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World Cup Day 22: Things We Learned

What a day! The first game saw an upset as Netherlands fought back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to defeat Brazil 2-1. Both goals came off set pieces as Brazil’s defense seemed rattled in the second half. Things got worse

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World Cup Day 22: Netherlands-Brazil Preview

This match-up is so exciting as the heavyweights begin to face off in the quarterfinals. Brazil have been impressive throughout the competition and dispatched of Chile 3-0 in the last round. Netherlands have been solid in possession, but their attack

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World Cup Day 18: Things We Learned

The heavyweights progressed today as Netherlands advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Slovakia. In the other game, Brazil started off slowly but two goals in a four minute span but them in control and they cruised to

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World Cup Day 18: Netherlands-Slovakia Preview

Netherlands are one of the tournament favorites and they get their knockout round started against Slovakia, who advanced after being bottom of Group F heading into the final day. Both sides have exciting attacking midfielders where Marek Hamsik will square

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World Cup Day 14: Group E Recap And Best XI

Japan have impressed me. I had a pretty low opinion of their chances at this tournament, but they advanced out of their group with two victories after they defeated Denmark 3-1. In the other final game, Netherlands topped the group

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World Cup: Day 14 Preview

Here we are heading into the third day of simultaneous games as Groups E and F will be completed. Group E has Netherlands on top, but an intriguing game between Denmark and Japan will determine the second team to advance

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World Cup Day 9: Things We Learned

We finally had the first team eliminated today as Cameroon crashed out of the tournament. The Indomitable Lions fell 2-1 as Denmark came back to defeat them after Samuel Eto’o had opened the scoring. In the other games, Netherlands won

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World Cup Day 9 Preview

Day 9 will feature Groups D and E. Group D is getting especially interesting with Serbia scoring a victory over Germany. Group E features an interesting match-up between Denmark and Cameroon. Here is my preview of the games today.

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World Cup Day 4: Things We Learned

Another day is in the books. Netherlands got the day started with a 2-0 win over Denmark that was not particularly impressive. In the middle, Japan got a surprise result with a 1-0 win over Cameroon. In the final game,

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World Cup: Day 4 Preview

We are onto Day 4 where Group E and F will be participating. It well be the first chance to see one of the favorites Netherlands as well as the defending champions of Italy. Here is my preview for the

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