The World Cup 2014 is back live on the radio with a stream from ESPN Radio online for the Cameroon and Croatia Group A match in Brazil and this soccer game is huge for both sides as they try and stay alive in their draw and it begins at 6 pm ET from the Arena Amazonia in Manaus and that means it will be hot as the two teams play and this is crucial and the loser is likely eliminated from the next stage.
Croatia comes into the game hot after their opening match with Brazil and that is stemming from a terrible penalty kick call against the team that changed the flow of the game. Croatia opened up with a lucky break, as they got an own goal from Brazil off Marcelo and that allowed the team to start off with a lead, but that was short lived. Neymar scored to get the game 1-1 in the opening match of the tournament and then the penalty was called and later it showed on video that Fred may have flopped and that allowed Neymar to score again, giving the team a decisive 2-1 lead and they later added another goal to get things to 3-1 and that was the final score.
Croatia and manager Niko Kovac were furious after the match and that broke things up when it was a tight 1-1 match and now Croatia is in a must win situation against Cameroon here in group A. The team lost to Brazil, while Mexico won over Cameroon to start their campaign and they pulled a draw next with the host nation, giving Brazil and Mexico four points each in Group A. Brazil is leading in goal differential for now and the scoreless draw with Mexico won't help that, but they should be clear through into the next stage.
The game on Wednesday will knock one of these teams out, as they each lost their opening matches and now the teams have to try and get some points out of this matchup. Samuel Eto'o is the top player on the Cameroon side and he is dealing with a knee injury and could miss this game and that is huge and as Cameroon loses a player, Croatia will get one back, as Mario Mandzukic should be in the lineup after dealing with a suspension from a red card in qualifying and he has been scoring in bunches this season, putting in 18 goals in the German league.
Ivan Rakitic will be feeling good after his contract with Barcelona and that will motivate him in the matchup on Wednesday and Mandzukic comes in after scoring two goals back in the Euro 2012 tournament and he knows how to perform on the big stages. The United States now has an opening and Spain is eliminated from the World Cup and that means a new champion will be coming out of this tournament and that is huge for a team like Brazil.