Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Chelsea vs. Hull City

This game is an interesting game. Chelsea, after ending their 14 game unbeaten run with 2-1 defeat to Newcastle, take on Hull City, who have not won a game in 9 matches. The game started off in minute 7 when John Obi-Mikel takes the ball from Hull City midfielder Sone Aluko and then passes it to Nemanja Matic. I thought that it was a foul because Mikel used his hand to push Aluko down to the ground. Anyway, Matic plays it wide to Brazilian midfielder Oscar on the left. Oscar jukes past Hull City defender James Chester and delivers a beautiful cross for Eden Hazard who heads home to the left side. Chelsea was dominating in the game by possession and shots on target. Then in minute 60 just as Filipe Luis was about to shoot from a bit outside the area, Tom Huddlestone puts in a very strong tackle. This was a very risky move, since he already had been given a booking 45 minutes earlier. He bent Luis' ankle and got sent off immediately. Not just 2 yellows, but a yellow and then a direct red. After that the game was practically Chelsea's. Hull City manager Steve Bruce adjusted the formation so that the Tigers were missing a defender, not a midfielder. But Chelsea kept putting the pressure in, and finally a goal came in minute 68. It all started with a corner, as Willian makes the short pass to Hazard. Hazard's cross is cleared by David Meyler, but Hazard recuperates from midfield. He runs all the way down and passes to Branislav Ivanovic and looks for the return. Ivanovic lets all the players keep running before making a perfectly-placed heel pass back to Hazard. Hazard makes a through ball to Spanish attacker Diego Costa, and he scores his 12th goal of the season, 2nd in the league behind Sergio Aguero. The game ended that way. My man of the match is Eden Hazard. He scored the opener with a beautiful header, and later assisted one to Diego Costa. He was very involved in plays, replacing the suspended Cesc Fabregas.    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqDj7JtvhRM

Friendly Match Argentina vs. Germany

This was a interesting game. It was also a repeat of the 2014 World Cup final, that had happened not 2 months earlier. Germany had a poor squad, and that was because a lot of the players who had led the Germans to the cup were away on club duty and did not want to fly all the way to Germany for a friendly. Only 4 of the players who started in the world cup final actually played in this game. Argentina also didn't have a lot of players. For example Lionel Messi, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Ezequiel Garay, and Gonzalo Higuain didn't play, marking a weaker line in the offensive and the defensive sides. The game kicked off in minute 20 when Sergio Aguero receives an outstanding pass from attacking- midfielder Angel Di Maria and with the side of his foot he chips it into the high post making the lead 1-0 for the Argentinian side. In minute 40 Di Maria receives a through ball from Pablo Zabaleta and crosses to 23 year-old Argentinian forward Erik Lamela. Lamela makes an outstanding volley to the back post, clearly unstoppable for Manuel Neuer. Joachim Low must've realized that with Neuer at the goal the German side wouldn't be able to win so after half time he subbed in the subsitute goalie Roman Weidenfeller. Only 2 minutes after half time Di Maria shoots an outstanding free kick to Federico Fernandez who heads the ball in the goal after it hits the inside post. Argentina was leading   3-0 in the 47th minute so you can tell this was sweet revenge for them, and especially for Di Maria who had been injured during the final. To make matter even worse for Germany,  only 2 minutes later, Di Maria again was running down the side of the field and performed a beautiful chip over Weidenfeller scoring the 4th for "La Albiceleste". In minute 52 Germany shoots a corner kick. Martin Demichelis does a lousy job protecting the goal and doesn't stop a ball right next to him by Andre Schurrle, who makes the score 4-1. In minute 57 Joachim Low makes two substitutions that will change the game; Mario Gotze for Mario Gomez , and Thomas Muller for Schurrle. Right away you began to notice changes in Germany's midfield and attacking line. Like for example the long through balls that got passed the German midfield, Muller intercepted. Germany fought hard, until in minute 78 Mario Gotze takes a bouncing shot which deflected off Fernando Gago so Sergio Romero couldn't see where the ball was going and dived way too late. That's how the game ended. I am happy for Argentina. Friendly or no friendly, after being eliminated by Germany in three straight world cups, I think Argentina really needed this. In my opinion, Argentina had the two extremes in the game; best and worst player. My best player by far was Angel Di Maria. He was unstoppable this game; setting up 3 goals and scoring 1. Finally my worst player was Martin Demichelis. In the 1st half he made so many errors and was really lucky that Romero saved him so many times. Marcos Rojo also had an outstanding game. He set up the long pass to Di Maria when he scored and stole the ball so many times from the German team.               

Fifa World Cup Group H

Group H

                                MP   W   D   L   GF   GA   +/-   Pts

BELGIUM               3      3     0   0     4      1      3      9 

ALGERIA                3     1      1   1     6     5      1       4   

RUSSIA                   3      0     2   1     2      3     -1      2

SOUTH KOREA     3      0     1   2     3      6     -3      1

Fifa World Cup Group G

Group G

                    MP   W   D   L   GF   GA   +/-    Pts 

GERMANY        3      2    1    0     7      2      5       7
USA                    3      1    1    1     4      4      0       4
PORTUGAL      3       1    1    1     4      7     -3       4
GHANA             3       0    1    2     4      6     -2       1

Fifa World Cup 2014 Group F

Group F

                                                    MP   W   D   L   GF   GA   +/-   Pts

ARGENTINA                               3     3     0   0     6       3      3     9  

NIGERIA                                      3     1     1   1     3       3      0     6

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA      3     1     0   2     4       4      0     3

IRAN                                             3     0     1   2     1       4     -3    1

Fifa World Cup 2014 Group E

Group E

                                 

                                                MP   W   D   L   GF   GA   +/-   Pts    

FRANCE                  3      2    1    0     8      2      6      7

SWITZERLAND     3      2    0    1     7      6      1      6

ECUADOR              3      1    1    1     3      3      0      4

HONDURAS           3      0    0    3     1      8      -7     0

Fifa World Cup 2014 Group D

Group D

                       

                      MP   W   D   L   GF   GA   +/-   Pts 

COSTA RICA        3     2    1    0     4      1       3     7

URUGUAY            3     2    0    1     4      4       0     6

ITALY                    3     1    0    2     2      3      -1    3

ENGLAND             3     0    1    2     2      4      -2    1

Fifa World Cup 2014 Group C

Group C

                               MP   W   D   L   GF   GA   +/-   Pts

COLOMBIA            3     3     0   0     9       2      7      9   

GREECE                 3     1     1   1     2       4     -2      4

IVORY COAST      3     1     0   2     4       5     -1      3

JAPAN                    3     0     1   2     2       6     -4      1

Fifa World Cup 2014 Group B

GROUP B

        

                                   MP   W   D   L   GF   GA   +/-   Pts

NETHERLANDS        3      3    0    0    10     3      7      9

CHILE                         3      2    0    1     5      3      2      6

SPAIN                         3      1    0     2    4      7      -3     3

AUSTRALIA              3      0    0     0    3      9      -6     0

Fifa World Cup 2014 Group A

Group A

                            

                          MP  W  D  L  GF  GA  +/-  Pts                                 

BRAZIL             3     2   1   0    7     2     5     7

MEXICO            3     2   1   0    4     1     3     7

CROATIA          3     1   0   2    6     6     0     3

CAMEROON     3     0   0   3    1     9    -8     0