Greece's preparation for their upcoming last 16 battle against Costa Rica is not going smoothly as injury issues troubling some of their players, notably Etnhiki's talisman, Georgios Samaras.
Luis Suarez's World Cup campaign meet its end after FIFA discipline committee decided to punish his recent action in biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's 1-0 win over Italy.
Having an impressive group stage performance by grabbing 100% record, Colombia players are somewhat allowed to celebrate their achievement, but they decided to set their focus on the upcoming knock out stage meeting against Uruguay instead of enjoying the moment.
Facing an early exit from World Cup 2014, Croatia head coach, Niko Kovac has no intention on stepping down as he is keen on finishing the long term project which was set up during his appointment.
Costa Rica secured top place in Group D of current World Cup 2014 tournament after they held England into a goalless draw.
Already providing two major shock in the tournament by defeating Uruguay and Italy, Costa Rica were looking to play it safe when they face England.
Italy's World Cup campaign ended in dramatic fashion after getting eliminated by their arch rival, Uruguay.
Both teams were forced to battle out for one ticket into the knock out stage as two of them were shockingly beaten by Costa Rica.
Japan's dream in securing a place into the second round of World Cup 2014 is pretty slim at the moment after only collecting one point from their previous two group games.
However, that situation doesn't make their star midfielder, Keisuke Honda giving up any of his hope as he ensured that Japan will keep on fighting as long as there's still any slight of chance for them to advance.
Winning their second game against England, brought a new found spirit four Uruguay as they're keen on grabbing that ticket into the knock out stages of World Cup 2014.
However, due to their opening match defeat against Costa Rica, Oscar Tabarez's men must battle it out against Italy to secure one elusive ticket, a tricky situation indeed for both teams.
Costa Rica continue to pull off miracles in World Cup 2014 as the Concacaf side secured a spot into the knock out stages of the competition after defeating Italy on Friday.
Both teams already grabbed three points from their opening fixture as were eyeing another victory to secure their spot into the knock out stages.
England's World Cup journey is heading for an exit after suffering their second defeat this midweek against Uruguay, another disappointing outcome after previously picked up similar result against Italy.
England's World Cup hope is heading into the exit tunnel after Roy Hodgson's men picked up a disappointing second group defeat from Uruguay.
Both teams picked up disappointing results in their opening fixture, so they were keen in turning things around.
Italy's ambition to improve their World Cup performance this year is heading into the right direction as Gli Azzurri defeated England this weekend.
Eager to start their World CUp 2014 campaign in flying fashion, both teams immediately pushing hard since kick off.
Costa Rica made a dream start into their World Cup 2014 campaign by causing a major surprise after they defeated South American champion, Uruguay.
Not being considered as favorite in Group D, things were not going that well for Costa Rica as Uruguay got themselves ahead on 24 minutes from Edinson Cavani's goal.
One of the most anticipated tie since the World Cup drawing was made is set to occur this weekend when England face up against Italy at Arena Amazonia, Manaus (Brazil).
Both teams are targeting to start their World Cup campaign with all three points and despite reports of difficult condition, Three Lions' boss, Roy Hodgson, is confident that his team can overcome every obstacles and set focus only in their opponent.