World Cup 2014: Group C Detailed Analysis

As I write this there are only 78 days until World Cup 2014 kicks off and we continue to preview all the groups. Group C offers a great variety of regions and footballing styles, it contains Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan. There is plenty of quality in this group but also great uncertainty. It seems that all four teams in Group C have high hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages.

A Tale Of Two Halves: Socceroos 3 - 4 Ecuador

Excuse me for being cliche but this morning's friendly between the Socceroos and Ecuador was truly a game of two halves. The Socceroos didn't have the best preparation heading into the match, their first training session in London earlier in the week had to be cancelled due to heavy rain and the team was hampered by injuries to key players. The limited preparation meant that we didn't know what to expect from the Socceroos but hopes have been at an all time high since Ange took over. Ecuador were very strong throughout the Sth. American World Cup qualifiers finishing 4th in a very tough campaign. However, they are a team in transition and still figuring out their strongest lineup to lead them in Brazil 2014. The match was played at Millwall's home ground "The New Den".