s Maracana stadium was advertised for by the most economical ticket is more than 10 times its $440 face value $5,100,.

Wheeler said he expects prices to fall further in the forthcoming days.

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WHERE SHOULD ARGENTINA AND LIONEL MESSI PLAY?

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Several weeks ago we released my (really) early ideas victor wagers that were outright. The post went into detail on nearly every team with a practically feasible shot at winning the tournament in Brazil. La Albiceleste are an intriguing proposal and odds makers have installed them as the second favorite behind sponsor Brazil -to-1, mainly due to the four-time World Player.

Lionel Messi

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The question to focus on when examining Argentina-where will it play with Lionel Messi? Around the field, Messi’s position in the national team batting order has went all throughout his international career, which started in 2005. Will 2014 eventually function as the time Argentina figures out unlock the kind Messi shown at Barcelona and the best way to correctly use he?

27 turns on June 24, that will necessarily result in more comparisons to the all time football icon of the state, Diego Maradona. Maradona was 25 going on 26 when he nearly single handedly led Argentina (and last) World Cup victory. It is worth remembering that Maradona was likely the greatest unique display during a modern era World Cup, helped considerably by the whole team being catered by coach Carlos Bilardo at the pinnacle of his powers.

Saying nothing of his Goal of the Century (or ‘Hand of God’ goal vs. England), nobody in the modern game, even Messi, is going to be afforded the space Maradona received, getting you question: how much impact can one guy have every match in the tournament?

Messi’s comparative dearth of success at the international level remains puzzling, although not completely his own mistake. His goalscoring record – 37 in 83 looks — is still quite good, although below his speed at Barcelona. In his previous two World Cups, Argentina reached the quarterfinals. Notoriously, coach Jose Pekerman chosen to Germany for the immortal Julio Cruz over Messi as a second half sub. Messi’s and Argentina finest showing was a 3-0 loss final. The high point in the sky blue-and-white kit is restricted to some Gold Medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, playing on a squad that is stacked that contained Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel di Maria.

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Given Messi wealthy success the idea that is simple is rub off on Argentina and that should interpret. That kind of thinking is shortsighted given that Barcelona’s claim was staked by it, with six prizes to the best club team in football history. Messi has had the providers like Xavi or Andres Iniesta around him. Spain — with a team constituted with the center of the team of Barcelona — has won the last two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup sans Messi.

Herein lies the rub. Messi is on the short list of the best players on the planet, but plays a position where Argentina is stocked with gift: striker.

Sergio Aguero (26 goals for Manchester City in 25 matches), Gonzalo Higuain (21 goals in 36 matches for Argentina), Carlos Tevez (Serie A-leading 18 goals) and perhaps even Rodrigo Palacio would be clearcut starters at striker/central attacker/ forward for most international teams. Consequently, throughout his 83-match career that was international, Messi has played around the field, including striker to a central midfielder to broad forward.

In 2010 at the World Cup, Argentina — trained by Maradona — used Messi as an attacking midfield or “Classic No. 10″, dropping him farther away from goal, so that you can get two other strikers on the field. Messi played with originator and was powerful enough and was on the short list Golden Ball, but did not score a goal himself and Argentina -0 loss.

In eight World Cup appearances Messi has scored but once, in the 88th minute of a 2006 Group Stage drubbing of Serbia (Argentina won 6 – 0) after coming on as a replacement. The start of many more to come yet to occur, although everyone would have readily presumed it was it. In 10 Copa America appearances, Messi’s just discovered the scoresheet.

It appears that best position is being realized by Argentina to play Messi is just like his favorite place. Rather than attempting to slide Messi farther away from goal to shoehorn the more conventional strikers onto the field in Argentina, the team should be catered around Messi and his gifts that were sublime. It is taken the greater part of a decade for five distinct trainers to determine, although it seems easy. If Argentina is seriously interested in winning, it should get a page and assemble everything around Messi, other big name strikers’ egotism be damned.

Messi plays in front so that as a result has netted 240 goals in 271 life games, becoming the all time leading scorer of the team. Toward the right, Messi wandered in 2014 CONMEBOL qualifying, but was closer than previous embodiments of Argentina. As a central striker, Messi lined up in 2013 friendlies. Messi should not serve as a supplier to set his teammates up, the remaining Argentina team should be lined up to feed him and let him work his wizardry.

