Spain vs Chile Prediction – June 17
After being routed by the Netherlands in its opening match, Spain is aiming to avoid an embarrassing group-stage elimination against Chile on Wednesday.
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After being routed by the Netherlands in its opening match, Spain is aiming to avoid an embarrassing group-stage elimination against Chile on Wednesday.
Netherland Looks to Punch Ticket to Round of 16 – Play Australia in Match #18
The Netherlands will look to parlay a shocking result in their first Group B match against Spain when they play the weak cousin of the Group – Australia on June 18.
It might have taken a little while and there was a bit of controversy but the home squad got off to a solid start in beating Croatia 3-1.
There has been tremendous build up for this World Cup for Belgium. There is no doubting this is a very good team but since it is new for Belgium to be a favourite many are wondering how their talented team will respond.
Russia is not the favourite in their group but they have a nice chance to advance. The key will be getting this victory over Korea, a match that many expect to be close.
Not much is expected of this Iran team at the World Cup. In some tuneup matches heading into the event they were far from impressive with draws against Belarus, Montenegro and Angola as well as a win over Trinidad in their final match.
This is the 4th time that Algeria has qualified for the World Cup. It should come as no surprise that the results have not been great.
Argentina is one of the favourites. They are one of the most talented teams in world with maybe the best player in the world in Lionel Messi.
Korea has been one of the most successful Asian teams having participated in the last 8 World Cups. In 2002 they co hosted with Japan though it was still a surprise that they stormed their way to a 4th place finish.
After enjoying a lot of international success in the 1980’s and 1990’s – a golden generation – Belgium has missed the last few World Cups. Their best finish was in 1986 at Mexico – 4th. It was the only time they made it past the round of 16.
Making a deep run at the World Cup is always tough, especially when two sides know that advancing to the knockout stages hinges heavily on winning their opening match of the tournament.
Given the political history of the USSR Russia is a relative newbie on the international soccer scene. They have only qualified twice before in the USA (1994) and in Korea/Japan (2002).
The World Cup kicks off this week when the host country Brazil opens the tournament with a match against one of the two teams that will be fighting for the second spot in Group A and a place in the knock-out stage of the tournament – Croatia.
Perhaps the biggest match in Group A takes place June 13 when Mexico takes on Cameroon to determine which team could join Brazil in the knock-out stage of World Cup 2014. Mexico, Cameroon and Croatia will likely be in a heated battle for the second qualifying spot in Group A.
Chile and Australia kick off their World Cup 2014 campaign June 13 – each team looking for the second qualifying spot in Group B – the #1 spot has all but been conceded to the Spanish who are the class of the Group.
The two teams that met in the 2010 World Cup Final meet on day 2 of World Cup 2014 when the defending Champs Spain takes on the Netherlands, a team that figures to be battling just to move on past the Group stage this year.