2014 Brazil Trivia

1. Which player scored the first goal of the 2014 World Cup?

From Quiz Name That Player! World Cup 2014

Answer: Marcelo

The first match of the 2014 World Cup was between Brazil and Croatia. Brazil's Marcelo did score in the 11th minute, but not for Brazil - it was an own-goal that gave Croatia the lead. Luckily, Brazil managed to pull back three goals for a first win. The goals were scored by Neymar in the 29th minute, Neymar again with a penalty in the 71st minute and by Oscar one minute into stoppage time.

From Quiz World Cup 2014 Footballers

Answer: Miroslav Klose

He has scored a total of 71 for the German and had 137 caps as well.

From Quiz I Will Never Brain My Damage

Answer: Fred

The match was won 4-1 by Brazil. Joël Matip scored for Brazil from close range from a cross from Allan Nyom. The first two Brazilian goals were scored by popular forward Neymar with a bit of individual skill. The third Brazilian goal was scored by Fred from a David Luiz cross ball. The last goal was from Fernandinho who scored from Oscar's pass. Brazil lost to an impressive Germany side in a very infamous game 7-1 to get knocked out of the competition. Cameroon didn't make it past the knockout stages.

From Quiz Stealing the Show

Answer: Oscar

The opening match was not as exciting as the result would suggest. The first goal landed early, in the 11th minute, when Marcelo accidentally scored an own goal. Brazil would quickly recover with a goal by Neymar in the 29th minute. In the 71st a controversial play in which Fred fell to the ground with little or no contact from the Croatian defender was sanctioned a penalty by referee Yuichi Nishimura (who did not referee any other game after that one), and Neymar scored it. Just when the game was about to end, Brazilian young star Oscar scored the third goal after 90+1, sealing the victory for Brazil. Oscar debuted in Brazilian club Sao Paulo in 2008, when he was only 17. After a brief stint in said club, he played in Internacional, also in Brazil, and then left to England to play with Chelsea in 2012.

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2014: Awards

Answer: Colombia

As part of its campaign to promote fair play, the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) regularly appraises team conduct on and off the pitch. Teams are judged on a set of criteria that includes positive play, respect towards opponents and match officials, and behavior of team officials and supporters. The TSG takes into account every match in the final competition, but ultimately only the 16 teams who progress to the knockout phase are eligible. Colombia exited after the quarterfinals with 91 fouls committed (a count surpassed only by the Netherlands, Brazil, and Costa Rica), but just 5 yellow cards. The roughness of the match against Brazil was largely blamed on a lack of control by the referees. Indeed, the officials did not even call a foul on Colombian defender Juan Camilo Zuniga's reckless challenge, a hard knee to the back that fractured Neymar's vertebrae. Costa Rica earned the most cards (12 yellow and 1 red), besides which its supporters are not known for good behavior. Chile accrued 7 yellows. Cameroon did not make it through to the knockout phase, but picked up 4 yellows and Alex Song's red for violent conduct in the group stage.

From Quiz I Still Haven't Brained My Damage

Answer: Mario Mandzukiæ

Mario scored from Danijel Pranjiæ's corner. Croatia won 4-0. Alex Song of Cameroon was sent off during the game. Other goals were by Ivan Perisiæ, Ivica Oliæ and another one by Mario Mandzukiæ. Both countries went out of the tournament after the group stages. Mandzukic moved from Bayern Munich to Atletico Madrid in 2014.

From Quiz Knockout Stages of Brazil 2014

Answer: Gonzalo Jara

Jara's penalty hit the post delighting the home nation's fans. This Second Round game finished 1-1 AET and went to penalties (3-2 to Brazil), and Brazil progressed to the quarter-finals.

From Quiz There can be only ONE!

Answer: Marcelo

Marcelo Vieira is a left-sided defender and winger representing Brazil at the World Cup following a successful career at Real Madrid. On September 5th 2006, Marcelo scored his first goal for Brazil in his very first game representing his country in a 2-0 win against Wales. In 2008, he helped Brazil win a bronze medal at the Summer Olympic Games. Marcelo also played at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. In the UEFA Champions League Final against Atletico Madrid, Marcelo scored the third goal in Real Madrid's 4-1 victory.

From Quiz Who Would Have Bet On That?