The team backing Messi is largely pedestrian with journeyman like Fernando Gago, Ever Banega, Lucas Biglia and Javier Mascherano in principal parts. Given the attacking art in Argentina, all it actually wants it water-carriers, as they say, supply defensive cover and to win the ball in midfield.

If Argentina is intelligent, an assaulting trident of Messi and Aguero — maybe interchanging — might be the perfect blend that helps the world’s best player glow on the largest international period of the game. It have taken this long or should not be this difficult but Argentina might eventually have understood the ideal method to use its greatest player.

At Brazil Messi does not need to be Maradona, he needs to be the Lionel Messi we have found the last decade on the team level in Spain. This will be a lot more easy to reach if he is lined up in the right place.

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WORLD CUP 2014 DARK HORSES: 6 TEAMS WHICH COULD MAKE A RUN

JUNE 5, 2014 JOAO

The World Cup can resemble one, although it isn’t a level circle. France or a Spain may create a creation that is transcendent. The Dutch can be frisky. Riding with Argentina, Brazil, Italy or Germany tends to give the greatest results.

Does the 2014 field include a dark horse? Maybe. This kind of team would have three features.

* Not being a standard defendant – Brazil, Germany, Italy or Argentina. We’ll throw reigning champs Spain.
* Supplying an unforeseen component that may cause them to become formidable.
* Having a wieldy run. You may enjoy the cut of the jib in Chile. But reigning champions will have to escape from a group with the Netherlands and Spain Brazil and likely play hosts in the Round.

Below are a few teams that could meet that charging. Not sure is a 2008 Spain, but there definitely could be a 2010 Uruguay.

1. Portugal

Portugal Team

Portugal can play down to poor competitors in qualifying. But, in tournament play they are generally powerful and springy defensively. An equilibrium can be punctuated by few . That is a formula for success. There is possible to be more than a rough out. Ending second in Group G would line up the victor from a poor Group H. Subsequently likely Argentina and Spain to reach the final. Portugal can hang presuming Ronaldo is in excellent fettle.

2. France

France Team

Gift hasn’t been an issue. Almost everything else has, including the team hotel’s place. France can set forth some youthful talent, Franck Ribery and a powerful defense in the U20 World Cup winning squad. They drew on a group that was soft with Honduras, Ecuador and Switzerland. Winning that gets them Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran or Nigeria in the Round of 16. Who understands? once they’re in the quarterfinals

3. England

England

The John Terry conjecture will continue until Roy Hodgson hands. Theoretically, a seasoned back four will be fielded by the Three Lions. They are able to build on a core of Liverpool players. The Lampard/Gerrard problem was solved: they’re both sober holding midfielders within their advanced age. There is always an opportunity Wayne Rooney could be Wayne Rooney that is great. The group with Italy and Uruguay in England is no picnic. But qualifying for the knockout round gets a beatable second round competition Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan to them. Simply avoid punishments.

4. Belgium

Belgium

The Belgians have been the hot pick for sometime of everyone, due to the Premier League stars. They seemed a lot more sexy when most were in kind. However, Thibaut Courtois is the best goalkeeper of the world. Belgium has ability, expertise and game changers like Eden Hazard. If they are able to win their group that is gentle with South Korea, Russia and Algeria, they confront the second-place team in the USA Group. That is not a heinous path to the quarterfinals, if the Belgians have serious purpose.

5. >Colombia

Colombia

Colombia ended second. They turned heads in Europe with November friendly performances. They’ve much more experience playing in South America than possible adversaries. Their course is attainable with Japan and a group and likely Uruguay or England to reach the quarterfinals. We had feel much more confident about them if Falcao was “healthy” rather than “may play but probably will not be 100 percent after racing back from a serious knee operation.”

6. Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast

The Ivorians have exactly the same group lot. They are the “African team that can make a sensation” for almost a decade now. Having said that, Drogba has a little assassin. Wilfried Bony and Gervinho are coming off powerful team seasons. Yaya Toure can control the center of a pitch. A back four anchored by the fumes of Kolo Toure possible they could make a run, although I am not completely sold on it.

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WORLD CUP TICKET COSTS CRASH AHEAD OF KICKOFF

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World Cup Ticket 2014

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Tickets are selling for as low as $18.

You can purchase a match ticket for the largest sporting event on the planet for as low as $18.

