Brazil 2014 - Group A

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Football Index: World Cup Finals: Brazil 2014: Group A.

Match reports from Group A Matches played during the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil between Brazil, Cameroon, Croatia and Mexico.

Brazil played in Sao Paulo, Fortaleza and Brasilia.

Cameroon journeyed to Natal, Manaus and Brasilia.

Croatia travelled between Sao Paulo, Manaus and Recife.

Mexico visited Natal, Fortaleza and Recife.

2014 World Cup Finals - Group A - Fixtures and Results

Group A Matches

Thursday, 12th June

Brazil 3 - Croatia 1 in Sao Paulo.

Friday, 13th June

Mexico 1 - Cameroon 0 in Natal.

Tuesday, 17th June

Brazil 0 - Mexico 0 in Fortaleza.

Wednesday, 18th June

Cameroon 0 - Croatia 4 in Manaus.

Monday, 23rd June

Cameroon 1 -  Brazil 4 in Brasilia.

Croatia 1 - Mexico 3 in Recife.

Brazil 2014 - Road to Rio

The top two teams in each group move on to the Knockout Stage.

Saturday, 28th June

Brazil vs Chile in Belo Horizonte.

Sunday, 29th June

Netherlands vs Mexico in Fortaleza.

Group A World Cup Squads

Brazil
Coached by Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).

Goalkeepers:
1 Jefferson (Botafogo), 12 Julio Cesar (Toronto FC), 22 Victor (Gremio).

Defenders:
2 Dani Alves (Barcelona), 3 Thiago Silva (Paris St Germain), 4 David Luiz (Chelsea), 6 Marcelo (Real Madrid), 13 Dante (Bayern Munich), 14 Maxwell (Paris St Germain), 15 Henrique (Napoli), 23 Maicon (Inter Milan).

Midfielders:
5 Fernandinho (Manchester City), 8 Paulinho (Tottenham), 11 Oscar (Chelsea), 16 Ramires (Chelsea), 17 Luiz Gustavo (Wolfsburg), 18 Hernanes (Inter Milan), 19 Willian (Chelsea).

Forwards:
7 Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg), 9 Fred (Fluminense), 10 Neymar (Barcelona), 20 Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk), 21 Jo (Atletico Mineiro).

Cameroon
Coached by Volker Finke (Germany).

Goalkeepers:
1 Loic Feudjou (Cotonou Sport), 16 Charles Itandje (Konyaspor), 23 Sammy Ndjock (Fetihespor).

Defenders:
2 Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham Hotspur), 3 Nicolas Nkoulou (Marseille), 4 Cedric Djeugoue (Cotonou Sport), 5 Dany Nounkeu (Besiktas), 12 Henri Bedimo (Lyon), 14 Aurelien Chedjou (Galatasaray), 22 Allan Nyom (Granada).

Midfielders:
6 Alex Song (Barcelona), 7 Landry Nguemo (Bordeaux), 11 Jean Makoun (Rennes), 17 Stephane Mbia (QPR), 18 Eyong Enoh (Antalyaspor), 20 Edgar Salli (Lens), 21 Joel Matip (Schalke).

Forwards:
8 Benjamin Moukandjo (Nancy), 9 Samuel Eto'o (Chelsea), 10 Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient), 13 Eric Choupo Moting (Mainz), 15 Pierre Webo (Fenerbahce), 19 Fabrice Olinga (Zulte-Waregem).

Croatia
Coached by Niko Kovac (Croatia).

Goalkeepers:
1 Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov), 12 Oliver Zelenika (Lokomotiv Moscow), 23 Danijel Subasic (Monaco).

Defenders:
2 Sime Vrsaljko (Genoa), 3 Danijel Pranjic (Panathinaikos), 5 Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), 6 Dejan Lovren (Southampton), 11 Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), 13 Gordon Schildenfeld (Panathinaikos), 21 Domagoj Vida (Dinamo Kiev).

Midfielders:
4 Ivan Perisic (Wolfsburg), 7 Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla), 8 Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev), 10 Luka Modric (Real Madrid), 14 Marcelo Brozovic (Dinamo Zagreb), 15 Milan Badelj (Hamburger SV), 19 Sammir (Getafe), 20 Mateo Kovacic (Inter Milan).

Forwards:
9 Nikica Jelavic (Hull), 16 Ante Rebic (Fiorentina), 17 Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich), 18 Ivica Olic (Wolfsburg), 22 Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Mexico
Coached by Miguel Herrera (Mexico).

Goalkeepers:
1 Jose Corona (Cruz Azul), 12 Alfredo Talavera (Toluca), 13 Guillermo Ochoa (Ajaccio).

