Brazil 2014 - Uruguay vs England
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Football Index:
World Cup Finals:
Brazil 2014: Uruguay vs England.
1st Round Matches at Brazil 2014.
Thursday, 19th June
Group Match - Suarez 2 - Rooney 1
Uruguay
vs 
England
in Sao Paulo.
Match Preview
Uruguay and England have met twice in FIFA World Cup finals competition before; in the quarter-finals of Switzerland 1954 and group stage of England 1966.
More recently, England beat Uruguay (2:1) in Liverpool, prior to Germany 2006.
The Match
After losing their opening games, the knockout stage starts early for Uruguay and England.
The winner might not be guaranteed a place in the second round, but the loser would be as good as out. Let's not get started on the merits of a draw.
England go for stability while Uruguay make five changes from the Costa Rica game; one, of course, the introduction of Luis Suarez.
The game started with plenty of movement; the drop in temperature a help but an early corner by Luis Suarez revealed a moment of vulnerability at Joe Hart's near post.
Uruguay looked better than they did against Costa Rica and England not as effective as they did against Italy.
Diego Godin was lucky to remain on the pitch in the 29th minute, when he should have been booked for a block, with the arm, on Sturridge. It would have been his second yellow card.
From the free-kick, it was - ironically - Godin who cleared the ball.
Wayne Rooney came close shortly after, as England hit the bar, but Roy Hodgson's men never really looked convincing enough; Wayne Rooney, still without a World Cup Finals goal.
1:0
England soon paid the price for not winning enough challenges, giving the ball away
carelessly and not picking up Luis Suarez.
With five England players running back, no-one closed down Edinson Cavani and no-one picked up Luis Suarez; who slipped in behind and nodded at the ball in gratitude.
Raheem Sterling almost replied at the other end but Fernando Muslera had his near post covered; for the price of a corner.
Half-time: Uruguay 1 - England 0
At the start of the second-half, Suarez almost caught Joe Hart out at the front post again,cwith another corner from the left.
Two more quick attacks and England were on the ropes; punch drunk.
Rooney in the box, proved again that he's not really world class; shooting at the goalkeeper when trying to get on the end of a Leighton Baines cross from the left.
Alvaro Pereira took a Raheem Sterling knee to the face during a sliding tackle and looked like a boxer on the canvas. Thankfully he managed to get back on his feet; although his legs were initially a little wobbly.
1:1
Wayne Rooney finally scored a World Cup Finals goal; thanks to great trickery on the right
from Daniel Sturridge and the overlap by Glen Johnson. When the ball arrived in the box,
Wayne was there and the rest is history.
England now had some momentum and maybe felt they could get a result from a game they almost looked burried in.
2:1
Sadly Luis Suarez was still fit enough to be on the pitch and chased, head down and
determined, after a long kick out from goalkeeper Fernando Muslera had clipped Steven
Gerrard on the head; to drill the ball between the returning Gary Cahill and a stranded
Joe Hart.
A mathematician might find a way for England to qualify for the knockout stage; but quite honestly, they need a magician.
Italy need to beat Costa Rica and Uruguay and England need to beat Costa Rica by enough goals (probably two) to get a better goal difference.
The problem is, when Italy qualify after two games, they usually change their team to rest players.
Final Score: Uruguay 2 - England 1
Goalscorers:
1:0 - Luis Suarez (39 mins)
1:1 - Wayne Rooney (75 mins)
2:1 - Luis Suarez (85 mins)
Teams
Uruguay:
1-Fernando Muslera; 13-Jose Maria Gimenez, 3-Diego Godin, 22-Martin Caceres, 6-Alvaro
Pereira; 14-Nicolas Lodeiro, 20-Alvaro Gonzalez, 17-Egidio Arevalo Rios, 7-Cristian
Rodriguez; 21-Edinson Cavani, 9-Luis Suarez.
England:
1-Joe Hart; 3-Leighton Baines, 5-Gary Cahill, 6-Phil Jagielka, 2-Glen Johnson; 4-Steven
Gerrard, 14-Jordan Henderson, 19-Raheem Sterling, 11-Danny Welbeck; 10-Wayne Rooney,
9-Daniel Sturridge.
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo - Spain 
2 yellow cards:
8 mins - Diego Godin (Uruguay)
67 mins - Steven Gerrard (England)
The Road to Rio
First Round
Thursday, 12th June
Brazil vs Croatia
Friday, 13th June
Chile vs Australia
Mexico vs Cameroon
Spain vs Netherlands
Saturday, 14th June
Colombia vs Greece
Côte d'Ivoire vs Japan
England vs Italy
Uruguay vs Costa Rica
Sunday, 15th June
Argentina vs Bosnia
France vs Honduras
Switzerland vs Ecuador
Monday, 16th June
Germany vs Portugal
Ghana vs USA
Iran vs Nigeria
Tuesday, 17th June
Belgium vs Algeria
Brazil vs Mexico
Russia vs South Korea
Wednesday, 18th June
Australia vs Netherlands
Cameroon vs Croatia
Spain vs Chile
Thursday, 19th June
Colombia vs Côte d'Ivoire
Japan vs Greece
Uruguay vs England
Friday, 20th June
Honduras vs Ecuador
Italy vs Costa Rica
Switzerland vs France
Saturday, 21st June
Argentina vs Iran
Germany vs Ghana
Nigeria vs Bosnia
Sunday, 22nd June
Belgium vs Russia
South Korea vs Algeria
USA vs Portugal
Monday, 23rd June
Australia vs Spain
Cameroon vs Brazil
Croatia vs Mexico
Netherlands vs Chile
Tuesday, 24th June
Costa Rica vs England
Greece vs Côte d'Ivoire
Italy vs Uruguay
Japan vs Colombia
Wednesday, 25th June
Bosnia vs Iran
Ecuador vs France
Honduras vs Switzerland
Nigeria vs Argentina
Thursday, 26th June
Algeria vs Russia
Portugal vs Ghana
South Korea vs Belgium
USA vs Germany
2014 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
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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