2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

[XXstormmXX]

Quote: Originally Posted by OSUFan_88

Anyone have a favorite for who the player of the WC will be? Not just American, anyone who will make it big on the biggest stage?

Falcao will have a awesome performance but Columbia will still go home in the round of sixteen.

By the way ESPN released a new commercial.

[Hunkerdown]

Quote: Originally Posted by XXstormmXX

Falcao will have a awesome performance but Columbia will still go home in the round of sixteen. By the way ESPN released a new commercial.

Falcao officially playing, and what about his fitness?

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[~LiverpoolRed~]

Last I heard he was training with the WC squad and the coach is going to wait until the very last minute to decide if he's ready. They have a deadline of June 2 to announce the 23 man squad traveling to Brazil.

[XXstormmXX]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaa1980

Falcao officially playing, and what about his fitness? Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

He might not be totally fit, but Columbia doesn't have any giants in their group who will play stone cold defense. He is still easily the group's best player.

[ImTellinTim]

Greece is known for their strong defense.

[ImTellinTim]

Germany named their 23:

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Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover) Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Howedes (FC Schalke), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) Midfielders: Julian Draxler (Schalke), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich), Christoph Kramer (Borussia Monchengladbach), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Andre Schurrle (Chelsea), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) Forward: Miroslav Klose (Lazio)

Holy midfielders, though Podolski and Schurrle would be fine in the striker spot.

[rsnomar05]

Didn't see this posted anywhere, but it's not a surprising story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/sp...-cup.html?_r=0

[Mo]

Quote: Originally Posted by XXstormmXX

Falcao will have a awesome performance

That's gonna be hard for him to do with him not being on the WC squad