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    Posted: 15 May 2014 at 10:18pm
Maybe worth a thread per Group - so will kick of with Group A - Brazil, Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon

Brazil - Croatia
Mexico - Cameroon

Brazil - Mexico
Cameroon - Croatia

Croatia - Mexico
Cameroon - Brazil

On the surface looks a straight forward group for Brazil. When look into in any detail it gets even easier.

Croatia, from 2012, we know are a decent team but have underperformed in qualifiers. Will that decline continue or was loosing to Scotland just a blip with new the manager bringing a freshness needed?

Mexico results were poor in qualifying but were impressive in winning the Olympics 2 years ago, so hard to figure how they will perform.

I don't know a much about Cameroon, but if Eto'o is still the main man for them, then I don't see them providing any real challenge to the other 3.

Brazil and Croatia to qualify in that order.
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12 June 2014
Brazil v Croatia, Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 21:00 (ITV)

13 June 2014
Mexico v Cameroon, Arena das Dunas, Natal, 17:00 (ITV)

17 June 2014
Brazil v Mexico, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 20:00 (BBC)

18 June 2014
Cameroon v Croatia, Arena Amazonia, Manaus, 23:00 (ITV)

23 June 2014
Cameroon v Brazil, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 21:00 (ITV)

23 June 2014
Croatia v Mexico, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, 21:00 (ITV)


Brazil
Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Toronto FC/on loan from QPR), Jefferson (Botafogo), Victor (Atletico Mineiro).
Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (AS Roma), Maxwell & Thiago Silva (both Paris St-Germain), David Luiz (Chelsea), Dante (Bayern Munich), Henrique (Napoli).
Midfielders: Paulinho (Tottenham Hotspur), Ramires (Chelsea), Willian (Chelsea), Oscar (Chelsea), Hernanes (Inter Milan), Luiz Gustavo (Wolfsburg), Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Forwards: Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk), Neymar (Barcelona), Fred (Fluminense), Jo (Atletico Mineiro), Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg).


Cameroon Provisional
Goalkeepers: Charles Itandje (Konyaspor), Guy Roland Ndy Assembe ( Guingamp), Sammy Ndjock (Fethiyespor), Feudjou Loic (Coton Sport).
Defenders: Allan Nyom (Granada), Nounkeu Dany (Besiktas), Cedric Djeugoue (Coton Sport), Aurelien Chedjou (Galatasaray), Nicolas Nkoulou (Marseille), Jean-Armel Kana-Biyick (Rennes), Henri Bedimo (Lyon), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (QPR), Gaetang Bong (Olympiakos).
Midfielders: Enoh Eyong (Antalyaspor), Jean Makoun (Rennes), Joel Matip (Schalke 04), Stephane Mbia (Sevilla, on loan from QPR), Landry Nguemo (Bordeaux), Alexandre Song (Barcelona), Cedric Loe (Osasuna), Edgar Salli (Lens).
Forwards: Samuel Eto’o (Chelsea), Eric-Maxime Choupo-Moting (Mainz 05), Benjamin Moukandjo (Nancy), Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient), Pierre Achille Webo (Fenerbahce), Mohamadou Idrissou (Kaiserslautern), Fabrice Olinga (Zulte Waregem).


Croatia Provisional
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov), Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Oliver Zelenika (Dinamo Zagreb).
Defenders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Dejan Lovren (Southampton), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Gordon Schildenfeld (Panathinaikos), Danijel Pranjic (Panathinaikos), Ivan Strinic (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev), Sime Vrsaljko (Genoa), Igor Bubnjic (Udinese).
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla), Niko Kranjcar (Queens Park Rangers), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev), Ivan Perisic (Vfl Wolfsburg), Mateo Kovacic (Inter Milan), Milan Badelj (Hamburg), Ivo Ilicevic (Hamburg), Marcelo Brozovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Mocinic (Rijeka), Mario Pasalic (Hajduk Split), Sammir (Getafe).
Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich), Ivica Olic (Vfl Wolfsburg), Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikica Jelavic (Hull City), Ante Rebic (Fiorentina), Duje Cop (Dinamo Zagreb).


Mexico
Goalkeepers: Jose de Jesus Corona (Cruz Azul), Guillermo Ochoa (Ajaccio), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca).
Defenders: Miguel Layun (America), Carlos Salcido (Tigres), Paul Aguilar (America), Andres Guardado (Bayer Leverkusen), Hector Moreno (Espanyol), Francisco Javier Rodriguez (America), Diego Reyes (Porto), Rafael Marquez (Leon).
Midfielders: Juan Carlos Medina (America), Jose Juan Vazquez (Leon), Luis Montes (Leon), Hector Herrera (Porto), Isaac Brizuela (Toluca), Marco Fabian (Cruz Azul), Carlos Pena (Leon).
Forwards: Oribe Peralta (Santos), Javier Hernandez (Manchester United), Giovani dos Santos (Villarreal), Raul Jimenez (America), Alan Pulido (Tigres).
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Should be straight forward for the hosts, leaving the other 3 to fight it out. Cameroon just aren't strong enogh anymore and are reliant on Eto'o who no longer looks up to it. Nice to see one of the sons of their Italia 90 heroes keeping on the traditikn though. Thus between tow teams with a very unpredictable qualifying campaign and recent manager change, or changes in Mexico's case. I think Croatia will have slightly more stability and nous but the game between them is one I look forward to, anything could happen
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

I see some websites have a Sean lynch in the Croatian squad :).

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First test today for Corinthians' stadium which is hosting the Brazil-Croatia opener, the roof won't be fully finished but that's not a requirement.





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that's fairly embarrassing...they won't be able to do much more before the start of the wc.
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Looking at the stadium design online, that "roof" seems to be by design.

There is something like 15,000 temp seats added to boost capacity for the opening game (looks like you can see some in the second pic). Still though, that stadium is going to host a semi with that arrangement.

Would have though there are better venues worthy of a world cup semi final, ahead of a glorified bucket seats on scaffolding job. Wonder how safe that upper tier will be? 
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Blanco played 38 minutes for Mexico last night against Israel in a farewell appearance. Thought I was seeing things when I turned on the game last night, not often you see 41 year olds playing international football.
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More riots in rio last night

Cant feckin wait till the first game. Could be a belter.
Croatia at 11/1 anyone??
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Originally posted by erimus erimus wrote:

More riots in rio last night

Cant feckin wait till the first game. Could be a belter.
Croatia at 11/1 anyone??
 
 
cameroon beat argentina that time , it could be a bet
 
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Originally posted by Mulvanystrasse Mulvanystrasse wrote:

Blanco played 38 minutes for Mexico last night against Israel in a farewell appearance. Thought I was seeing things when I turned on the game last night, not often you see 41 year olds playing international football.

Unless he did his trick it was a wasted appearance Cool
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Looks absoloutely shocking without the roof and its an embarresment for FIFA and for Brazil
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Originally posted by Guf10 Guf10 wrote:


Looks absoloutely shocking without the roof and its an embarresment for FIFA and for Brazil


The top tiers at either end are temporary and were never going to be covered. The parts of the roof that aren't finished are just bits of glass that need to be filled in.


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Very weak group, which Brazil should walk.

Cameroon - Lowest ranked team in the whole tournament
Mexico - Last qualifier in CONCACAF via playoff.
Croatia - Last qualifier for UEFA playoffs.
 
Should make for good games, but whoever gets out in 2nd should be a cakewalk for Spain in 2nd round.
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Cameroon squad went on strike this morning because of pay.

Still have yet to depart for Rio, I'd not be surprised if it was Eto'o who spearheaded the strike.
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