World Cup Archives: 06/2014

A complete German attacking performance, featuring the tournament’s first hat trick, sent them back to base camp with an excellent 4-0 win against Portugal in…

Argentina got off to a flyer when a Messi set piece found its way to the back post, eventually ricocheting off Kolasinac past Begovic to…

Story of the game A fiercely contested beginning to the match was emphasised by the regularity and brutality of the challenges that the Honduras players…

Story of the game The Netherlands well and truly silenced current champions Spain on Friday. In the same match that was contested in the 2010…

Story of the game Ecuador were by far the brighter of the two sides in the opening stages of the first half and put the…

Story of the Game Both teams started brightly and the game took a surprisingly fast pace given the pre-match hype surrounding the sweltering heat. Raheem…

Costa Rica came from behind to stun an incredibly poor Uruguay side that finished with 10 men in Fortaleza. With the big headlines surrounding the…

A Didier Drogba cameo sealed a comeback win for the Ivory Coast in what could be one of the key games of Group C against…

STORY OF THE MATCH The first half saw Mexico dominate possession with Cameroon content to sit deep and let them pass it around just inside…

A professional performance in the World Cup opening game by Brazil ensured the host nation a 3-1 victory against a strong Croatia side, who for…

Who would have thought that, with only one day left for England until their opener in Brazil, we would be taking about something other than the…

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is set to kick off with home nation Brazil facing Croatia in the first Group A match. Both teams…

Chris Linnell: Each Group’s Final Standings (First to Last Place): Group A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon. Group B: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia. Group C: Ivory Coast, Greece, Japan,…

This summer’s World Cup in Brazil, which in fact starts only later today, is the perfect stage for the most talented players in world football…

In the final part of TBR’s series of articles featuring Didi Hamann, Scott Minto, and Mark Langdon, the experts discuss how they think the World…