Defenders:
2 Francisco Rodriguez (America), 3 Carlos Salcido (Tigres), 4 Rafael Marquez (Leon), 5 Diego Reyes (Porto), 7 Miguel Layun (America), 15 Hector Moreno (Espanyol), 16 Miguel Ponce (Deportivo Toluca), 18 Andres Guardado (Bayer Leverkusen), 22 Paul Aguilar (America).

Midfielders:
6 Hector Herrera (Porto), 8 Marco Fabian (Cruz Azul), 17 Isaac Brizuela (Toluca), 20 Javier Aquino (Villarreal), 21 Carlos Pena (Leon), 23 Jose Vazquez (Leon).

Forwards:
9 Raul Jimenez (America), 10 Giovani dos Santos (Villarreal), 11 Alan Pulido (Tigres), 14 Javier Hernandez (Manchester United), 19 Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna).

The Road to Rio

2014 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.

Second Round

Argentina vs Switzerland in Sao Paulo.

Belgium vs USA in Salvador.

Brazil vs Chile in Belo Horizonte.

Colombia vs Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro.

Costa Rica vs Greece in Recife.

France vs Nigeria in Brasilia.

Germany vs Algeria in Porto Alegre.

Holland vs Mexico in Fortaleza.

Quarter-finals

  Argentina vs Belgium in Brasilia.

Brazil vs Colombia in Fortaleza.

France vs Germany in Rio de Janeiro.

Holland vs Costa Rica in Salvador.

Semi-finals

Brazil vs Germany in Belo Horizonte.

Holland vs Argentina in Sao Paulo.

Third-Place Match

Brazil vs Holland in Brasilia.

2014 World Cup Final

Germany vs Argentina in Rio de Janeiro.

World Cup Finals

Uruguay 1930:
Uruguay trailed Argentina at half-time (1:2) but replied with three goals in the second half; to win the first ever World Cup Final (4-2) on July 30th, 1930.

Italy 1934:
Italy were one of the countries who missed out on the vote to host the first World Cup but managed to win the prestigious golden trophy for the home fans.

France 1938:
The third World Cup was held in Europe for a second time, although Germany had annexed Austria, and Spain was in civil turmoil.

Brazil 1950:
Although no cup-final as such, Uruguay and Brazil went into their final game with the winner guaranteed to be champions; a draw would be enough for Brazil.

Switzerland 1954:
The fifth World Cup tournament produced a record number of goals, including a 7:5 encounter between Austria and Switzerland in Lausanne.

Sweden 1958:
Brazil presented a 17 year-old Pele to the world; who went on to claim a hat-trick in Brazil's 5:2 semi-final win over France and bag another two in the final.

Chile 1962:
Czechoslovakia overcame Hungary in the quarter-finals and Yugoslavia in the semis, while Brazil took care of England and the host nation, Chile.

England 1966:
Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, in the final against West Germany, as England triumphed in a thrilling game watched by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Mexico 1970:
1970 belonged to Pelé, who earned his third World Cup winners' medal when Brazil got their hands on the Jules Rimet Cup.... for keeps.

W. Germany 1974:
Johan Cruyff was the player of the tournament as total football became the buzzword of the day, even though Holland lost to West Germany in the 1974 final.

Argentina 1978:
Holland contested the 1978 World Cup Final, in Argentina, for the second time in a row. As in West Germany, they again finished runners-up; to the hosts.

Spain 1982:
The Spain 82 World Cup finals increased to 24 teams and the format was changed to have two group stages, with four second-round groups of three.

Mexico 1986:
In 1986, Mexico became the first nation to stage the World Cup Finals for a second time; having only staged the competition sixteen years previously.

Italy 1990:
In 1990, Italy became the World Cup of stalemates. Both semi-finals were drawn out through penalty kicks. In the final itself, the only goal came from the spot.

USA 1994:
Once Team US had played a few games most of the nation began to understand they were hosting the greatest show on earth and how the game was played.

France 1998:
France became the sixth nation to win the World Cup on home soil. Thirty-two teams competed in the 16th World Cup; better known as France 98.

Korea-Japan 2002:
The 17th World Cup, held in Korea and Japan, was the first World Cup finals to be shared by two hosts and the first to be held in Asia.

Germany 2006:
The 2006 World Cup Finals ran from 9th June to 9th July; the opening match in Munich and the final in Berlin. Munich and Dortmund hosted the semi-finals.

South Africa 2010:
Eighty years after the First World Cup Finals in Uruguay, the world's most prestigious football competition was finally hosted on the African continent.

Brazil 2014:
Five times World Cup Champions, Brazil, get a second chance to hold the prestigious World Cup Finals; 64 years after they last hosted the tournament.

Russia 2018:
VAR made its World Cup debut and set out to change the course of a game with some crucial rule infringement watching and vital on the spot decisions.

Qatar 2022:
When FIFA executives met in Zurich to decide on who would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Finals, Qatar was probably the biggest surprise to many.

United 2026:
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. The United Bid won the hosting rights ahead of Morocco.

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