Top 10 2014 World Cup Teams Who Deserved More
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica were the underdogs of their group, up against European giants Italy and England, and the American giants Uruguay. Coming out of the group stage in 1st place with 7 points, they clashed with Greece in the Round of 16 and won 5-3 on penalties. Then, when they faced the Netherlands in a quarter-final clash, they lost 4-3 on penalties, which was the end of this amazing team.
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Nigeria
Nigeria have never got past the Round of 16 before and failed to do so in their clash with France, losing 2-0. They deserved much more than what fate had given them.
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Algeria
Algeria are below Nigeria because Algeria are clearly a stronger team than Nigeria, and Germany actually struggled to defeat them. Nigeria were obviously the weaker team against France and struggled to get a goal in.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
It was hard to decide who to put first: Bosnia and Herzegovina or the USA. This country had Edin Dzeko, an amazing footballer who plays for Man City, and Asmir Begovic, Stoke City goalie. (Teammates with the same person who knocked him out of the World Cup. (Peter Odemwingie))
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United States
USA's Tim Howard holds the record for most saves in a single match. What was up with the American defense?
Anyways, it was sad to see Belgium crush the USA. Which leads us to our next team.
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Belgium
It was sad to see Belgium leave, especially when they'd worked so hard just to fall back down again.
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Switzerland
Who would have thought European underdogs Switzerland would have made it to the Round of 16? The highest they've ever made it in a World Cup is the quarter-finals. Sadly, they couldn't reach that, thanks to Argentina.
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Portugal
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is known for being one of the world's best players right now, and of all time. Unfortunately, he can't carry the whole team, no matter how amazing he is.
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Spain
Spain practically won the 2010 World Cup with 1-0 victories, and I guess they were the team to beat in this World Cup, so everyone pretty much found out their tactics (apart from Australia) and tried to knock them down. Well, that worked.
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Uruguay
Not many English people or Italians like Uruguay any more, let alone Luis Suarez. If you're English or Italian, admit it. You were rooting for Colombia in the Round of 16. Because of Luis Suarez's biting antics, it pretty much sent Uruguay home. But it made Barcelona want him. So boo-hoo for Uruguay, yay for Luis.
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Mexico
They were cheated by the Dutch.