The World Cup is live in Spanish with a live stream online from Univision and the company is airing all of the World Cup matches from Brazil for the 2014 tourney and starts off streaming with Brazil against Croatia in Group A and that starts up at 4 pm ET on TV from ESPN and WatchESPN for English speaking fans and this kicks off the most important soccer, futbol and football competition in the World.
Brazil comes into the tournament as one of the favorites along with Spain, Germany and Argentina and the host nation is looking to make an impact at the start. Advancing out of the group stage is very difficult and losing the first match makes things nearly impossible and now Brazil will try and open with points against Croatia. Group A has Brazil as the favorites and they are in with Mexico and Cameroon along with Croatia and those two teams will play on Friday as the schedule continues. Mexico and Cameroon are playing a crucial first match and the same day group B kicks off with defending champions Spain taking on the Netherlands and that's before Chile and Australia matchup.
The toughest group in the entire tournament is Group G and that so being called the group of death for Brazil and that draw has the United States, Germany, Portugal and Ghana together and that will be the hardest group to advance out of in the tournament. The United States will have a hard road, as they are the underdogs in the group since Germany is a favorite in the World Cup and they also have to deal with Ghana, who has knocked them out the past two tournament and that adds even more pressure on the first game for the team.
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The United States has been preparing for Ghana and this is a big game, as a loss here with zero points could signal the end of any chance for the USA team advancing to the knockout stage. Portugal has one of the best players in the world in Cristiano Ronaldo and he will be key for their chances as he returns from an injury and he comes into the World Cup after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid this past season and he was injured after that but looks ready to go now. The match will be on ESPN and steaming from the WatchESPN website and on ESPN Radio from São Paulo at the Arena Corinthians and this matchup is big for Brazil as they try to win another trophy.
The Brazilian team has momentum after winning the Confederations Cup and they will be a team to watch for the entire tournament. Brazil and Spain are the main favorites with Germany and Argentina.
Check here for the Brazil and Croatia match live from Univision from the 2014 World Cup.