Ahead of the opening matches are selling for less than $20 on secondary market website Viagogo.

Oliver Wheeler, spokesman told Bloomberg News the crash is associated with the important infrastructure issues Brazil is having in the leadup.

“Some of the ticket costs happen to be directly associated with the self-assurance in the infrastructure,” Wheeler told the news outlet.

As of the post’s posting, tickets for the match between Nigeria and Bosnia Herzegovina in Cuiaba can be bought for $17.33 on Viagogo. A match between Bosnia Herzegovina and Iran in Salvador has tickets selling for $17.70. The face value of these tickets are around $100.

Tickets for the World Cup opener and Croatia are selling on Viagogo for at least $1,400. The most economical cost for the final is around $5,400.

Brazil World Cup Tickets @ Megasignals.net

Most of the deals can be found for games set in the northeastern and northern areas of the state, which are known because of their searing heat. Teams have been concerned about playing with matches in the area, with some kickoff times set for noon, when heat is at its most extreme.

This week flooding in the Amazonian city has also had a significant impact in the region on tickets.

2014 WORLD CUP PREVIEWS, GROUP C: JAPAN JUNE 3, 2014 JOAO

Japan National Team

Japan National Team

Team: Japan
Group: C
Program: June 14 vs. Ivory Coast; June 19 vs. Greece ; June 24 vs. Colombia
World Cup Record: 4-7-3 (Round of 16, 2002/2010)
Qualifying Form: Japan was the first team.

Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni, a 61-year old Italian made after the 2010 World Cup.

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Player to Watch: Shinji Kagawa. The Manchester United midfielder (yes he is still at Manchester United) failed to score in Premier League play and did not feature much. Maybe that is a bonus since he should not be more unoriginal come the beginning of the tournament. Most teams would not mind to have Keisuke Hondaand Kagawa as right-up creative attacking midfielders in the same batting order.

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Strategies/Fashion: Japan will be another classic 4-2-3-1 kind teams. Inter- Schalke and established Yuto Nagatomo – although both have been hit or miss in the Champions League, based Atsuto Uchida supply width in the back. Expert 30- Makoto Hasebe and somethings Yasuhito Endo anchor the midfield, leaving Kagawa and Honda to pull to the cords that are offensive.

WAG of note: Kagawa was rumored to be dating “mature model/pornstar” Ameri Ichinose when he arrived in Manchester. Shockingly this was accurate false. (Google at your own danger.)

Motive to root for: Japan are one of the least-buzzed about teams in the tournament, presenting a high “told you so” variable if you jump on the Samurai Blue bangwagon ahead of time.

Motive Nothing, actually.

Chances of winning: 150-to-1

Miscellany: Since May 2013, Japan has just kept a clean sheet twice and those came against Iraq and Guatemala. … Shinji Okazaki scored 15 goals in 31 matches for Mainz this season. He’s one of six German-based players in the Japan squad. … Japan has won three of the last four Asian Cups. … Endo is Japan’s all time most-capped player with 141 international appearances. … A pretty high profile move was made by Honda to AC Milan from CSKA Moscow in winter months. Honda just scored in 14 Serie A matches, fitting in perfectly inflicting the former European icons.

Wither Asia?: This will be the fifth straight World Cup appearance in Japan. South Korea — the other principal Asian football power — has qualified for every tournament. Much was made about the dearth of advancement last World Cup since it was played in South Africa. Having said that, the greatest performance was South Korea’s fourth-place showing in 2002 buoyed by house support that is fervent. Japan made the knockouts for the very first time in 2010 and after that again on home soil. South Korea and Japan are a lot like America, because they are the big fish in confederation that is poorer. The Knockouts’ll make the World Cup but nearly everything will have to break in their own favor so that you can make a deep run. As always, the World Cup still stays the greatest of Europe vs. the finest of South America … and everybody else.

Last word: Part of me looks as a sleeper team that, without much fanfare, should go into the Round of 16. Japan will be nicely-ordered under Zaccheroni. Kagawa and Honda are world class creative players at the top of the matches. It is a fine equilibrium, but that defensive record is troublesome. Okazaki is in good form, but Japan is not constructed to win high-scoring matches. Ivory Coast and Colombia matches that are current that may not be closed . Conquering Belgium 3-2 in a friendly is supporting, yet a 4-2 scoreline vs. New Zealand does not bode well for the team’s defensive abilities. Something tells me Japan is due to make a small run. Call it a hunch, nothing more.

