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German star Thomas Mueller admitted he was in shock Tuesday after his team romped to an incredible 7-1 thrashing of Brazil to reach the World Cup final. “This was not to be expected,” the Bayern Munich star exclaimed after his team trounced the World Cup hosts. “I don’t know what to say to be
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Germany coach Joachim Loew says his team’s clinical response to Brazilian emotion laid the foundation of their stunning 7-1 victory. Brazil had gone into the match amid a mood of feverish national expectation and strident rallying cries to win for injured striker Neymar. A hair-raising
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Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari took responsibility for Germany’s 7-1 thrashing of his star-studded side that took him to rock bottom in a career that has seen spectacular highs as well as controversy. “I think it was the worst day of my life,” said the 65-year-old. The result, one of the biggest
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — Another semifinal is another battle of nerves for Joachim Loew, who risks becoming Germany’s nearly man. After eight years in charge of Die Mannschaft, Loew so far has one previous World Cup semi-final, the 2008 European Championship final and the Euro 2012 semi-final to
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Neymar and the Brazilian football confederation denied media reports that the striker could undergo special treatment on his fractured vertebra to try to play in the World Cup final if the tournament hosts make it that far.
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If a scan on Sunday confirms Argentina midfielder Angel Di Maria is out of the World Cup it would be a significant blow to the South Americans’ hopes of winning the tournament for the third time.
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1 Manuel Neuer Germany Cristiano Ronaldo got an early clue that this was not going to be his tournament when Neuer produced a superb save from a stoppage-time free-kick to prevent Portugal from salvaging even a sliver of consolation from their crushing defeat by Germany. But it is not his shot-stopping that has distinguished Neuer, […]
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BRAZIL. — France marched into the World Cup quarter-finals after shading an absorbing contest against Nigeria in Brazil courtesy of Paul Pogba’s header. Les Bleus had been kept at bay by the African side for much of the match, and given a few scares of their own, before a spell of intense pressure led to […]
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — Neymar is a fitness worry for Brazil’s World Cup soccer quarter-final match against Colombia after Luiz Felipe Scolari voiced his annoyance at the “treatment” the hosts’ star man was receiving.
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — James Rodriguez scored a contender for goal of the tournament and put the finishing touch to a sweet, flowing attacking raid as Colombia beat a toothless Uruguay 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup soccer finals for the first time on Saturday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari said his team were “three steps from heaven” after beating Chile on penalties to reach the World Cup soccer quarter-finals on Saturday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — Diego Forlan isn’t ready to announce his retirement from international football, even though he knows that at his age the clock is certainly ticking. The 35-year-old Forlan, who was voted the top player of the 2010 World Cup, played sparingly this time for Uruguay — each time as a substitute for […]
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RIBEIRAO PRETO. — Nigeria head coach Stephen Keshi has thrown down the gauntlet to his stars that they must defeat former world soccer champions, France, today. The match kicks-off at 6pm.
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MANGARATIBA. — It was back in 1982 that Germany and Austria played out what went down in the history books as the “Disgrace of Gijon” to eliminate Algeria from the World Cup soccer finals.
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BELO HORIZONTE. — The second phase of the 2014 World Cup soccer finals gets underway today with arguably the pick of the Round of 16 matches. Hosts Brazil, who have largely underwhelmed so far in their quest to deliver the trophy to an expectant nation, take on South American rivals Chile, responsible for