Four years awaited 2014 World Cup continues, with a total of 32 national teams competing. "Eurofootball.com" provides various championship news daily until the end of the tournament.
The news includes predicted line-ups, player and coach comments, various photos, news from cities in Brazil, and the most interesting World Cup facts.
On Friday in Brazil, three group stage matches will be played. Italy will face Costa Rica (19:00), Switzerland will play against France (22:00), and Honduras will compete with Ecuador (01:00).
Predicted starting line-ups:
Italy: Buffon, De Sciglio, Paletta, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Rossi, Marchisio, Verratti, Pirlo, Balotelli, Candreva.
Costa Rica: Navas, Gamboa, Gonzalez, Umana, Diaz, Bolanos, Borges, Tejeda, Ruiz, Duarte, Campbell.
Switzerland: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Djourou, Von Bergen, Rodriguez, Inler, Behrami, Stocker, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Drmič.
France: Lloris, Debuchy, Varane, Koscielny, Evra, Matuidi, Cabaye, Pogba, Griezmann, Benzema, Vabuena.
Honduras: Valladares, Beckeles, Bernardez, Figueroa, Izaguirre, Espinoza, Garcia, Garrido, Najar, Bengtson, Costly.
Ecuador: Dominguez, Paredes, Guangua, Erazo, Ayovi, A.Valencia, Gruezo, Noboa, Montero, Caicedo, E.Valencia.
After the match between Ivory Coast and Colombia, reports in the press claimed that Serey Die, who was crying during the anthems ceremony before the match, lost his father 2 hours before the start of the game. However, the player himself denied these claims after the match. The African player stated that his father passed away in 2004, and he was crying out of pride.
In the English media, information spread yesterday that a group of Englishmen was attacked in a bar in San Paulo before the England-Uruguay match. It is reported that the attackers had knives, mouthguards, rockets, and drugs. About 10 Englishmen were injured.
During the World Cup, the Ivorian national team players Kolo and Yaya Toure, wearing armbands, lost their brother. It is announced that Ibrahim Toure, aged 28, passed away after battling cancer.
An octopus in Regina, the capital of Germany, predicted at an event that the Ghanaian national team would defeat the Germans, who humiliated the Portuguese players with a score of 4-0. (AFP photo)