ENGLAND MAY BE LEFT BY STEVEN GERRARD RIGHT AWAY

JUNE 2, 2014 JOAO

Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard could stop England after the World Cup but has sworn not to “leave anyone hanging” for a choice once the tournament is over.

The 33-year old will captain Roy Hodgson’s side where Costa Rica, Uruguay and Italy lie in wait.

The Liverpool midfielder insists no decision was made, although Gerrard believes England can spring a surprise at a tournament he grants could be his last.

“The 33′m not likely to leave anyone hanging,” Gerrard said. “Do not worry, after the World Cup is around I will sit down with the supervisor at the ideal time and I will make the choice.

“I can be open and sincere with you now I haven’t made that choice because I’ven’t had the opportunity to chat with the supervisor at length over it.

“But I will be chatting to [Liverpool manager] Brendan Rodgers, Roy Hodgson and several significant people around me whose opinion I value, players I have played with. I’ll make the correct choice at the perfect time and chat to them all.

“It’ll be really close after the World Cup I will make that choice.

“It does to depend on how a World Cup goes, how I perform, by what means the team performs. Am I going to be desired after the World Cup? All of these are the questions wewill need to sit back and reply.

“I will not stay around if I am not desired. I expect I perform to the degree where I’m desired and I have got that hard choice to make.”

That conviction to triumph may see Gerrard usurp David Beckham as the -capped outfield player in the history in England.

Steven is just six caps shy of Beckham’s record which he’d equal by featuring in all the Three Lions’ pre-tournament friendlies and group stage matches.

“It’s a goal but it is not an essential one,” Gerrard said. “It is not one I have thought about a lot but I’ve thought about it.

“To get close to David Beckham, to match him, or to go ahead of him would be an amazing accomplishment.

“Beckham’s a hero of mine, I was fortunate enough to play with him. He is a top player and a top role model too.

England National Team

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“I’ve thought about it and it might be really pleasant from a personal perspective. But you guys understand me well enough to understand what my goals are and that is to escape this group.

“It is a rough group, every game will be demanding but I consider and I am confident that you guys’re effective at getting from it.”

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WORLD CUP 2014: CHILE TEAM GUIDE

JUNE 1, 2014 JOAO

World Cup 2014 Chile ​

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The Chilean squad qualified for its second World Cup in a row – the very first time in the history of the team – thanks to an impressive qualifying round that found the team that was Andean finest Paraguay and Uruguay under new trainer Jorge Sampaoli.

With triumphs in friendlies against England and Brazil, and despite a loss to the squad that is German, the recent upswing on the pitch in Chile has them primed for his or her matches in Brazil.

A well rounded team with plenty of expertise that is international, two issues come One is the well-being of star midfielder Arturo Vidal and the other is a tough group which has them compared against two of the top European teams, the Netherlands and Spain could be experienced by Chile.

Arturo Vidal

Arturo Vidal

Players To Watch

Arturo Vidal: Among the major causes Chile qualified on both offense and defense thanks to his skills for a trip to Brazil. Among the reasons they probably will not last in the tournament is that the 26-year old, who plays for the Juventus in Italy, is attempting to make it back onto the pitch after undergoing knee surgery in May.

Alexis Sanchez

Alexis Sanchez

Alexis Sanchez: The Barcelona winger was tasked with leading the strike in Chile . Judging in the fact that Chile had the second-highest scoring offense in Conmebol qualifying, he is been doing a decent job of setting up teammates. Plus he scored four times himself.

Claudio Bravo: Sometimes its best to have the guy between the posts additionally be your team captain and that is just what Chile has with Bravo. Plying his trade at the Real Sociedad in Spain, the 31-year old has had a long career in Spain and World Cup expertise in South Africa.

Eduardo Vargas: Helping Sanchez with responsibilities that are assaulting will be the 24-year old Vargas, who’s now on loan to Valencia in Spain. A versatile player and a knowledgeable ball-handler, Vargas is comfortable playing as a striker but also can switch to the right wing.

Gary Medel

Gary Medel

Gary Medel: A defensive midfielder, “El Pitbull” made an impressive start to his international career by scoring on a bicycle kick in 2010 World Cup qualifying against Bolivia. On the team level, the 26-year old plays for the Cardiff City in England, and he adds both rate and encounter to the Chilean side.

