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'Brazil without Neymar are very ordinary' By George Ankers Jun 17, 2014 3:30:00 PM Ex-England boss Glenn Hoddle feels that the World Cup hosts were "very lucky" to beat Croatia in the opening game and argues that there is too much pressure on their key man Former England manager Glenn...

Boateng: Ghana must beat Germany By Andrew Wychrij Jun 17, 2014 8:46:00 PM The Schalke midfielder lamented the Black Stars' failure to overcome the United States on Monday evening, insisting that victory is now essential against Joachim Low's men Kevin-Prince Boateng expressed his...

Kagawa: Japan ready for attacking Greece By Matthew Rogerson Jun 17, 2014 6:33:00 PM The Manchester United midfielder believes opening-game defeats for both sides mean their clash in Natal will see the sides attempt to take the game to one another Japan's Shinji Kagawa expects World Cup...

Postecoglou: Australia can't sit back against flying Dutchmen By Matheus Harb in Porto Alegre Jun 17, 2014 6:27:00 PM Sitting back against the Oranje is a recipe for disaster, according to the Socceroos boss, who knows his team will have to improve from their Chile showing Australia...

Eto'o 'won't succumb to blackmail' over allegations Jun 17, 2014 11:00:00 PM The 33-year-old has been accused of "treason" for his role in a pre-tournament strike over bonus payments, but says he will soon "come up hard" on the people behind the headlines By Sam Lee at the Arena da...

Eto'o: I need a 'miracle' to face Croatia By Steve Blues Jun 17, 2014 4:07:00 PM The Cameroon striker says a persistent knee problem means it is now unlikely he will be available for his side's crunch World Cup Group A clash with Croatia on Wednesday Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o believes...

Sampaoli: We want to send Spain home Jun 17, 2014 9:32:00 PM The 54-year-old hopes to send the world champions out of the tournament at the Maracana and will make a late decision on Arturo Vidal's fitness By Greg Stobart at Estadio Maracana Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli says it would be...

Del Bosque: We were complacent against Netherlands Jun 17, 2014 10:42:00 PM The 63-year-old has admitted his players may have approached their World Cup opener with the wrong attitude and insists his side's fate is in their own hands By Greg Stobart at Estadio Maracana Vicente del...

Vidal: I'll be fit to face Spain By Alex Fisher Jun 17, 2014 2:30:00 PM The 27-year-old underwent knee surgery last month but is confident he will be able to feature in the clash at the Maracana Arturo Vidal is confident he will be fit for Chile's crucial World Cup clash with Spain and that...

Stimac: We went naked but didn't get caught By Kris Voakes in Brazil Jun 17, 2014 6:43:00 PM The former Croatia international has told the current crop of national stars to be careful after they were pictured skinny-dipping by journalists Ex-World Cup star Igor Stimac has told the...

Buffon returns to Italy training By Alex Fisher Jun 17, 2014 6:13:00 PM The 36-year-old's injury is not as serious as first thought and there was also good news regarding Mattia De Sciglio, Daniele De Rossi and Andrea Barzagli Italy have been given a huge boost ahead of their World Cup...

Mandzukic return a huge boost to Croatia, says Pranjic By Alex Fisher Jun 17, 2014 6:02:00 PM The Bayern Munich man returns from suspension for his side's all or nothing clash with Cameroon in Manaus on Wednesday Croatia midfielder Danijel Pranjic expects his side to pose more of an...

Colombia lose Bacca for group stage games By Peter Hanson Jun 17, 2014 5:04:00 PM The Sevilla forward has sustained a muscle injury that looks set to keep him out of his side's clashes with Cote d'Ivoire and Japan Colombia striker Carlos Bacca is set to miss the rest the remainder of his...

Brazil 0-0 Mexico: Seleccao held in stalemate Jun 17, 2014 9:50:00 PM Luiz Felipe Scolari's men failed to take their chances throughout the 90 minutes as they and El Tri shared the spoils Brazil failed to impress in Fortaleza on Tuesday as the hosts and favourites to lift the World Cup...

Belgium show Manchester United how to use Fellaini Jun 17, 2014 9:50:00 PM The much-maligned midfielder emerged from the bench to change the course of the game against Algeria, revelling in a role much more suited to his talents By Ben Hayward at the Estadio Mineirao Marouane...

Belgium show Manchester United how to use Fellaini Jun 17, 2014 9:50:00 PM The much-maligned midfielder emerged from the bench to change the course of the game against Algeria, revelling in a role much more suited to his talents By Ben Hayward at the Estadio Mineirao Marouane Fellaini...

Belgium 2-1 Algeria: Fellaini and Mertens seal World Cup comeback Jun 17, 2014 6:49:00 PM Sofiane Feghouli scored the opener from the spot, but Marc Wilmots' men turned up their game in the second-half to defeat the African nation World Cup dark horses Belgium bounced back from going a goal...

Can't rule out there's no kelong but cases come to light only month or years later.

Belgium, like Argentina is overrated.

Why is an Algeria victory or draw an upset? :confused: Their form in their last 13 games is W10 D2 L1.