World Cup 2014/El Mundial 2014: Uruguay 1-0 Italy (Italia) & Costa Rica 0-0 England (Inglaterra): (Group D/Grupo D)

| Uruguay 1-0 Italy (Italia) |

| Godin |

– Uruguay only have 43% possession but create 9 more chances than Italy – 5 of which are on target to Italy’s only 1 shot on target.

– Uruguay solamente tuvó cuarenta tres por ciento de posesión pero tuvó nueve más ocasiones que Italia – cinco tiros a puerta.

– The game sees just a combined total of 3 shots on target – Costa Rica (2) & England (1).

Uruguay progress from Group D along with Group D winners Costa Rica following an eventful & controversial win (red card for Marchisio & the Suárez biting incident) over Italy (1-0).

Diego Godin unlocks a solid Italian defence to give Uruguay the much needed win that gives them 6 points compared to Italy’s 3.
The victory means Uruguay have achieved the unfancied task of having to qualify after losing the opening game at a World Cup.
Italy do the opposite having won their opening game.

– 4 time World Cup winners Italy are eliminated at the group stages of the World Cup for a second consecutive time (2010 & 2014).

· Italy have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 7 World Cup games; the 4 times World champions last clean sheet in a World Cup game came when they lost won the tournament in Germany in 2006 against the host nation (2-0: AET).

· Marchisio becomes the 7th player to be sent off at the 2014 World Cup; he is also the only player to have scored and been sent off at the tournament thus far.

· Uruguay score in a 10th consecutive World Cup match (2002, 2010 & 2014).

| COSTA RICA 0-0 ENGLAND |

– Costa Rica remain unbeaten to win a group consisting of 3 past World Cup winners – Uruguay (2), Italy (4) & England (1) – a total of 7 World Cups won between all 3 of them.

– Costa Rica ya está invicto en este mundial de fútbol y gana un grupo con ex campeónes del mundo: Uruguay (ha ganado el mundial dos veces ), Italia (ha ganado el mundial cuatro veces) y Inglaterra (ha ganado el mundial una vez). Por eso esos tres países han ganado siete mundiales en total (combinado/total combinado).

· England did not score the first goal or lead at any point in any of their 3 games at the 2014 World Cup.

· England have either failed to score at all or have only scored 1 goal in each of their last 9 World Cup games (2006, 2010 & 2014):-

• Inglaterra tampoco no ha marcado o solamente ha marcado un gol en sus últimos nueve partidos en el mundial (2006, 2010 & 2014).

Versus Costa Rica (0-0)/frente a Costa Rica (0-0) | D/E | 2014 |
Versus Uruguay (2-1)/frente a Uruguay | L/D | 2014 |
Versus Italy (2-1)/frente a Italia (2-1) | L /D 2014 |
Versus Germany (1-4)/frente a Alemania (1-4) | D/L | 2010 |
Versus Slovakia (1-0)/frente a Eslovaquia (1-0) | W/V | 2010 |
Versus Algeria (0-0)/frente a Algeria (0-0) | D/E | 2010 |
Versus USA (1-1)/frente a Estados Unidos (1-1) | D/E | 2010 |
Versus Portugal (0-0: Portugal win on penalties)/frente a Portugal (0-0: Portugal gana por una banda de pentalis) | L/D | 2006 |
Versus Ecuador (1-0/frente a Ecuador | W/V | 2006 |

· The last time England scored more than one goal in a World Cup game was against Trinidad & Tobago (2-0) at the 2006 World Cup.

· Wayne Rooney was involved in (scored/assisted) in both of England’s goals in the 2014 World Cup.

· Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge & Glen Johnson were involved in (scored/assisted) in England’s only goals (2) of the 2014 World Cup.

· England have just won 2 of their last 9 World Cup games (2006, 2010 & 2014).

• Inglaterra solamente ha ganado dos de sus últimos nueve partidos en los tres mundiales (2006, 2010 & 2014).

• England ya solamente ya ganado dos de sus últimos nueve partidos en los últimos tres mundiales (2006, 2010 & 2014).

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