Saturday, June 14th - Games Results

Today we had 4 games, and here are the results:

Pirlo helps Italy win against England in Manaus

Colombia wins their first game in this WC

Group C
Colombia 3 x 0 Greece 

Group D
Uruguay 1 x 3 Costa Rica

Costa Rica celebrates victory

England 1 x 2 Italy

Later, at 22h we will have Côte d'Ivoire x Japan

Tomorrow, Sunday we will have:

13h from Brasilia
Switzerland x Ecuador


16h from Porto Alegre
France x Honduras

19h from Rio de Janeiro
Argentina x Bosnia and Herzegovina

Maracanã - Rio de Janeiro

Friday, June 13th - Games Results

Hello there,

This Friday we had 3 important matches:

Mexico x Cameroon in Natal - RN

Group A had Mexico 1 x 0 Cameroon playing under a heavy rain in Natal. Oribe Peralta scored.

Robin Van Persie - Netherlands

Group B had Spain 1 x 5 Netherlands 
Amazing game. Alonso scored the first one, a penalty for Spain, and at 43' of the first half Van Persie scored that beautiful head goal you see on the picture.
Second half was a big sequence of goals, Robben, Vrij, Van Persie and Robben again scoring the 5th goal of this wonderful match! Congrats Holland, you guys wanted it so bad and got it! 

Chile

Still on Group B we had 
Chile 3 x 1 Australia
Chile could count on their fans cheering and singing... feeling like home! But there were also many Australians at the stadium cheering for the Socceroos Squad.


Tomorrow, Saturday we will have 4 games:

13h from Belo Horizonte
Colombia x Greece

Arena Amazonia - Manaus

16h from Fortaleza
Uruguay x Costa Rica

18h from Manaus  ( -05 UTC)
England x Italy

22h from Recife
Côte D'Ivoire x Japan

Brazil x Croatia

OMG!
What a hard game!

Looking at this score you wouldn't say...

Brazil won, but it wasn't easy... at the first half Marcelo scored a own goal for Croatia, then came Neymar and scored 2 goals, one of which was a penalty.
Oscar was playing beautifully all game long, and ended up scoring the third goal.

Croatia played very well, they were fast and focused... congrats guys!

Tomorrow we have:

1 pm - Mexico x Cameroon
4 pm - Spain x Netherlands
6 pm - Chile x Australia

Take care! Don't drink and drive!

APPS: Don't Miss the Games' Highlights!

Hey everyone? How are you doing?

There are few days left for the World Cup, so I selected some nice apps that will give you the games' updates in case you miss them.
I am a big fan of apps, so this post is for me as well! haha  

Here they are:

• Fifa Official App: You can select up to 3 of your favorite national teams on World Match Centre and follow the updates about them, and also read other news about soccer in general.

• ESPN FC Soccer and World Cup: For iOS 7 - videos, highlights, news, opinion about the 2014 World Cup and more

• ESPN Sport Centre: This app is for any sport, but you can select your favorite sports and teams and receive pop up news. 

• USA World Cup 2014: Follow the US team, game dates and results.

Write more suggestions here!

APPS: For Travelers

Hi Guys,

I've selected some apps for those who are coming to Brazil for the games or even for those who like to take pictures and post on social medias.

So here they are:

TRIP ADVISOR - Is a good app to review restaurants, hotels and share your opinion about the city and fun places.

FOURSQUARE - Also a good app to rate places in a city and view other people comments about places. You can check in where you are so it makes easy for your friends to find you! Very clever.

WAZE - For those who are driving or if your taking a cab. View the traffic and use as a navigator. Very useful! 

EASY TAXI - Oh yeah! One of my favorite apps of all. Call a taxi direct from your phone, track where the taxi is and how many minutes it will take for the driver to arrive. You will see his name and picture on your screen.
I wrote another post about Taxi in Rio. Take a look!

PhotoPost - Very very cool app!!! Print your pictures direct from your phone and receive them anywhere in Brazil. Select pictures from Facebook, Instagram, your phone or Dropbox, apply effects and borders, choose the size and you are done! The pictures will be delivered to your address or hotel in a cute envelope! The estimate delivery time is 2 - 4 days for capitals and up to 8 days for other cities. How cool is that? 
Here is how it works:

FRAMATIC - Make collage, add nice borders to your pictures and make them more fun! The rates for this app are very good. No doubt it will be very useful during this World Cup.

If you have any other suggestions please leave a comment below. They are always welcome.

"You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot."

Shakuntala Devi