Mexico got just rewards for their attacking intent when Oribe Peralta's 61st minute strike gave them a 1-0 win over Cameroon in their World Cup opener at a rain-saturated Dunas arena on Friday.
Defending champions Spain will start their 2014 World Cup in Group B against Netherlands on Friday and Spain's goalkeeper Iker Casillas believes the Dutch side will be largely relying on their attacking triangle including Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder and Robin van Persie.
Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas is leaving Barcelona to return to London, signing a five-year deal with Chelsea that will put him up against his former club Arsenal.
Four years ago Spain and the Netherlands played the World Cup final in South Africa, and on Friday both teams meet again in Salvador in group stage.
After a Brazilian samba during the second part of the opening ceremony, a small boy, dressed as a referee, appeared and blew his whistle.
Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura was the toast of Brazil and the curse of Croatia on Thursday after his contentious penalty award proved decisive in helping the home side to a 3-1 opening day win in the World Cup.
Neymar gave Brazil a winning start to its home World Cup, scoring twice to lead the host nation to a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Croatia in the opening game on Thursday.
Neymar gave Brazil a winning start to its home World Cup, scoring twice to lead the host nation to a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Croatia in the opening game on Thursday.
Despite the national team failing to qualify, soccer-related articles dominate the Internet, television, radio, newspapers and social networking sites.
The World Cup is just around the corner. If you are one of those loyal football fans, you might have already started to note the game schedules and have already planned how to spend those exciting hours watching football.
It might be very odd to associate China with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, given that the country has only qualified once, and that was 12 years ago.
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