For four years the long-awaited 2014 World Cup has been going on, where the quarterfinal battles begin. "Eurofootball.com" presents various championship news every day until the end of the tournament.
The news includes predicted line-ups, player and coach comments, various photos, news from Brazilian cities, and the most interesting World Cup facts.
On Sunday evening in Brazil, two more quarterfinal matches will take place in the World Cup, after which the second quarterfinal pair will be revealed. In the earlier match, the winners of Group B, the Dutch, will meet with the Mexican team that finished second in Group A. In the other quarterfinal match, the Costa Rican and Greek teams will battle it out.
Predicted starting lineups:
Netherlands: Cillesseen; de Vrij, Vlaar, Martins Indi; Janmaat, Blind, de Jong, de Guzman, Sneijder; Robben, van Persie.
Mexico: Ochoa; Rodriguez, Marquez, Moreno; Aguilar, Layun, Herrera, Salcido, Guardado; Peralta, Dos Santos.
Costa Rica: Navas; Gamboa, Duarte, Gonzalez, Umana, Diaz; Ruiz, Borges, Tejeda, Bolanos, Campbell.
Greece: Glykos; Torosidis, Manolas, Sokratis, Holebas; Karagounis, Maniatis, Salpingidis, Samaris, Christodoulopoulos; Samaras.
French national team midfielder Yohanas Cabaye warns his teammates not to be arrogant before the quarterfinal match against Nigeria.
"It's good to be ambitious, but it's risky to say that we will win the World Cup. Confidence in our abilities should not turn into arrogance."
The meeting between France and Nigeria will take place on Monday evening, 19:00 Lithuanian time. (AP photo).
Colombian national team strategist Jose Pekerman spared no praise for team leader James Rodriguez, who became the top scorer of the World Cup with 5 goals on Sunday night. His double led the Colombians to victory against the Uruguayan team.
"I never doubted that this would be James's championship. What surprises me the most is that being so young, he faces no problems in doing things that other players understand only after many years," - said the team's strategist. (REUTERS photo).
