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101 Fifa World Cup Updates: Might Brazil be the next victims of Chile?

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The 65-year-old was tempting fate and it came to pass when Chile done second in Group B and Brazil won Group A, setting up a mouthwatering contest in Belo Horizonte on Saturday.<br /><br />"I hope Chile don't qualify," said Scolari. "I'd play any of the others. They are a pain to play against. They are well organised and clever. It is better to face a European team."<br /><br />It is the approaching together of attacking powerhouses and, while Brazil cannot ponder defeat as they pursue a title viewed by the host nation as a birthright, Chile intend to spoil the party.<br />
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<br />Jorge Sampaoli's side have already caught the eye with their entertaining style and stunned the competition by eliminating holders France. Now their sights are set on the largest scalp of the summer.<br /><br />"We've beaten the champions, so they can beat Brazil. We are nice to win the World Cup."<br /><br />"To be champions they must face all of them," said midfielder Arturo Vidal, an integral part of the Serie A-winning Juventus side. "This is the best generation in the history of Chilean footy. Beating Brazil? That is our dream. Chile can generate a surprise.<br />
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101 Fifa World Cup Updates: Might Brazil be the next victims of Chile?

The 65-year-old was tempting fate and it came to pass when Chile done second in Group B and Brazil won Group A, setting up a mouthwatering ...

101 Sports: John Brooks headed in a late winner for USA in a dramatic finale to their opening Group G game against Ghana.

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Ghana upped the tempo and equalised when Andre Ayew latched on to Asamoah Gyan's backheel to fire in a leveller.<br /><br />Clint Dempsey put USA ahead on 29 seconds with the fifth-fastest aim in World Cup history, cutting inside John Boye before sweeping home.<br /><br />USA looked worn out but Brooks nodded in from six yards following a late corner to give his side a winning start.<br />
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<br />Centre-back Brooks reacted with a mix of disbelief and delight, the Germany-born 21-year-old marking his World Cup debut and fifth cap in style.<br /><br />They had appeared to be tiring, as well as a winner appeared unlikely as Ghana dominated the second half and pulled themselves level.<br /><br />The victory also gave USA a measure of revenge for being knocked out of the past World Cups by Ghana.<br /><br />Ghana exited the World Cup years ago in tears, when Gyan's missed penalty in the eleventh hour of extra-time against Uruguay denied them the chance to become the first African side to reach the semi-finals.<br /><br />But their tenacity was rewarded to leave the Black Stars precariously placed, with both teams now having to face Germany and Portugal.<br /><br />But they fell behind within the first minute. Dempsey collected a Jermaine Jones pass on the left wing, cut inside right-back Boye and shot in to the far corner.<br /><br />In the event that they were still nursing that pain, they did not show it as they sung and danced their way in to the dressing room at the Estadio das Dunas.<br /><br />Indeed, Jurgen Klinsmann's side could, and perhaps ought to, have extended their lead. Striker Jozy Altidore controlled a low, right-wing cross but his shot from ten yards was blocked by Boye.<br /><br />Ghana struggled to mount a response as the USA consolidated their lead with a work-rate and organisation that kept their rivals at bay.<br /><br />That was Altidore's last major act of the game, a hamstring injury seeing him replaced by Aron Johannsson.<br />USA centre-back Matt Besler also left the field injured, and his exit, combined with Ghana increasing the pace of their play, resulted in the Black Stars piling the pressure on Tim Howard's aim.</div>

101 Sports: John Brooks headed in a late winner for USA in a dramatic finale to their opening Group G game against Ghana.

Ghana upped the tempo and equalised when Andre Ayew latched on to Asamoah Gyan's backheel to fire in a leveller. Clint Dempsey put USA ...

