Blog Posts Tagged with: World Cup 2014
As we all know today is the day, the start of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The first game of the tournament is Brazil VS Croatia at 9PM UK time, and although Brazil have been heavily tipped to beat Croatia and also heavily tipped to win the tournament. However, Croatia are no push over’s, they have several good players including Modric of Real Madrid, Jelavic of Hull and Mandzukic of... Read more
With the World Cup fast approaching, the Football Agents at Football Agent and Sports Lawyers have grouped together to give their predictions on the World Cup open games.
Group A
Brazil VS Croatia
Here at Football Agents and Sports Lawyers we were all in agreement that we think Brazil will win the opening game. However, we could not agree on the overall score. We are sceptical on how good Brazil... Read more
Southampton Football Club have revealed that striker Jay Rodriguez will be out for around 6 months after scans revealed he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament after falling awkwardly in the 4-1 defeat to Manchester City.
The 24 year old was also in contention to make Roy Hodgson’s 23 man squad. However, this injury rules Rodriguez out of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Southampton director Les... Read more
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has today confirmed that referees will use a vanishing spray in the 2014 World Cup. The spray will be used once a free kick has been awarded. The referee will pace 9.15 meters before spraying the ground to determine where the wall should stand, minutes after the spray has been used the spray will vanish leaving no marks on the pitch.
The spray has been trailed at the... Read more
The 2014 World Cup group stages have been drawn in the last couple of minutes. England has been drawn in Group D along side Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Italy. England will be reasonably happy with the draw having missed out several of the big nations. Here are the 8 World Cup groups
GROUP A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon
GROUP B: Spain, Holland, Chile, Australia
GROUP C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory... Read more
