The World Cup schedule is live on Saturday and Sunday after opening for Brazil 2014 and matches are streaming live from ESPN and ABC and starting first is Colombia and Greece from Belo Horizonte and that comes before Uruguay and Costa Rica play at Fortaleza and later on has one of the most anticipated matches with England and Italy in Manaus before Ivory Coast and Japan play in Group C and D with live stream coverage from the WatchESPN website.
The schedule has England and Italy playing in the Amazon and that will be the first match in Manaus and is very anticipated as England tries to make a run to the finals for the first time since 1966, which was also the last time they won. Colombia has coach José Pékerman preparing his team for a tough group and they will need a win to get out of this one and they are matched up after this game with Ivory Coast and Japan and this group will be crucial to get points early.
Colombia and Greece is a very close matchup and the two teams previously played in the European Championship in 2004 and that was a major win for the team and now they matchup against each other in the World Cup. The first matches of the tournament saw some controversy from the officials and the Brazil match against Croatia got started off with a controversial call after the game was tied 1-1, with Neymar getting the penalty kick after a dubious call on Fred and now the officials will continue to be under the microscope as things continue and Brazil now opened with a 3-1 win. The team lost on their home soil years ago and now they are trying to win and no European team has won the Cup when the tournament is in South America.
The Netherlands and Spain matched up in one of the most anticipated games of the tournament after playing in the 2010 World Cup final and that was won 1-0 by spain and now the Dutch got some revenge, winning 5-1 against the champions. Robin Van Persie had an amazing header and Van Persie had a great game with two goals and he put in a fantastic header into the net past Iker Casillas and now Spain has a tough road getting out of the group stage.
This is the biggest tournament in the world and the refs need to step their game up and Colombia is a seeded team and they are coming with high expectations and they have the chance to get things going and they could sneak out of this group as a wildcard and they are a strong South American team. The roster is missing some players due to injuries, but they have a deep team and could make it up and now they match up against the Greek side and they also play Japan and Ivory Coast, which is one of the best teams in Africa and has the Toure brothers leading the way.
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