Yesterday the match day 2 started with Brazil and Mexico which fought hard for a win but had to settle for a tame nil-nil draw. The Scoreline but suggest either of the team would have parked the bus in front of the goal but both the teams played sensibly and tried for scoring and not settling for a draw or parking the bus. But the stand out performer yesterday was the Mexican Custodian Guillermo Ochoa. He pulled up a string of saves and in particular 6 saves that would have resulted in goal in 70% cases.
The best fact about the keeper was that "before the match he was a free agent looking for clubs and today there are top tier clubs which are looking for him".
With a point a piece The group A table is topped by Brazil followed by Mexico both teams with 4 points. Today Cameroon will take on Croatia Arena Amazonia, Manaus. Both teams will go for a win in order to stay alive to reach the knockout stages.
Cameroon Vs Croatia at Arena Amazonia, Manaus
Players to watch
Croatia: Mario Mandzukic and Luka Modric.
Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o (may start) and Alexander Song.
Prediction: Croatia win
Coming to Group B, its very clear in this group. Spain on all counts needs to win the match against Chile today in order to stay alive in the process to reach Knock out stages. Even a Draw would make Spain to be out of the tournament. On the other hand Netherlands just need a win to guarantee a spot in knock out phases.
| Group | Teams | Played | Won | lost | Draw | points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cameroon Vs Croatia at Arena Amazonia, Manaus
Players to watch
Croatia: Mario Mandzukic and Luka Modric.
Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o (may start) and Alexander Song.
Prediction: Croatia win
Coming to Group B, its very clear in this group. Spain on all counts needs to win the match against Chile today in order to stay alive in the process to reach Knock out stages. Even a Draw would make Spain to be out of the tournament. On the other hand Netherlands just need a win to guarantee a spot in knock out phases.
| Group | Teams | Played | Won | lost | Draw | points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| B | Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| B | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B | Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Spain vs Chile at Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro
Prediction: Chile to put good fight, match is quite unpredictable.
Players to watch:
Spain: Xavi Hernandez, Andreas Iniesta
Chile: Arthuro Vidal and Alexis Sanchez.
Netherlands vs Australia at Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Prediction: Netherlands win
Players to Watch:
Netherlands: Arjen Robben and Robin Van Persie
Australia: Tim Cahill
Lets see how the things shape and how the groups look like at the end of the day.
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Venkats
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