2014 FIFA World Cup - Campeonato do Mundo FIFA de 2014

[IdolCarrieAlwaysShines]

Olá! Bem-vindo ao Brasil.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is an international men's soccer event that that is taking place in Brazil from June 12 to July 13.
32 teams from 5 continental soccer confederations will be competing in this tournament.

CONMEBOL (South America)	Brazil (host), Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)	The USA, Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico
UEFA (Europe)	Belgium, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, England, Spain, Portugal, France, Greece and Croatia
CAF (Africa)	Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and Algeria
AFC (Asia)	Iran, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Australia

12 cities in Brazil were selected to host the matches

Regions	States	Cities	Time
Southeast	São Paulo (SP)	São Paulo	EDT+1
	Rio de Janeiro (RJ)	Rio de Janeiro	EDT+1
	Minas Gerais (MG)	Belo Horizonte	EDT+1
Northeast	Bahia (BA)	Salvador	EDT+1
	Pernambuco (PE)	Recife	EDT+1
	Ceará (CE)	Fortaleza	EDT+1
	Rio Grande do Norte (RN)	Natal	EDT+1
South	Rio Grande do Sul (RS)	Porto Alegre	EDT+1
	Paraná (PR)	Curitiba	EDT+1
Central-West	Mato Grosso (MT)	Cuiabá	EDT
	Federal District (DF) (not a state)	Brasília	EDT+1
North	Amazonas (AM)	Manaus	EDT

32 teams are divided into 8 groups. The two best teams of each group will advance to the second round

Group A	Brazil, Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon
Group B	Spain, the Netherlands, Chile and Australia
Group C	Colombia, Greece, Cote d'Ivoire and Japan
Group D	Uruguay, Costa Rica, England and Italy
Group E	Switzerland, Ecuador, France and Honduras
Group F	Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran and Nigeria
Group G	Germany, Portugal, Ghana and the United States
Group H	Belgium, Algeria, Russia and the Republic of Korea

Can't wait for your predictions. Which team will win the tournament?

 

[IdolCarrieAlwaysShines]

The opening match between Brazil and Croatia takes place in São Paulo, SP at 4pm EDT.

I predict that it will be a draw

 

[Mirasa45A]

Since this is in BRAZIL, I pick Brazil.

 

[simonplay]

Uruguay! :-D

 

[HuiZ]

Well... first match in there's already controversial penalty decision. Actually... not controversial, it was totally not a penalty at all.

Oh well, what's World Cup without silly refereeing decisions eh?

 

[Mirasa45A]

Well... first match in there's already controversial penalty decision. Actually... not controversial, it was totally not a penalty at all.

Oh well, what's World Cup without silly refereeing decisions eh?

Usually, the referees are PRO the host country in the World Cup !!

 

[HuiZ]

Usually, the referees are PRO the host country in the World Cup !!

Fear for their lives I guess!

 

[JB172]

Well... first match in there's already controversial penalty decision. Actually... not controversial, it was totally not a penalty at all.

Oh well, what's World Cup without silly refereeing decisions eh?

I seen the replay of that when I got home from work and that was just a brutual call, FIFA just can't go a day without some sort of negative issue.

 

[Mirasa45A]

Fear for their lives I guess!

YES -- for example : World Cup in 1978 in Argentina . it was Argentina Versus Holland -- Argentina was the winner. I remember the audience threw paper into the field ! The most famous player from Argentina in this game was Mario Kempes.

 

[HuiZ]

I seen the replay of that when I got home from work and that was just a brutual call, FIFA just can't go a day without some sort of negative issue.

The game could really go either way in the second half... it's the penalty that completely lifted the spirit of the whole Brazilian team.

I guess they will never introduce video technology to help make decisions like this. How else could people do match-fixing and have referees make bias decisions in the future?

 

[HuiZ]

Australia will need a massive miracle to progress in their group lol

 

[IdolCarrieAlwaysShines]

Brazil 3-1 Croatia.
I didn't predict well. There are 3 matches next day.

Mexico - Cameroon	in Natal, RN	noon EDT
Spain - the Netherlands	in Salvador, BA	3pm EDT
Chile - Australia	in Cuiabá, MT	6 pm EDT

I predict that Mexico and Chile will win and the defending champion Spain will have a draw

 

[IdolCarrieAlwaysShines]

Mexico 1-0 Cameroon

Group A standings after the first 2 matches

Ranking	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goals difference	Points
1	Brazil	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
2	Mexico	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
4	Croatia	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0

 

[IdolCarrieAlwaysShines]

Spain 1-5 the Netherlands

Chile 3-1 Australia

Group B standings after the first 2 matches

Ranking	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goals difference	Points
1	The Netherlands	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	3
2	Chile	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
3	Australia	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
4	Spain	1	0	0	1	1	5	-4	0

 

[IdolCarrieAlwaysShines]

4 matches on the third day

Colombia - Greece	in Belo Horizonte, MG	12 pm EDT
Uruguay - Costa Rica	in Fortaleza, CE	3 pm EDT
England - Italy	in Manaus, AM	6 pm EDT
Cote d'Ivoire - Japan	in Recife, PE	9 pm EDT

4 matches were played and I predicted 2 correctly. I predict that Colombia, Uruguay, Italy and Cote d'Ivoire will win

 

[Mirasa45A]

Uruguay! :-D

I am sorry that Uruguay lost to Costa Rica.

 

[JB172]

Lots of surprises over the first few days.

 

[JB172]

Just a little bit of drama in the US/Ghana game.

 

[teesharky]

That USA game was awesome! I admit I don't always follow the World Cup as USA never does very well. Lol but this year it is really interesting to me for some reason.

 

[JB172]

Memo to FIFA, when a guy is knocked out cold you might want to have a rule that says he can't go back into the game two minutes after he wakes up.