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BRAZIL 2014 COUNTDOWN: Overall World Cup Stats

Most Tournament App.: Brazil - 19 Tournaments 

Champions Record: Brazil - 5 Times 

Highest Scoring Game: Austria vs. Switzerland 7 - 5 (1954, Quarter Final) 

All Time Top Scorer: Ronaldo, Brazil - 15 Goals

Best Scorer in 1 game: Oleg Salenko, Russia - 5 Goals

Most Appearances: Lothar Matthaeus, Fed. Rep. of Ger. and Germany - 25 Appearances

Most WC Tournaments:Antonio Carbajal, Mexico

Lothar Matthaeus, Fed. Rep. of Ger. and Germany - 5 Tournaments

Total Attendance: 34.028.166

Record Attendance: 3.587.088 (1994)

Highest Attendance: 199.854 (Uruguay vs. Brazil, 1950 Final Round)

Avarage Attendance: 44.077

BRAZIL 2014 COUNTDOWN: Brazil's 23-man squad

Brazil's 23-man squad for the World Cup is announced as Luiz Felipe Scolari leaves out Philippe Coutinho, Lucas and Kaka

• Six Premier League players in Luiz Felipe Scolari's 23-man squad, including five of the seven midfielders.
• No room for Liverpool pair Lucas Leiva and Philippe Coutinho, nor Kaka.
• Robinho, Miranda, Lucas Moura and Felipe Luis other notable absentees.
• Tournament begins in Sao Paulo on 12 June and runs until 13 July, with Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon in Group A with Brazil.

Vincent Enyeama nominated for Ligue 1's best goalkeeper award

 

Nigeria's interim captain and number one shot-stopper has been listed for the Marc-Vivien Foe award by the Ligue 1 players following his impressive performance in goal for Lille

 

Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has been nominated by the Professional Union of French Players (UNFP) for the best goalkeeper award in the French Ligue 1.

The former Enyimba goalkeeper made the list of nominees for the most outstanding players in France this season which comes to an end in May after keeping clean sheets in 21 out of 35 matches for third placed Lille.

He has also played 3,150 minutes of first-team football this season, conceding only 21 goals in 35 games.

Nigeria international Enyeama is favourite to grab the top goalie award, having failed to concede a goal in 1062 minutes of action this season.

The 31-year-old will contend with Steve Mandanda of Olympique Marseille, Salvatore Sirigu of leaders Paris Saint Germain and Stephane Ruffier of Saint-Ettiene for the golden glove.

Enyeama's expliots in goal for Lille secured him the best player award in Ligue 1 for the months of October and November.

World Cup Greatest Moments: Jürgen Klinsmann dives into infamy, 1990

 

Italy 1990

 

West Germany v Argentina, Rome, Final

 

West Germany's meeting with Argentina was the worst World Cup final of all time, but featured one of the greatest dives the game has seen. On 65 minutes, Jürgen Klinsmann surged down the right, and Argentine defender Pedro Monzon tracked over to tackle him. The German striker threw himself to the ground with a remarkable dive that scored highly for both difficulty and artistic impression.

 

When he hit the deck, Klinsmann produced a brilliant body pop move off his shoulder, writhing his body off the ground like a break-dancer. Flamboyant referee Edgardo Codicil was definitely buying what Klinsmann was selling, and Monzon - who had only been on as a sub for 20 minutes - became the first man to be sent off in a final. Soon after that, teammate Gustavo Dezotti became the second, dismissed for a second yellow shortly after Andreas Brehme scored the only goal of a bad-tempered, dull game with a penalty.

 

A final to forget, but the legend of the diving Klinsmann – who later made fun of his reputation by celebrating goals with a tumble – was assured.

BRAZIL 2014 COUNTDOWN: Bosnia name 24-man provisional squad

Nigeria's Group F opponents at the 2014 World Cup, Bosnia Herzogovina on Monday named a provisional squad for the tournament which starts in 38 days time.

Coach Saset Sucic has 24 players listed in the roster which means one player will be dropped before the World Cup kicks off.

