The best moments of the past World Cup in Brazil. Part two.

in #sports6 years ago (edited)

We continue to remember the best moments of the last World Cup.

The first thing that comes to mind is the incredible performances at that tournament of the Costa Rican national team that came out of the "death group" in which Italy, England and Uruguay did not lose any of these teams. On this the Costa Ricans did not stop and in the eighth finals in the penalty shoot-out passed Greece. Only in the quarterfinals they were stopped by the Netherlands national team, and that's true in the penalty shootout. Outstanding success of the national team, which it is unlikely that someone would put before the start of the tournament. And it was after that championship that Keylor Navas moved to Real Madrid.

In addition to Costa Rica, I personally remember the inspired game of the Mexican national team, and most importantly - the genuine joy to every victory of its head coach Miguel Herrera. But his salary among coaches was the least on that mundiale. Mexico at that championship was able to break into the 1/8 finals, where she lost to the Netherlands national team, but hardly any of the fans will reproach their team.

The performance of the teams in this championship was amazing - 171 goals, among which was this one performed by Robin Van Persie.

However, despite the fact that in each match on average, 2.5 goals were scored, this championship was also remembered by the phenomenal game of goalkeepers. Guillermo Ochoa, the main goalkeeper of the Mexican national team became the hero of his team making incredible saves. Keilor Navas, the main goalkeeper of the Costa Rican national team also demonstrated an excellent game. Claudio Bravo in the Chile squad helped to knock out of the tournament at the group stage of the then-current World Champion - Spain.

I remember some fans. Remember this dude with a tablet?

Maybe not, but you just remember it.

The most dedicated fan of the Brazilian national team is Gaucho, or Clovis Acosta Fernandez. This shot, made after the defeat of his favorite team from Germany with a score of 1-7 will remain in memory forever. Unfortunately, in September of the following year he died.

Well, now we turn to the teams that will perform at this tournament. The World Cup is the tournament in which any, even a weak team can play with the outrageous motivation and get quite far. From countries such as Germany, Spain, Brazil, France, everyone is always waiting for victory in the tournament, but perhaps it's better to pay attention to those teams that can pleasantly surprise us at this championship.

National team of Belgium.

This team only lazy does not classify the favorites of the championship, and there is for that the "red devils" had a great group stage having won nine wins and once having drawn. The composition is full of great players, and each line has its own star. Thibaut Courtois, Vincent Company, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku. A lot of talented players for whom this championship can become their "star hour". In 2014, this team was considered the "dark horse" of the tournament and managed to reach the quarterfinals. In 2016, the Belgians also failed to overcome the barrier of the 1/4 finals. This year this team is ranked among the favorites of the tournament. It is difficult not to agree.

National team Croatia.

Along with the national team of Belgium - this is one of the most stellar and budding team. But unlike Belgium, which reached the quarter-finals in the last tournament, Croatia could not even leave the group. On this mundiale they got a difficult group (Argentina, Iceland, Nigeria), the rivals are all as one stubborn and will not give a single point without a fight. The middle line and attack of the team is outstanding: Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic, Mateo Kovacic, Marcelo Brozovic, Ivan Perisic, Andrei Kramaric and Mario Mandzukic. The problem may be the line of defense, but for some reason I believe that Zlatko Dalic's team will manage to surprise us in a good sense of the word.

National team Senegal.

Rarely, this team makes its way to the final part of the tournament, the last time they were seen in 2002 and then they surprised when they reached the quarterfinals, having won a victory over the current champion - France. Senegal has an excellent team this year. The attack line is perhaps one of the strongest on its continent: Sadio Mane, Balde Keita, Ismaïla Sarr and Diafra Sakho. Also, the defense of the team is not a weak link led by Kalidou Koulibaly. The former team player of this team, the participant of that speech in 2002, Aliou Cissé, is leading the team, and this can be an additional trump card for this team.

Also, in addition to these teams should pay attention to a strong and balanced team of Denmark, the Egyptian national team headed by Mo Salah, after a long break the Egyptians returned to the World Cup and they have all the means to show a good result. In this list, you can also add the national teams of Peru and Panama. The first were absent from the tournament for 36 years, the latter generally got on the first for the first time and here they can just have an outrageous motivation.

Well, for me personally it will be interesting to look at the England team, at this tournament the British exhibited one of the youngest teams. There are enough talents in this team, for some players this team is not the first tournament of this level, for some it's the first time. Team England in recent tournaments was very weak, and it's time to finally show the world what English guys are capable of.

Let's see what we will remember the upcoming championship, everything will start in six days.



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