The Chilean squad qualified for his or her second World Cup in a row – the very first time in the history of the team – thanks to an impressive qualifying round that found the team that was Andean finest Paraguay and Uruguay under new trainer Jorge Sampaoli.

With triumphs in friendlies against England and Brazil, and despite a loss to the squad that is German, the recent upswing on the pitch in Chile has them primed for his or her matches in Brazil.

A well rounded team with plenty of expertise that is international, two issues come One is the well-being of star midfielder Arturo Vidal and the other is a tough group which has them compared against two of the top European teams, the Netherlands and Spain could be experienced by Chile.

Trainer

Jorge Sampaoli

Jorge Sampaoli: The Argentinian has spent his managerial career largely bouncing teams in South America around. When he was named to head the Chilean squad up, it was his first time training in the international rankings, and so far it’s been quite successful. A former player for Argentina’s Newell’s Old Boys, he favors an aggressive, pressing defense. It worked for La Roja. Sampaoli led them to an impressive 5-1-1- record within their final seven qualifiers to claim third place.

Group

The luck of the draw may sadly undoes this quality Chilean side. While much is made about whether Group G or D is the dreaded “Group of Death,” Chile did not have much to celebrate, becoming drawn into Group B. With matches against runner-up and reigning World Cup champions Spain Netherlands, the greatest hope to make it in Chile would be to drub Australia in its first match, then earn a draw against Spain or the Netherlands. Plus lots of expectation, that only might get them.

Quirk

In 1962, the World Cup was hosted by Chile and ended in third place. It hasn’t made it past the round of 16. With the Cup in South America for the very first time since 1978, Sampaoli’s team want to show they earned their position in the tournament.

Program

v. Australia, Fri. June 13, 6 p.m., Cuiaba

v. Spain, Weds. June 18, 3 p.m., Rio de Janeiro

v. The Netherlands, Mon. June 23, 12 p.m., Sao Paulo

All times Eastern

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WORLD CUP 2014 TUNE: SHAKIRA VS. JLO AND PITBULL

MAY 31, 2014 JOAO

 

Official World Cup 2014 Album @ FIFA.com

The official World Cup 2014 tune is “We Are One (Ole Ola) by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, and Claudia Leitte. But Shakira’s “LaLaLa (Brazil 2014)” is proving very popular.

The fight for the best World Cup 2014 tune may actually be no competition.

The official FIFA World Cup 2014 tune is “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by Cuban Pitbull, New York Puerto Rican Jennifer Lopez, and Brazilan Claudia Leitte.

 

“We Are One (Ole Ola)”

But Brazilians – and many others – are apparently not impressed. The lyrics and video are called a “huge heap of platitudes” and the music doesn’t pay appropriate court to Brazil’s own rich musical tradition.

The music video had nearly 200,000 enjoys, and more than 30 million views, but 60,000 dislikes on YouTube. Surely no a flop but not a great hit.

The la Times shared a few about the tune that was official:

“The tune is horrible. If the World Cup is in Brazil, why two foreign vocalists and nearly the whole song in English?” read one opinion. @ LorenEdelstein inquired “We’re One has a Caribbean beat, not a Brazilian beat. Did they mix up where the World Cup is occurring?”

But the wincing across this country’s cause was the replica which have controlled the standing in Brazil for decades, which many had expected the 2014 World Cup would help them go previous.

“This World Cup theme song is a huge heap of platitudes,” tweeted Leka Peres, 27, a DJ and music journalist who formerly worked as a program manager at MTV Brazil.

Enter Shakira.

La la La (Brazil 2014)

“La la La (Brazil 2014)” @ Mydltube.com

The Colombian songstress, who starred in the 2010 official FIFA World Cup tune (Waka, Waka), was not content to sit on the musical sidelines this time around – not when the world’s largest sporting event is taking place right next door to her home country. Shakira’s World Cup 2014 tune, “LaLaLa Brazil 2014,” is among the 16 titles recorded on the official “One Love, One Rhythm” FIFA World Cup record. Yes, there is a record.

Shakira’s melody is rapidly usurping the Pitbull-JLo song as popular on the 2014 record, while debuting after the official anthem.

