You say "England aren't" like it's the country's decision who starts.
It's only up to one man and that's Roy Hodgson. And if he's smart Rooney will be on the bench. Rooney was the face of the country in 2010 too and how'd that work out for them?
You're talking about marketing. I'm talking...
By this logic Ronaldinho should be on Brazil's roster and starting as well.
None of what you said is relevant. Sturridge is better at striker than he is right now. Sterling/Lallana is better as a LW. And Barkley is better in the #10 role. Most English fans think Rooney is holding them back when...
Another guy coming in talking out of his ***.
Immoble led Serie A in scoring. Balo was 14th. Balo hasn't scored for Italy since 2013. Immoble is in much better form and just scored a hat trick in his last match for Italy.
Even the manager has said he hasn't decided who will start yet. But...
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Thursday will be the opening day of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The widely-viewed event will bring together 32 national football teams to compete in 64 matches in facilities in twelve cities across Brazil. Billions of dollars...
If we're lucky Germany will beat Portugal and Ghana and have already qualified by the time we play them. So they'll play backups and won't care about the result in the 3rd match. Even though their backups could still destroy us.
I wish I shared y'all optimism. But the best case scenario i see is 4 points.
Germany 7 points
Portugal 3 points.
Ghana 5 points
US 1 point
My prediction.