101 Sports: World Cup 2014: Wayne Rooney will cope with drama - Gary Neville

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England coach Gary Neville has backed Wayne Rooney to cope with the "drama" surrounding his role at the 2014 Fifa World Cup.<br /><br />Rooney's position in Roy Hodgson's team has been the subject of intense debate, which heightened after Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Spain.<br /><br />"This time it is Wayne Rooney but that comes with the territory of being an important player in a giant nation."<br />
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<br />Neville told the BBC: "Our country love it, making a drama around player.<br /><br />Rooney, 28, was played in a wide left role by Hodgson in the Group D match with Spain.<br /><br />While they set up Daniel Sturridge's equaliser, they attracted some criticism for his performance and was largely a peripheral figure.<br /><br />Various the players involved against Spain completed two-day post-match recovery work but Rooney did a session with the remainder of the squad.<br /><br />The Footy Association have confirmed that Rooney had additional training on Monday at his own request.<br /><br />BBC expert and former England captain Alan Shearer and former England manager Graham Taylor have both called for Rooney to be played in his preferred central position<br /><br />Former Manchester United defender Neville has been to seven major tournaments with England as a player or coach and said the scrutiny Rooney was facing was not new, comparing it to that received by Paul Gasoigne and David Beckham.<br /><br />"I've never known there not be an obsession around player," Neville told BBC Radio five live.<br /><br />"It was Gascoigne from 1996 to 1998, Beckham from 2000 to 2006. From 2006, it was Rooney and Beckham. Now it is Rooney to 2014.<br /><br />Neville described his former team-mate, who has scored 39 goals in 92 games for England, as a "street footballer".<br /><br />"Unfortunately - or fortunately, because they is a giant player - this time it is Wayne Rooney."<br /><br />"He has an enthusiasm for footy that is fabulous and he is been like that since the moment I played against him when they was a young Everton kid."<br /><br />Neville added: "You cannot get him to do a light day's training. That is his character. They wishes to play every second of every day.<br /><br />Defeat in their opening match increases the pressure on England ahead of Thursday's clash with Uruguay.</div>

101 Sports: World Cup 2014: Wayne Rooney will cope with drama - Gary Neville

England coach Gary Neville has backed Wayne Rooney to cope with the "drama" surrounding his role at the 2014 Fifa World Cup. Roon...

101 Sports: Debut World Cup campaigns

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But after coming on to score and hit the post in the 2-1 defeat to Romania in the next game, the 18-year-old Liverpool striker was not to be denied his beginning place.<br />
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<br /><br />Michael Owen started England's opening game of the 1998 World Cup on the bench as manager Glenn Hoddle opted for a front of Teddy Sheringham and Alan Shearer against Tunisia.<br /><br />Owen's fantastic solo strike against Argentina, after he won the penalty for England's first objective of the game, ensured that when England departed on penalties he was immediately linked with big-money moves to Juventus and Actual Madrid.</div>

101 Sports: Debut World Cup campaigns

But after coming on to score and hit the post in the 2-1 defeat to Romania in the next game, the 18-year-old Liverpool striker was not to b...

101 sports: Brazil 2014: And the World Cup's best advert is...

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Turn on any tv set in any country and
it won't be long before you are being bombarded by a inexorable stream of World
Cup commercials as manufacturers seek to funds in on football's greatest
sporting event, which is held every years.</div>
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"There appears to be a brand
spanking new every day, it is inexorable," M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
CEO Steve Martin told CNN, reflecting on the promotion drive.</div>
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"It seems every time you turn on
the TV there is a World Cup commercial," added Martin. "It's called
the World Cup for a reason and it tends to cut across all countries and all
markets.</div>
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"The danger for lots of brands
leaping on the bandwagon is they are not part of it, but I think there is a
savvy audience now that knows who is leaping on the bandwagon and who is not."</div>
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ten. Adidas' $84 million commercial
replicates a Hollywood film trailer with the likes of Argentina's Lionel Messi and Uruguay's Luis
Suarez filmed in a range of locations from the Copacabana beach to a Spanish
forest.</div>
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9. British broadcaster BBC's
inspiration derives from Toy Story, with its short film showing footy figures --
voiced by England great Gary Lineker -- escaping from a toy box and trying to
reach the World Cup in Brazil.</div>
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8. The sizable majority of promotion
campaigns look to as plenty of people as feasible with the aim of convincing
them that their brand is the be-all and end-all.</div>
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7. Supporters adore their players and
the players themselves have a mutual love for their fans -- or so they are led
to think.</div>
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6. Conjured up on a similarly-grand
scale to the Adidas offering, Nike treats us to a game of footy played out by a
bunch of excellent players. Sound familiar?</div>
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five. The pretty thing about the
pretty game is that it can be played by somebody, anywhere, as long of work, you
have a ball.</div>
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four. Nike and Adidas may battle it
out each year for the title of who can produce the largest footy commercial on
the grandest of scales, but they now have a brand spanking new challenger -- Beats
by Dre.</div>
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three. Chilean beer Cristal goes for
the horror style in its promotion campaign.</div>
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With Chile
up against it in Brazil 2014's "Group of Death" -- also featuring Germany, Netherlands
and Australia
-- Cristal tries to offer the nation a helping hand.</div>
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two. Mobile phone company Movistar
goes step further than ING Belgium in trying to break down that barrier between
players and supporters.</div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">one. The miners of the 2010 Copiapo mining accident
are Banco de Chile's inspiration for its offering as "Los 32" -- a
member of the original "Los 33" was actually Bolivian -- rally the
troops ahead of the World Cup</span></div>

101 sports: Brazil 2014: And the World Cup's best advert is...

Turn on any tv set in any country and it won't be long before you are being bombarded by a inexorable stream of World Cup commerci...