On one hand, all the top contenders to the world cup are beginning their Brazil campaign with flying colors, there are few who are still fighting with their own problems, like injuries to star players, and that is why they are little nervous to perform as expected by the fans. We are talking about Uruguayan side and their debacle start in the tourney where they lost to Costa Rica surprisingly with a 3-1 margin and guess whom this side had been missing throughout the game? Yes, you guessed it right; it is Liverpool’s heavyweight Luis Suarez who is still not fully recovered off his pretournament injury. In fact, if manager Oscar Tabarez’s vibes are to be believed he could miss the entire event though not confirmed by anyone officially. Unlike other probables to take the crown, more than a century old team could not prove that they are among the few who have been ruling this FIFA event since a century ago. They conceived three goals and fired just one that too by Edinson Cavani in the … [Read more...]

Though a world cup is a month long event, but initial matches are always important for every team coz this is the phase when psychological battles are decided, i.e., if you could win your first two games, especially against a tough opponent, your next journey is powered by unprecedented moral boost and this is what seems to be happening with Netherlands who impressively crushed defending champion Spain in the opener. It was like a firing attempt by the Louis van Gaal side and more importantly the role its key players played is just amazing. Remarkably, Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben scored two goals each while one goal was fired by Stefan de Vrij. For Spanish side, it was Xabi Alonso who scored the first goal of the match, but opponents proved to be too strong for them. The triumph is especially important coz Netherlands came from behind and almost lost the battle when Alonso beautifully found the net in the twenty seventh minute. Again, if we look at who has been dominating over … [Read more...]

Standing with the aspirations of millions of fans across the world, Brazil, the host of 2014 FIFA world cup, proved why they are pressing contender for the first home FIFA event in more than five decades. They ruled the full ninety minutes and never led their counterpart take the lead psychological or otherwise and kept firing the goals. Guess who is the hero of emphatic victory? Yes, you guessed it right, Neymar, the sensational striker scored two out of three brilliant goals, though one of them caused controversy regarding penalty to Fed, and third one was the power stroke from the Oscar that fired the skyline at Sao Paulo. The only good thing for Croatia in the game has been the opening lead they could manage to gain in the eleventh minute thanks to Marcelo who fired an own goal and gave unexpected advantage to visitors. In less than twenty minutes, Barca’s great Neymar leveled the scorecard. Score kept even by the last moments until former Santos starlet find another opportunity, … [Read more...]

While everyone is talking about few centric players and their show in this world cup, there are also few others who are in the race to achieve the unparalleled feat of scoring maximum number of goals in FIFA event. German forward, 36-year-old Miroslav Klose is one such player who could soon be the player to score more than 15 goals in the event as he is trailing by just one to Ronaldo’s best in the flagship event. In fact, Polish is confident he could soon attract everyone’s attention when he will score the most awaiting goal in his career. However, when asked if he is willing to overcome another German great Gerd Mueller’s record, he does not believe he is near to parallel the former great as he had been the most charitable part in German history. Though, he has smashed Mueller’s Germany record in the last month itself but team boss Joachim Loew expects him to achieve more feats especially by ruling the maximum world cup goals record. Playing in his last world cup, this mega scorer … [Read more...]

Giving a big shock to all the Brazilian fans, Neymar sustained a minor ankle injury during the training session ahead of their first world cup match just three days ahead. It could have been the biggest shock, had it been true coz later the injury found to be just a minor one and 22-year-old sensational forward quickly managed to heal off it and proved it by powering a brilliant free kick. Actually, when his ankle injury news was flashed by the live reporters, everyone stunned to see how it would be or is there any reason to doubt his participation in the first world cup in Brazil after nearly five decades, but for the good of Brazilian soccer, it turned out to be just a media sensation. Notable, Neymar is among the most look-forward players in this world cup after signing a mega deal for Spanish giant Barcelona. In fact, he has been more famous for his contract dispute then whatever he did on the field. He got the world recognition after being caught in by the Santos, his former club, … [Read more...]