World Cup 2014 group finals have been
drawn this Friday and there were some interesting pairing which should
provide nothing but entertainment for football lovers all over the globe
with tough nations being placed in the same group. Group D can be
considered as one of those interesting setup with three former
champions, England, Italy along with Uruguay being paired up along with
Concacaf side, Costa Rica. On paper those three nations would be
competing hard for a place in the knock out stages, but Costa Rica can’t
be taken for granted as surprise is not an uncommon thing in this type
of event.
Meanwhile, home team, Brazil have a
tricky test as they are being paired with Croatia, Mexico along with
Cameroon, although based on recent form, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s men
should still be strong favorites in advancing from group A, but they
must put a strong focus on all of their opponents. Another difficult
group is being handed to United States as they will be facing Germany,
Portugal along with African giant, Ghana in Group G.
Defending champions, Spain are set to
battle with Holland, Australia and also Chile in Group B, this setup
should also provide some interesting matches and give some challenge for
Vicente Del Bosque’s side. France national side can considered
themselves being drawn in a relatively ‘light’ group as they are being
paired with Switzerland, Ecuador along with Honduras.
While there is a number of close groups which appear too tight to call,
much-fancied underdogs Belgium would face one of the easier groups
having been pooled together in Group H with Algeria, Mexico and Bosnia.
With Belgium currently experiencing its own ‘golden generation’ with the
likes of Christian Benteke, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku shining in
the Premier League among many of their international team-mates, they
have been tipped for an unlikely appearance in the latter stages of the
tournament.
Here is the complete Drawing for World Cup 2014 Finals:
GROUP A - Brazil, Italy, France, Australia.
GROUP B - Uruguay, Nigeria, USA, Croatia.
GROUP C - Argentina, Ghana, Costa Rica, Russia.
GROUP D - Switzerland, Chile, Japan, Greece.
GROUP E - Spain, Ivory Coast, South Korea, England.
GROUP F - Colombia, Cameroon, Honduras, Holland.
GROUP G - Germany, Ecuador, Iran, Portugal.
GROUP H - Belgium, Algeria, Mexico, Bosnia.
