Wednesday, 25 June 2014

BRAZIL 2014 Update: Hey Suarez, this time, it might be two years!

Luis Suarez, Uruguay and Liverpool striker, and one of the finest footballers in the world has recently made himself know also as a serial biter.

During the decider-match between his country and Italy, in the 79th minute of the match (still 0-0 at this time), Suarez jostled the italian defender, Girogio Chienilli and suddenly "grabbed a big chunk of his shoulder for launch"; i guess it didn't taste so good as he sat on the field, expressing some pains he claimed to have sustained in his tooth thereafter. Not so long to this moment did Godin, the Uruguayan team captain scored the only goal of the match which saw Italy off.

FIFA has now opened disciplinary proceedings after this bite and the Uruguayan this time, might face a two-year ban after proper ivestigation.

Yes, "this time"!! Don't forget this isn't the first tme Suarez will be punished for this same offence.
The controversial striker, prior this latest biting, has been charged three times - two times for biting opposition players and once for his racial abuse on Patrice Evra.
He was banned  for a number of matches and fined for each offence.

The italians will never find it funny with him especially after they eventually lost the match and got eliminated from the competition.
It wasn't funny during the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan  when they were beaten on a golden goal rule by S/Korea.

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

BRAZIL 2014 update: Two Africa out; Three left struggling

The previous day had seen Cameroun, one of the five African Countries in the Mundial "cruising" below the Group A table, after they were being mauled by Brazil, 4 goals to 1. Neymar was on target twice while Fred and Fernandihno got their first goals of the competition to comfortably place the hosts top of the table by goal differences.

GROUP A
1. Brazil 7
2. Mexico 7
3. Croatia 3
4. Cameroon 0

Meanwhile, it was a sad day for the Ivorians as they were painfully ejected from the competition by Greece. They were still qualified for the knock-out stage until the 93rd (injury time) minute of the game when Samaras converted a penalty kick to nullify Bony Wilfried's 73rd minute equalizer and moved the Europeans from 4th to 2nd since on the other side, Colombia had already brushed Japan aside, to send themselves to the top of Group C table with the maximum points.

GROUP C
1. Colombia 9
2. Greece 4
3 Cote d'ivoire 3
4. Japan 1

FIXTURES
Brazil vs Chile on 28th June at Belo Hoizonte 16:00GMT; 17:00WAT
Netherlands vMexico on 29th June at Estadio Fortaleza 16:00GMT; 17:00WAT
Colombia vs Uruguay on 28th June at Maracana 20:00GMT;  21:00WAT
Costa Rica vs Greece 29th June at Arena Pernambuco Recife
20:00GMT; 21:00WAT

More fixtures to come as qualified teams are decided.