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Group D Costa Rica Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas (Levante), Patrick Pemberton (Alajuelense) Daniel Cambronero (Herediano). Defenders: Johnny Acosta (Alajuelense), Giancarlo Gonzalez (Columbus Crew), Michael Umana...

Group D Uruguay Uruguay coach Óscar Tabárez 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama), Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad). Defenders: Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica), Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion), Diego Godin, Jose Maria...

Group D Italy Italy coach Cesare Prandelli's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Mattia Perin (Genoa), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain) Defenders: Ignazio Abate (Milan), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio...

Group C Japan Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni's 23-man squad World Cup Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo) Defenders: Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Masato Morishige...

Group C Colombia Radamel Falcao has been ruled out of contention. Colombia coach José Pékerman names preliminary 30-man for World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: David Ospina (Nice), Faryd Mondragon (Deportivo Cali), Camilo Vargas (Santa Fe). Defenders: Mario Yepes (Atalanta), Cristian Zapata...

Group C Ivory Coast Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Boubacar Barry (Lokeren), Sylvain Gbohouo (Sewe Sport), Sayouba Mande (Stabaek) Defenders: Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Toulouse), Serge Aurier (Toulouse), Souleyman Bamba (Trabzonspor)...

Group C Greece Greece coach Fernando Santos's 23-man squad for World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos) Defenders: Kostas Manolas, Jose Holebas (both Olympiakos), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund)...

Group B Spain Spain coach Vicente del Bosque's 23-man squad for World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), David De Gea (Manchester United) Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Raul Albiol (Napoli), Javi Martinez...

Group B Australia Australia coach Ange Postecoglou names his 27-man provisional squad for World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Mat Ryan (Club Bruges), Mitchell Langerak (Borussia Dortmund), Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United). Defenders: Jason Davidson (Heracles Almelo), Matthew Spiranovic...

Group B Holland Holland's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Jasper Cillessen (Ajax), Tim Krul (Newcastle), Michel Vorm (Swansea) Defenders: Daley Blind (Ajax), Daryl Janmaat (Feyenoord), Terence Kongolo (Feyenoord), Bruno Martins Indi (Feyenoord), Joel Veltman (Ajax)...

Group B Chile Chile's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad), Johnny Herrera (Universidad de Chile), Cristopher Toselli (Universidad Catolica) Defenders: Gary Medel (Cardiff City), Jose Rojas (Universidad de Chile), Eugenio Mena (Santos), Gonzalo...

Group A Cameroon Cameroon's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Charles Itandje (Konyaspor), Sammy Ndjock (Fetihespor), Loic Feudjou (Coton Sport) Defenders: Allan Nyom (Granada), Dany Nounkeu (Besiktas), Cedric Djeugoue (Coton Sport), Aurelien Chedjou (Galatasaray)...

Group A Croatia Croatia coach Niko Kovac's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov), Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Oliver Zelenika (Dinamo Zagreb). Defenders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Dejan Lovren (Southampton), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow)...

Group A Mexico Mexico coach Miguel Herrera's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Jose de Jesus Corona (Cruz Azul), Guillermo Ochoa (Ajaccio), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca) Defenders: Miguel Layun (America), Carlos Salcido (Tigres), Paul Aguilar (America), Andres...

Group A Brazil Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Toronto FC), Jefferson (Botafogo), Victor (Atletico Mineiro) Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (AS Roma), Maxwell, Thiago Silva...

Xavi in 2006.... Xavi in 2014. Spot the difference.

A 22-year-old Van Persie in 2006 looks like a boy in comparison to the seasoned veteran he is in 2014.

He was considered a world class attacking threat at the age of 20 in 2006 and not much has changed in 2014. Rooney will be leading the line for England in Brazil in 2014.

The leader of la révolution against former national team coach, Raymond Domenech during the 2010 World Cup is probably quite fortunate to be in contention for a place in 2014 after receiving a ban for going on strike during the tournament in South Africa.

Philipp Lahm will hope to start the World Cup in Brazil in the same way he started the World Cup in Germany: by scoring the goal of the tournament. He is still the first choice at left back for Germany in 2014.