It does not damage that her music video features some well-known soccer players – Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Eric Abidal, Neymar, James Rodreguez, Sergio Aguero, Radamel Falcao – all buddies of Barcelona center back Gerard Pique, who’s additionally Shakira’s boyfriend and father of her 16-month-old son (who additionally has a cute cameo at the close of the video).

Shakira teamed up for the video with Activia yoghurt and is sharing some of the net income with the World Food Program (WFP). Shakira said: “With ‘La La La (Brazil 2014)’ we need to make a modest contribution to ensure everybody understands about the excellent work the World Food Program.

The Colombian songstress, who starred in the 2010 official FIFA World Cup tune (Waka, Waka), was not content to sit on the musical sidelines this time around – not when the world’s largest sporting event is taking place right next door to her home country. Shakira’s World Cup 2014 tune, “LaLaLa Brazil 2014,” is among the 16 titles recorded on the official “One Love, One Rhythm” FIFA World Cup record. Yes, there is a record.

Shakira’s melody is rapidly usurping the PitbullJLo song as popular on the 2014 record, while debuting after the official anthem.

It does not harm that her music video features some well-known soccer players – Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Eric Abidal, Neymar, James Rodreguez, Sergio Aguero, Radamel Falcao – all buddies of Barcelona center back Gerard Pique, who’s additionally Shakira’s boyfriend and father of her 16-month-old son (who additionally has a cute cameo at the close of the video).

Shakira teamed up for the video with Activia yoghurt and is sharing some of the net income with the World Food Program (WFP). Shakira said: “With ‘La La La (Brazil 2014)’ we need to make a modest contribution to ensure everybody understands about the excellent work the World Food Program is doing to fight hunger.”

“La la La (Brazil 2014), is really a reworked version of “Challenge,” a Shakira single released in March 2014. The World Cup variant that is newer features Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown.

How is Shakira’s video doing on YouTube? It’d more than 18 million perspectives after two days. 181,000 likes, 11,000 dislikes. A 16 of Likes/Dislikes, in contrast to only 3 to 1′s official Pitbull/JLo tune.

Needless to say, Shakira (and FIFA) should know about the criticism directed at the tune that is official. In 2010, shakira was the one. When’ Waka Waka,’ debuted, South Africans were not impressed – and for reasons that are similar.

The official World Cup opening concert was only a couple from South Africa, although to feature pop stars from all over the world.

As The Christian Science Monitor reported in 2010:

How, they claimed, can FIFA not put up South African musicians on stage and bring hundreds of thousands of tourists and sports fans all the way to Africa’s most developed nation at the southern point of the continent?

On May 4, all that was corrected by FIFA, adding South African acts Freshlyground (formerly scheduled just as a backup band to Shakira), Hugh Masekela, the Soweto Gospel Choir, and Somali hiphop star K’naan.

Such nationalistic conflicts over the best world cup theme music have been going on since 1962, when the Chilean rock band Los Ramblers sang “El Rock del Mundial,” which debuted as the first official world cup tune.

What’ve been the greatest world cup tunes of the previous 50 years? Take a look at the Billboard Top 10 list, where you are able to hear Los Ramblers, who sound like they are covering an Elvis Presley hit.

 

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COULD GREECE PROGRESS AT THE WORLD CUP? I DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA

Greece World Cup 2014

Greece World Cup 2014

With under a month to go before the World Cup kicks off, it time to get acquainted with who is going to Brazil. For another several weeks, Harrison Stark will let you know everything you should know about all 32 states, looking at what part football plays in each country’s culture and politics and their rolls stack up. The previews will run in inverse sequence of the states’ foreseen finish. Team No. 25:.

At the last World Cup, Greece won one match, showed up, and was rapidly eliminated in the first round. It was the most successful Greek team.

For most of the World Cup existence that was footballing, Greece has fought. The team went in 1994, where it failed to score and lost all three matches by an accumulative 10 – 0. The squad continues to have few household names. And the world shocked when it won the 2004 European Championship, defeating hosts Portugal. When Saturday Comes tells the story of a reporter inquiring striker Demis Nikolaidis a few hours after the final, “How on earth did you pull this kind of stunt?” His response: “I don’t have any thought.”

Greece World Cup 2014 Shirt

Greece World Cup 2014 Shirt @ Footyheadlines.com

“PLEASE do not WAKE US UP” read the headline of an Athens newspaper during that tournament. “I’ve spent my day online reading paper coverage from around the world about Greece,” the Financial Times quoted a Greek adviser at the time. “I’d like to savor every detail because I have never read any news about Greek sport before–we never win anything.”