Answer: It was an own goal

Marcelo's goal was the first time the first goal in a FIFA World Cup opening match was an own goal. Croatia forward Nikica Jelaviæ had fluffed his strike on a cross from Ivica Oliæ, the ball hit Marcelo, and went in. The Croatian supporters went wild, as did a lot of neutrals watching the match on TV around the world. Neymar equalized for Brazil in the 29th minute with a cracking shot, and then a very soft penalty was given when Fred went to ground in the 71st minute. Oscar scored Brazil's third in injury time.

From Quiz I Hope I Didn't Brain My Damage

Answer: Robin Van Persie

Robin van Persie scored an amazing goal with a flying header to equalize after Spain had scored from Xabi Alonso penalty. A pass from his team mate Blind had found his run and he headed it beyond the Spanish goalkeeper, Casillas. Netherlands won the game 5-1. Also on the score sheet were the Dutch players Robben and De Vrij. Both Robben and van Persie scored two goals in this match against Spain. There was only one headed goal in this game. This was one of the goals of the World Cup for sure.

From Quiz 2014 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Germany

The United States lost to Germany by one, tied Portugal, and beat Ghana by one. The US did not play Belgium until the round of 16.

From Quiz Contact

Answer: Theo Walcott

Even though Arsenal won 2-0 in the third round of the FA Cup, Walcott ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee, which required a recovery of at least 6 months. Amazingly, this wasn't the first time this happened to Walcott, as he was selected for the 2006 World Cup but did not play, and he was left out of the 2010 World Cup because of his constant injuries.

From Quiz Name That Player! World Cup 2014

Answer: Robin van Persie

Both Robben and Van Persie scored two goals for Holland, with De Vrij adding one more. Alonso converted Spain's only goal...from the penalty spot. Holland sure had sweet revenge on Spain for the final of the previous World Cup!

From Quiz World Cup 2014 Footballers

Answer: Oscar

Oscar was one of the youngest players on Brazil. He scored the only goal in the semi-final match against Germany which ended with a score of 7-1 to Germany!

From Quiz I Will Never Brain My Damage

Answer: Héctor Herrera

Mexico won the match 3-1. Croatia's sole goal came in the last minutes of the game from Ivan Perisiæ, who scored from a pass supplied by Ivan Rakitiæ, a player who signed for Barcelona around the time of this World Cup. The other two goals for Mexico came from Andrés Guardado and Javier Hernández, a player who has played to teams like Manchester United and Real Madrid. Croatia went out during the group stages itself and Mexico were knocked out during the group stages by Netherlands.

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2014: Awards

Answer: Lionel Messi (ARG)

Messi received his award immediately following Argentina's 1-0 loss to Germany in the final. No doubt he was carrying the weight of the loss on his shoulders having missed some golden opportunities to score. After receiving the award, he commented, "Right now I do not care nothing, not about my prize, nothing. I just wanted to lift the cup and bring it to Argentina. The pain is very great". Many fans and pundits felt that, despite his proven ability, Messi did not deliver the most outstanding performance at the tournament, and that someone more deserving should have won the adidas Golden Boot. In fact, his fellow countryman, the great Diego Maradona said, "I would give heaven and earth to Leo, but when marketing people want him to win something he didn't (deserve to) win, it is unfair". Shortly thereafter, the TSG released a very reasonable explanation for its selection. Thomas Muller (GER) took the Silver and Arjen Robben (NED) the Bronze. Ronaldo exited after three games when Portugal failed to reach the knockout phase. Suarez was barred from participating in Uruguay's knockout campaign after biting an opponent in the final group stage game against Italy. Neymar missed Brazil's final two games after suffering injury in the quarterfinal.

From Quiz I Still Haven't Brained My Damage

Answer: Juan Cuadrado

Colombia won the game 2-1. Juan Quintero scored the second goal for Colombia. He was brought on as a substitute in the game (Gervinho scored for Ivory Coast). Cuadrado was playing for the Italian club Fiorentina at the time. Ivory Coast went out in the group stage while Colombia were sadly eliminated by Brazil in the knockout stages of the tournament.

From Quiz Knockout Stages of Brazil 2014

Answer: James Rodriguez

James' shot hid the underside of the crossbar before beating Fernando Muslera in the Uruguayan goal.

From Quiz There can be only ONE!

