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The Teams
Group D
Italy
Region: UEFA
Manager: Cesare Prandelli
FIFA World Ranking: 9
How They Got Here: Won UEFA Group B
Uruguay
Region: CONMEBOL
Manager: Oscar Tabarez
FIFA World Ranking: 7
How They Got Here: Finished fifth in CONMEBOL, defeated Jordan in Inter-Region Playoff
Other Info
Lineups
#ITA team to play #URU: Buffon (c), De Sciglio, Chiellini, Darmian, Marchisio, Balotelli, Barzagli, Immobile, Bonucci, Pirlo, Verratti
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 24, 2014
#URU team to play #ITA: Muslera, Godin (c), Pereira, Rodriguez, Suarez, Gimenez, Lodeiro, Arevalo, Gonzalez, Cavani, Caceres
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 24, 2014
Date: June 24th, 2014
Gametime: 11:00 am central
TV: ESPN
Location: Estadio das Dunas, Natal, Brazil
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The Teams
Group D
England
Region: UEFA
Manager: Roy Hodgson
FIFA World Ranking: 10
How They Got Here: Won UEFA Group H
Costa Rica
Region: CONCACAF
Manager: Jorge Luis Pinto
FIFA World Ranking: 34
How They Got Here: Finished second in CONCACAF Hex Stage
Other Info
Lineups
#ENG team to play Costa Rica: Foster, Cahill, Wilshere, Lampard (c), Sturridge, Smalling, Jones, Milner, Lallana, Barkley, Shaw
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 24, 2014
#CRC team to play England: Navas, Gonzalez, Borges, Duarte, Campbell, Ruiz (c), Brenes, Diaz, Gamboa, Tejeda, Miller
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 24, 2014
Date: June 24th, 2014
Gametime: 11:00 am central
TV: ESPN2
Location: Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Group D Facts
Table
Knockout Round Scenarios
Advancement
- Italy advances with win or draw
- Uruguay advances with win.
Position
- Costa Rica wins group with....
- Win or draw
- Loss and Italy and Uruguay draw.
- Loss and Italy or Uruguay win, but maintain higher goal differential.
- Italy wins group with....
- Win and Costa Rica loss by more than two goals.
- Uruguay wins group with....
- Win and Costa Rica loss by more than three goals.
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The Teams
Group C
Japan
Region: AFC
Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni
FIFA World Ranking: 46
How They Got Here: Finished First in AFC Group B
Colombia
Region: CONMEBOL
Manager: Jose Pekerman
FIFA World Ranking: 8
How They Got Here: Finished Second in CONMEBOL Qualifying
Other Info
#JPN Line-up: Kawashima, Uchida, Honda, Nagatomo, Okazaki, Kagawa, Okubo, Aoyama, Konno, Hasebe (C), Yoshida #JPNCOL #WorldCup #joinin
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 24, 2014
#COL LINE-UP: Ospina (c), Arias, Armero, Cuadrado, Guarin, Mejia, Balanta, Ramos, Quintero, Martinez, Valdes #JPNCOL #WorldCup #joinin
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 24, 2014
Date: June 24th, 2014
Gametime: 3:00 pm central
TV: ESPN
Location: Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, Brazil
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The Teams
Group C
Ivory Coast
Region: CAF
Manager: Sabri Lamouchi
FIFA World Ranking: 21
How They Got Here: Defeated Senegal in CAF Third Round
Greece
Region: UEFA
Manager: Fernando Santos
FIFA World Ranking: 12
How They Got Here: Defeated Romania in UEFA Second Round Playoff
Other Info
Lineups
GREECE Karnezis, Maniatis, Manolas, Samaras, Kone, Karagounis (c), Salpingidis, Torosidis, Lazaros, Sokratis, Cholevas
— FOX Soccer Trax (@FOXSoccerTrax) June 24, 2014
CIV Barry, Boka, K Toure, Kalou, Tiote, Gervinho, Drogba (c), Aurier, Y Toure, Serey, Bamba
— FOX Soccer Trax (@FOXSoccerTrax) June 24, 2014
Date: June 24th, 2014
Gametime: 3:00 pm central
TV: ESPN2
Location:Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, Brazil
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Group C Facts
Table
Knockout Round Scenarios
Advancement
- Ivory Coast advances with....
- Win
- Draw and Japan loss or draw.
- Japan advances with....
- Win and Ivory Coast loss by two goals or more while maintaining goal differential over Greece.
- Win by two or more goals and Ivory Coast draw.
- Greece advances with....
- Win and Japan loss or draw
- Win by three or more goals and Japan win by one goal.
Position
- Colombia wins group with....
- Win or draw
- Loss and Greece win or draw.
- Ivory Coast wins group with....
- Win and Colombia Loss by a combined five or more goals.