Costa Rica vs. England: Live Player Ratings

The final round of group-stage games take place in the 2014 FIFA World Cup this week, with Group D the focus of our attentions on Tuesday evening as Costa Rica faced England. Neither side could muster presentable goalscoring chances in succession and the match finished a rather weak 0-0, leaving Costa Rica top and England bottom of the group. Costa Rica CRC first half analysis Navas: Has taken the... 

Costa Rica vs. England: Live Score, Highlights for World Cup 2014 Group D Game

2014 FIFA World Cup Group D, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte Costa Rica 0-0 England (FT) Costa Rica qualified top of the group for the round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup after securing a 0-0 draw against England. The closest either side went to opening the scoring was when Celso Borges hit the bar from a free kick, while Daniel Sturridge spurned several good chances for England. England’s failure... 

10 Key Factors That Will Decide FIFA World Cup 2014 Group D

After two matches apiece, one nation has qualified for the knockout stages of the 2014 FIFA World Cup from Group D—but it’s one of the former competition winners. No, it’s Costa Rica who are through, having beaten both Uruguay and Italy in their two opening games, guaranteeing themselves passage to the last 16. England, meanwhile, have lost both of their own fixtures—and are... 

World Cup Comeback Victories Show Importance of Belief, Subs and Attacking Play

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has just come to the end of its first match week, and it’s been nothing short of exceptional. Even with two 0-0 draws coming in the past two days, the tournament as a whole is still averaging 2.9 goals per match—just one shy of 50 in total. We’ve seen just three draws, a clutch of games won by big margins and no shortage of upsets, either. One of the biggest... 

Belgium vs. Algeria: Live Player Ratings for Both Sides

Belgium are one of the dark horses for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and they got their campaign up and running with a win over African outfit Algeria on Tuesday in Group H. At the break Algeria led 1-0 thanks to Sofiane Feghouli’s penalty, after a foul by Jan Vertonghen, and the African side looked solid and comfortable for an hour or so. Belgium’s substitutes did the trick though, with Marouane... 

World Cup 2014: Winners and Losers from Day 3

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup well underway now, Day 3 offered us no less than four games, two groups and eight nations to assess and get excited about. Colombia got the day off to a colourful start with a 2-0 win over Greece, before Costa Rica pulled off the shock of the tournament so far by beating Uruguay 3-1. Italy then saw off the challenge of England to win 2-1 in a tight match in Group D. The... 

England Must Fix Defensive Concerns, Make Brave Choices to Save World Cup Dream

England’s 2014 FIFA World Cup got off to a losing start in Manaus on Saturday evening, as they went down 2-1 to Italy in Group D. Daniel Sturridge cancelled out Claudio Marchisio‘s opening goal almost instantly, but Mario Balotelli scored a header just into the second half, a second deficit from which Roy Hodgson‘s men could not recover. While the performance was decent, verging on... 

Costa Rica Beat Uruguay and 5 Other Big Shock FIFA World Cup Results

Costa Rica have pulled off the biggest shock victory of the 2014 FIFA World Cup so far, after they beat Uruguay by a 3-1 scoreline in Group D. The win for Costa Rica really shakes up the group, where Uruguay were expected to be one of those in a close fight to be progressing to the knockout stages—but against Italy and England. Here we take a look at some of the other huge shocks from previous... 

Why Raheem Sterling Can Be England’s Key Attacker in World Cup 2014

England will play their second World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday evening, facing Ecuador in Miami, where manager Roy Hodgson is expected to switch his side around considerably from the previous fixture against Peru. According to This Is Anfield, one of those who should come in for England to press his case will be Liverpool‘s attacking midfielder Raheem Sterling. Raheem Sterling and Rickie... 

2014 World Cup Tactics Board: Analysing Didier Deschamps’ France

Welcome to the latest of our World Cup tactics boards, our series looking at each of the 32 qualified nations for the 2014 FIFA tournament in Brazil. This time around we’re looking at France, the mighty European nation led by Didier Deschamps. Despite winning the World Cup on home soil in 1998, they have twice failed to progress past the group stages in the three tournaments since then. Having... 

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