The World Cup 2014 schedule is back live streaming online Monday as Iran and Nigeria play from Brazil and ESPN has the coverage from the game that starts up at 3 pm ET on the WatchESPN website and is live from Curitiba at Arena da Baixada for the Group F schedule after Argentina already played and this comes before the United States plays against Ghana.
Nigeria head coach Stephen Kesh has his team prepared and ready despite the fact that Iran is not one of the better teams in the tournament, but they are here and they will be looking to win. The Super Eagles are a wild card and there is not much expectations on them and that gives the team the chance to do something special. Argentina has won over Nigeria and they have won against them in the 2010 World Cup and they also won in the 2008 Olympics and now both teams are looking to perform well again.
John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses are two of the big players for Nigeria and they will be relied upon in this game and for the rest of the schedule. The team opens up with Iran and then plays against Bosnia-Herzegovina and the final match will be against Argentina and that actually is a favorable schedule for the team. If the Nigerians can somehow get points from those two matches, it could set them up to get through in the final match even with a draw or a loss depending on how the other two teams play it out.
The Group G schedule got started off with Portugal and Germany going at each other and after an early red card from Pepe, the German team came on strong and ended up winning 4-0 in the matchup. The team dominated from the start and Thomas Muller had three goals in the game and now Portugal will have a hard time getting out of the group, as they will be down in their next match and that could open things up for the United States. Not many are giving the US a chance in this group, but with the dominating loss against Germany and the injuries, team USA may find a way out if they can get some points from Ghana.
The matchup with Ghana is a tough one and has the US looking to get at least one win in the group and if they can get any points from this game that will be massive. The teams play in Natal and now the United States could have an opening, as they play Portugal next and they will be without Pepe after his red card and if they somehow can slow Ronaldo down, the team could sneak out of that matchup with a win.
The United States and Ghana are playing in the late match from Natal and that is a massive game, as the US is looking to win their first match and this comes against a team that eliminated them twice from the World Cup in the past two tournaments.
Check here for the Iran and Nigeria live coverage from ESPN for the World Cup.