Answer: Clint Dempsey

Clinton Drew Dempsey was the Captain of the USA team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Dempsey played on the USA National team since 2004 and recorded over 100 official appearances before the start of the World Cup. In Brazil, Dempsey became the first American to ever score in three FIFA World cup competitions after scoring against Ghana in 2006, against England in 2010, and the 5th fastest World Cup goal in history against Ghana again in 2014. Dempsey has played in the English Premier League for Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur and in the MLS for New England and Seattle.

From Quiz 2014 FIFA World Cup

Answer: It was an own goal.

The own goal was scored by Marcelo from the Brazilian team. Brazil's three goals were contributed by Neymar (two goals) and Oscar.

From Quiz Who Would Have Bet On That?

Answer: Iran v Nigeria

The Iran v Nigeria game was the second in Group F. Although it was hardly a thriller for the neutrals, it was quite an achievement for Iran since they managed to keep a clean sheet. In previous FIFA World Cups, Iran had only ever won one match, which was against the USA at the group stage of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. They won that one 2-1. In 2014, Group A opened with Brazil beating Croatia 3-1. Spain started badly losing 1-5 to the Netherlands in Group B, while Colombia got off to an amazing start thrashing Greece 3-0 in Group C, as did Costa Rica in Group D when they beat Uruguay 3-1. Group E kicked off with Switzerland just beating Ecuador 2-1, just as Argentina did against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Group F. Germany started emphatically when they thrashed Portugal 4-0 in Group G, while Belgium hardly got out of first gear but managed to beat Algeria 2-1 in Group H. In comparison, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa had just twelve goals from the opening games at the group stage, and Group G started with a 0-0 draw between Ivory Coast and Portugal.

From Quiz World Cup 2014

Answer: Xabi Alonso

Xabi Alonso converted from the penalty spot before two goals apiece for Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben with Stephen De Vrij goal sandwiched in between.

From Quiz I Hope I Didn't Brain My Damage

Answer: Tim Cahill

The cross leading to the header was by Cahill's teammate Ivan Franjic. This goal from Cahill made him the first Australian player to score in three consecutive FIFA World Cups (in 2006 he scored the first-ever goal by Australia when he equalized vs. Japan). Chile won the match 3-1 with goals from Alexis Sánchez, Valdivia and Beausejour.

From Quiz 2014 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Bit another player

Suarez was allowed to finish the game, as the referee did not see the event. He had been caught two other times previously (once in The Netherlands and once in England) biting another player in a match.

From Quiz Name That Player! World Cup 2014

Answer: Joel Matip

Matip scored in, of all games, the game against Brazil. Surprisingly he got past the tough defense. Still, Cameroon lost 4-1. Neymar, Fred and Fernandinho scored Brazil's four goals, with Neymar hitting the back of the net twice.

From Quiz World Cup 2014 Footballers

Answer: Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard (played for Liverpool) ended his international career after the 0-0 draw against Costa Rica. England did not progress out of the group stage.

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2014: Awards

Answer: Thomas Muller (GER)

German forward Thomas Muller was awarded both the Silver Ball and the Silver Boot at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored 5 goals and picked up 3 assists in 7 games. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in addition to receiving the Young Player Award, the exact same record of 5 goals and 3 assists over 7 games earned Muller the Golden Boot.

From Quiz I Still Haven't Brained My Damage

Answer: Luis Suárez

Luis also scored their second goal in a game that they won 2-1. England's only goal was from Wayne Rooney. Uruguay qualified for the knockout stages but were later eliminated. England didn't make it past the group stages. Luis Suarez moved from Liverpool to Barcelona after the World Cup.

From Quiz Knockout Stages of Brazil 2014

Answer: 94th minute

With two minutes to go Mexico were 1-0 up before Wesley Sneijder in the 88th and then a Klaas Jan Huntelaar penalty in the 94th sent the Dutch through.

From Quiz There can be only ONE!

Answer: Lionel Messi

Arguably the greatest player in the world at the time of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Lionel Messi is known throughout the world as a masterful footballer. Messi scored the ultimate winner in a 2-1 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina in the group stages. He scored the game winner in extra time against Iran and two goals in a 3-2 win over Nigeria. To cap off a great scoring run at the World Cup, Messi converted the first penalty in the semi-final penalty kicks competition against the Netherlands. Lionel Messi has also earned a Championship at the U-20 FIFA World Cup and helped Argentina to the Gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

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