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World Cup Group A - Brazil, Cameroon, Croatia, Mexico

Which two teams will progress to the next round?

  • Brazil and Cameroon

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Brazil and Croatia

    Votes: 23 88.5%

  • Brazil and Mexico

    Votes: 3 11.5%

  • Cameroon and Croatia

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Cameroon and Mexico

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Croatia and Mexico

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    26
  • Poll closed .
Jordinho

Jordinho

Martin Peters
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Brazil

Qualified as hosts.

Only team to have participated in every World Cup, 19 so far.

Previous best: Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

FIFA World ranking: 4

Brazil won last year's Confederations Cup for the third straight time. No reigning Confederations Cup champion has ever won a World Cup though.

Squad:

GK: Jefferson (Botafogo), Julio Cesar (QPR, on loan to Toronto), Victor (Atletico Mineiro)

DF: Dani Alves (Barcelona), Thiago Silva (c) (PSG), David Luiz (Chelsea), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Dante (Bayern Munich), Maxwell (PSG), Henrique (Napoli), Maicon (Roma)

MF: Fernandinho (Emirates Marketing Project), Paulinho (Tottenham), Oscar (Chelsea), Ramires (Chelsea), Luis Gustavo (Wolfsburg), Hernanes (Inter), Willian (Chelsea)

FW: Hulk (Zenit), Fred (Fluminense), Neymar (Barcelona), Bernard (Shaktar Donetsk), Jo (Atletico Mineiro)

Cameroon

Qualified by beating Tunisia in a CAF playoff.

Have previously participated in 6 World Cups: 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010.

Previous best: Quarter finals in 1990

FIFA World ranking: 50

This will be Cameroon’s seventh World Cup, most by an African nation. But it has advanced beyond the group stage only once.

Squad:

GK: Feudjo (Coton Sport), Itandje (Konyaspor), N'Djock (Fethiyespor)

DF: Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham, on loan to QPR), N'Koulou (Marseille), Djeugoue (Coton Sport), Nounkeu (Besiktas), Bedimo (Lyon), Chedjou (Galatasaray), Nyom (Granada)

MF: Song (Barcelona), N'Guemo (Bordeaux), Makoun (Rennes), Mbia (Sevilla), Enoh (Antalyaspor), Salli (Lens), Matip (Schalke)

FW: Moukandjo (Nancy), Eto'o (Chelsea), Aboubakar (Lorient), Choupo-Moting (Mainz), Webo (Fenerbache), Olinga (Zulte Waregem)

Croatia

Qualified by beating Iceland in a UEFA playoff.

Have previously participated in 3 World Cups: 1998, 2002, 2006

Previous best: 3rd place in 1998

FIFA World ranking: 20

Croatia did not compete as an independent country in the World Cup until 1998, seven years after it declared independence from Yugoslavia. The team will be without experienced defender Josip Simunic, who was left home while serving a 10-match international ban for making a neo-Nazi salute after the qualifying win over Iceland.

Squad:

GK:pletikosa (Rostov), Zelenika (Lokomotiva), Subasic (Monaco)

DF: Vrsaljko (Genoa), Pranjic (Panathinaikos), Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Lovren (Southampton), Srna (Shaktar Donetsk), Schildenfeld (Panathinaikos), Vida (Dynamo Kiev)

MF: Perisic (Wolfsburg), Rakitic (Sevilla), Vukojevic (Dunamo Kiev), Modric (Real Madrid), Brozovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Mocinic (Rijeka), Sammir (Getafe), Kovacic (Inter)

FW: Jelavic (Hull), Rebic (Fiorentina), Mandzukic (Bayern Munich), Olic (Wolfsburg), Eduardo (Shaktar Donetsk)

Mexico

Qualified by beating New Zealand in an Intercontinental playoff.

Have previously participated in 14 World Cups: 1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010

Previous best: Quarterfinals in 1970 and 1986

FIFA World ranking: 19

Coach Miguel Herrera was appointed as interim head coach shortly before their playoff against New Zealand. After a 9-3 aggregate win it was announced that Herrera would remain national team coach at least through the World Cup. He has ordered his players to abstain from sex, red meat and alcohol until after the World Cup.

Squad:

GK: Corona (Cruz Azul), Talavera (Toluca), Ochoa (Ajaccio)

DF: Rodriguez (America), Salcido (UANL), Marquez (Leon), Reyes (Porto), Layun (America), Moreno (Espanyol), Ponce (Toluca), Guardado (Leverkusen), Aguilar (America)

MF: Herrera (Porto), Fabian (Cruz Azul), Brizuela (Toluca), Aquino (Villareal), Pena (Leon), Vasquez (Leon)

FW: Jimenez (America), dos Santos (Villareal), Pulido (UANL), Hernandez (Man United), Peralta (Santos Laguna)

GROUP A SCHEDULE

June 12: Brazil vs. Croatia in Sao Paulo

June 13: Mexico vs. Cameroon in Natal

June 17: Brazil vs. Mexico in Fortaleza

June 18: Cameroon vs. Croatia in Manaus

June 23: Cameroon vs. Brazil in Brasilia; Croatia vs. Mexico in Recife
 
Brazil def. Croatia.
Mexico/Cameroon draw.
Brazil def. Mexico.
Croatia def. Cameroon.
Brazil def. Cameroon.
Croatia/Mexico draw.

Brazil and Croatia to advance beyond the group stages.
 
All bar Brazil struggled in qualifying. 2nd spot is wide open but I think the Croats will take it by being the least ****.
 
Tough group for us. Brasil obviously, a seasoned Cameroon team and the ever present Mexico.

Our ongoing LB Achilles heel got another blow with Pranjic being ruled out (tho in all honesty he is a horror show defensively).

Still, with a midfield trio of Modric, Rakitic and Kovacic (that i rate up there with the best midfields of the tourney) and that poisonous snake Stimac removed i feel there is nowhere but up for us :)
 
shd said:
Tough group for us. Brasil obviously, a seasoned Cameroon team and the ever present Mexico.

Our ongoing LB Achilles heel got another blow with Pranjic being ruled out (tho in all honesty he is a horror show defensively).

Still, with a midfield trio of Modric, Rakitic and Kovacic (that i rate up there with the best midfields of the tourney) and that poisonous snake Stimac removed i feel there is nowhere but up for us :)
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Modric is class, clearly. Who will score your goals though, as Modric, if memory serves, is hardly prolific.
 
Superted said:
Croatia Only beat Aus 1-0 yesterday, hardly looked all that threatening.
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Belgium struggled to beat Tunisia earlier today. Yet they are 5th favourites to win the thing. They're friendlies. No one cares for them.
 
shd said:
Tough group for us. Brasil obviously, a seasoned Cameroon team and the ever present Mexico.

Our ongoing LB Achilles heel got another blow with Pranjic being ruled out (tho in all honesty he is a horror show defensively).

Still, with a midfield trio of Modric, Rakitic and Kovacic (that i rate up there with the best midfields of the tourney) and that poisonous snake Stimac removed i feel there is nowhere but up for us :)
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I agree. There aren't many better
 
Cameroon are threatening not to go to the tournament over unpaid bonuses. Again, the curse of African football rears its head. The FAs are rich and they keep it for themselves.
 
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