The Holland-Argentina match was the first goalless draw in a World Cup semi-final, which Argentina won on penalties.īrazil faced Holland for the 3rd place and lost 0-3 with the latter completely outperforming them. The quarter-final witnessed Germany end France's World Cup dreams while Brazil lost their star player Neymar to an injury while beating Colombia. Tim Howard's performance hogged all the limelight of that round even though USA went down 1-2 against Belgium.

Argentina and France beat Switzerland and Nigeria respectively. Germany fought hard to register a 2-1 victory over Algeria in extra-time. James Rodrigues scored a screamer to help Colombia beat Uruguay 2-0. The last 16 saw Brazil edge out Croatia on penalties. One of the highlights of the tournament was Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa's performance against Brazil when he denied the host nation of any goal, resulting in goalless draw. In Group F, Bosnia-Herzegovina scored their first ever goal at a World Cup before going down to Argentina 2-1.

The later stages of the tournament saw Robin van Persie score with what was labelled as a gravity-defying header, in Netherlands' match against Spain that they won 5-1. From Germany dismantling Brazil 7-1 in the semi-final to Clint Dempsey of the United States of America (USA) scoring the fastest goal of the tournament against Ghana, the 2014 World Cup had moments which one will never forget.īrazil, being the host nation, started their campaign with a 3-1 win over Croatia and topped the Group A table with 7 points before being thrashed by Germany in the semi-final. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil gave the world of football many memorable moments that are etched in the minds of the fans.

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