For four years now, the long-awaited 2014 World Cup has been going on, with a total of 32 national teams competing. "Eurofootball.com" provides various championship news every day until the end of the tournament.
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On Tuesday evening, two more quarter-final pairs will be revealed at the World Cup. Today, four matches will be played in which teams from groups C and D will compete. In Group C, Colombia, already guaranteed a place in the next stage, will meet the team of Japan, and the Ivory Coast national team will face the Greeks. In Group D, a direct fight for a place in the quarterfinals will take place between the national teams of Uruguay and Italy, and the English team will say goodbye to the championship in a match against perhaps the biggest surprise of the tournament, Costa Rica.
Predicted starting lineups:
Costa Rica: Navas; Gamboa, Duarte, Gonzalez, Umana, Diaz; Ruiz, Borges, Tejeda, Bolanos; Campbell.
England: Foster; Jones, Smalling, Cahill, Shaw; Wilshere, Lamaprd, Barkley, Milner, Lallana; Sturridge.
Italy: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Darmian, De Sciglio, Verratti, Pirlo, Marchisio; Immobile, Balotelli.
Uruguay: Muslera; Caceres, Gimenez, Godin, Pereira; Rodriguez, Rios, Gonzalez, Lodeiro; Cavani, Suarez.
Japan: Kawashima; Uchida, Yoshida, Morishige, Nagatomo; Endo, Yamaguchi, Okazaki, Honda, Kagawa; Osako.
Colombia: Ospinal; Zuniga, Yepes, Zapata, Arias; Sanchez, Aguilar, Ibarbo, Rodriguez, Quintero; Martinez.
Greece: Karnezis; Torosidis, Sokratis, Manolas, Holebas; Salpingidis, Kone, Maniatis, Karagounis, Samaras; Gekas.
Ivory Coast: Barry; Aurier, Toure, Bamba, Boka; Tiote, Die, Toure, Gervinho, Kalou; Drogba.
Tournament C group table:
Place Team Played Points Goal Diff.
1. Colombia 2 6 +4
2. Ivory Coast 2 3 0
3. Japan 2 1 -1
4. Greece 2 1 -3
Tournament D group table:
Place Team Played Points Goal Diff.
1. Costa Rica 2 6 +3
2. Italy 2 3 0
3. Uruguay 2 3 -1
4. England 2 0 -2
The match between the USA and Portugal, which ended in a draw 2-2, was watched by a record 25 million Americans, according to reports. (BBC photo)
David Villa said goodbye to the Spanish national team. Representing "La Furia Roja," the striker has scored 59 goals in 97 matches. (Guardian photo)
