Being constantly dubbed as one of the favorites in recent times, Argentina never quite fulfill those expectations, especially after their second place achievement way back in 1990 World Cup.

Only grabbing a 2-2 draw on their latest friendly game in preparation for upcoming 2014 World Cup doesn't seem to concern England manager, Roy Hodgson as he believes there's still many positives his side earned from that midweek tie.

Being blessed with plenty attacking talents, there's not questions that Brazil are expected to produce attacking football in each of their upcoming World Cup 2014 matches, but that style might not be enough to guide them into success.

World Cup 2014 is closing in and all participating countries are gearing up to get their preparation going by scheduling several international friendlies which can be watched through a fine collaboration with Bet 365.

The exclusion of Giuseppe Rossi from Italy's 23-men squad for World Cup  caused a bit of controversy as many Azzurri fans were questioning that decision since the Fiorentina striker did put in a positive performance last season, despite suffering a quite long injury period.

An interesting statement was revealed by Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, as he publicly backed Italy as his strong candidate in winning the upcoming World Cup 2014, or at least reaching the final.

The World Cup 2014 is just days away with all teams gearing up their final preparation before starting their intense footballing journey in Brazil. One of those international sides that always attract many attention are England and this year, things can get really tough from early on.

After waiting for quite some time, a harsh truth arrived for Colombia as they have to leave out their star striker, Radamel Falcao from the final 23-men squad that will be battling it out in Brazil.

After a convincing friendly result against Norway, France preparation seem to be rather bleak, starting with the injury which was suffered by their star player, Franck Ribery. That injury forced him to miss out on Les Blues' latest game against Paraguay which ended in a 1-1 draw for Didier Deschamps' men, a disappointing result indeed compared to their previous 4-0 win against Norway.

Germany might not look that convincing yet during their preparation for World Cup 2014, especially after being held into a 2-2 draw by Cameroon in a friendly match this past weekend.

The Brazil FIFA World Cup 2014 is closing in fast, but Germany national team head coach, Joachim Low is still having some concern as several of his potential first team players are not 100% fit yet.

Being placed in Group C with Colombia, Greece along with Ivory Coast, Japan are considered as the dark horse that could surprise and advanced from their group. However, for that to happen, Blue Samurai head coach, Alberto Zaccheroni is keen on getting his star players match fit for the tournament.

Getting close to the opening of World Cup 2014, host nation, Brazil are gearing up for what would be an intense campaign as they're be playing in front of their home crowd who are expecting at least an appearance in the final.

Following the absence of Riccardo Montolivo because of his recent injury, another famous name has been left out of Italy's squad as Cesare Prandelli announced his final 23-men pick which didn't include Fiorentina man, Giuseppe Rossi.

Confidence is running high on Netherlands camp ahead of their World Cup adventure as head coach Louis Van Gaal insist that his team are flying to Brazil win one mission which is to win.