There are no surprises in the team except for the recall of Muhammed Besic to the fold.

The squad boasts of stars like Manchester City's Edin Dzeko, Miralem Pjanic from AS Roma, Vedad Ibisevic of Vfb Stuttgart and Senad Lucic who stars for Serie A side; Lazio that also parades Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi.

FIFA had given Saturday, 10 May as deadline for the submission of the provisional squads by all the 32 teams that will play at this summer's World Cup while the final squad of 23 must be submitted to the world football governing body by June 3, 2014.

 Bosnia's Provisional Squad List
GOALKEEPERS:
Asmir Begovic

BRAZIL 2014 COUNTDOWN: Honduras 23-man Squad

Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez has announced his 23-man squad for the World Cup.

 

   

 

Suarez has included six British-based players in his list for next month's tournament in Brazil, with Hull defender Maynor Figueroa, Stoke midfielder Wilson Palacios, Wigan duo Roger Espinoza and Juan Carlos Garcia, plus Celtic defender Emilio Izaguirre and Rangers midfielder Arnold Peralta all selected.

Suarez: Announces squad in Tegucigalpa



Suarez said: "I ask the ones who have not been called up to understand. A lot of players were part of this process, but only 23 can be called. I cannot keep everybody satisfied."

Twenty-year-old Luis Lopez, meanwhile, pipped a number of prospective rivals to earn himself one of the three goalkeeping berths in the squad thanks to his good form for Real Espana this season.

"This (domestic) league has had good keepers such as Yul Arzu, John Bodden, Jose Mendoza... Luis has enormous potential and soon will r

BRAZIL 2014 COUNTDOWN: Nigeria Provisional 30 Man List

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi on Tuesday released a 30 man provisional list for the the World Cup in Brazil, reports Completesportsnigeria.com

 

Keshi has included Stoke City striker, Osaze Peter Odemwingie in his provisional list. It can be recalled that the former West Brom forward ignited a long-standing row with the Eagles coach over his national team blackout for some time. But Osaze apologized to the Eagles coach in good time before the 2014 World Cup provisional list decision.

 

Skipper of the team, Joseph Yobo who lost his place in the centre back position at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was also named in the side.

 

Remarkably, Keshi left out Villarreal of Spain striker, Ike Uche. The Eagles boss also had a row with the player. And with Uche refraining from making an apology like  Osaze Odemwingie did, Keshi has axed him from his World Cup squad.

 

The final squad for the World Cup will be released on June 2.

Eagles 30 Man Provisional List:
GOALKEEPERS: Vincent

Eden Hazard does not sacrifice himself for Chelsea - Mourinho

 

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has questioned midfielder Eden Hazard's commitment during matches.

Mourinho suggested that the Belgian should have tracked Juanfran in the build-up to Adrian Lopez's equaliser in the 3-1 defeat by Atletico Madrid.

Hazard, 23, has claimed that the Blues are only set up to counter-attack.

"When the comments come from a player like Eden it's normal because he's not the kind of player to sacrifice himself for the team," said Mourinho.

"He's not mentally ready to look to his left-back and leave his life for him.

"Normally you get these kind of comments from players like him, from players that can't resolve a problem like we had with the first goal.

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Jose Mourinho criticises Eden Hazard's 'sacrifice'

"If you see Atletico's first goal, you completely understand where the mistake was and why we conceded that goal."

Striker Fernando Torres had put Chelsea in front in the 36th minute, but eight minutes later Spanish forward Lopez swept in from Juanfran's cutback.

The away goal gave Atletico a precious advantage, on which they built when Diego Costa and Arda Turan scored twice more for the Spanish side.

In February, Hazard, recently named Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year, told BBC Sport that Mourinho has turned him into a "team player".

But the Chelsea manager believes Hazard can still make more progress.

He added: "I'm not happy. I've tried to improve him all season."

Diego Simeone's Spanish league leaders, Atletico, will play city rivals Real in the Lisbon final on 24 May, while Chelsea face their first season without a trophy since 2010-11.