Such great news is not easy to come by in Greece these days, where the birthplace of European culture has hit rough times. With joblessness at a staggering 27 percent and a faltering economy, there is not a lot to observe. The country has found an alarming increase in far right wing movements, like Golden Dawn and was wracked by political infighting. Infrastructure is crumbling. And the Onion has described Greece as “an abandoned gravel pit infested with cats.”

As elsewhere, football acts as a welcome diversion. And the Greeks are obsessed–much more so than even many football-crazy countries. It is estimated a substantial part goes to bet on matches. The country has a name for hooliganism, and enthusiasts go mad, doing anything to get a leg up on competitors. “Refereeing decisions may favor the house side into a laughable extent,” a football guide once read. “If you are in Salonika for a game against a side from Athens, bring a crash helmet.”

These energies exploded during Euro 2012, when debt-ridden Greece played with Euro- Germany enforcer. “Bring us [Angela] Merkel,” demanded Goal News after Greece drew Germany in the round of 16. “You won’t get Greece from the euro,” it wrote in among several thousand Euro-euro double entendres. German newspapers joined in also: Bild, which had encouraged Greece to sell an island to help pay off its debt, wrote: “For 90 minutes it’s going to be about more than football. The euro catastrophe will play also. Rejoice, beloved Greeks, defeat will be for free! No bailout can help you against [German trainer] Joachim Low!” The Greeks lost 4-2 in a barnstorming game that found Angela Merkel herself going bonkers in the bunch. (“Greece from the gods, Germany from Merkel,” a headline read.)

The satire here is the trainer who presented that famed 2004 Euro win was German “King” Otto Rehhagel, a guy known for such non-soccerish philosophizing as “The Acropolis has been there for several thousand years and we will not be here for that long.” But Rehhagel had enough and after nearly a decade in charge, left after the 2010 World Cup.

Greek Team @ Telegraph.co.uk

The Greek national team has stagnated since he departed. And while this team continues to be established on defense–Germany’s Low described playing the Greeks as “like biting into a stone”–this squad is maturing. Without an adversary like Germany the terrible World Cup record in Greece seems set to continue.

Match Program: Greece is arguably Brazil’s most equally matched quartet in Group C,. A starting match against Colombia offers little expectation, but Greece’s rough backline will be assured stifling the smaller midfielders in Japan. The Greeks’ final match against Cote d’Ivoire will be critical–if the “Elephants” are already through the second round, Greece has an outside opportunity to snag second position.

How the Greeks Line Up: Greece won Euro 2004 with a defense-first mantra, scoring off set pieces and winning every header. That is the present squad’s mould at the same time, which can be a stiff 4-4%24-2.

Crucial Players: This team, like the Greek market, is quite definitely over the hill. “Why alter a tournament winning formula?” you might ask. “Because that was 10 years ago” looks like an acceptable response, but that does not look good enough for Greece. The team is barely developed on youth, though just several of these men really played in 2004.

The Giorgios Karagounis of Fulham continues to be the hardworking captain of the team, but as a central midfielder there’s just so much he can work. At 34, Kostas Katsouranis could play next to him, while Dmitris Salpingidis, additionally at PAOK and 32, could play up front -year old Theofanis Gekas (Konyaspor), who has come from retirement. Players like midfielder Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) and the versatile Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) should be on the field.

If Greece is to have any opportunity, theywill need to play with 26-year old Kostas Mitroglou, once among the most underrated strikers. He began the year spectacularly, particularly in the UEFA Champions League, though he is hardly played since his transfer to English club Fulham.

In defense, trainer Fernando Santos should dump the early Loukas Vyntra (33, at Spanish side Levante) and should rather go with Dortmund’s outstanding Sokratis “Papa” Papastathopoulos. Say it 10 times quick.

Rising Star: The explosive, but extremely gifted, Kyriakos Papadopoulos (FC Schalke 04) has not recuperated from an injury in time for the World Cup, so the finest young talent on offer is Giannis Fetfatzidis (aka the “Greek Messi”), 23 years old, who has been supporting for Italian side Genoa.

Preceding entries: Australia, Iran, Costa Rica, Honduras, Algeria, Cameroon, USA


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