I Will Never Brain My Damage Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fred

The match was won 4-1 by Brazil. Joël Matip scored for Brazil from close range from a cross from Allan Nyom. The first two Brazilian goals were scored by popular forward Neymar with a bit of individual skill. The third Brazilian goal was scored by Fred from a David Luiz cross ball. The last goal was from Fernandinho who scored from Oscar's pass.
Brazil lost to an impressive Germany side in a very infamous game 7-1 to get knocked out of the competition. Cameroon didn't make it past the knockout stages.

Answer: Héctor Herrera

Mexico won the match 3-1. Croatia's sole goal came in the last minutes of the game from Ivan Perisiæ, who scored from a pass supplied by Ivan Rakitiæ, a player who signed for Barcelona around the time of this World Cup. The other two goals for Mexico came from Andrés Guardado and Javier Hernández, a player who has played to teams like Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Croatia went out during the group stages itself and Mexico were knocked out during the group stages by Netherlands.

Answer: False

Leroy Fer didn't start the match but came on in this match as a substitute at around the 75th minute. He replaced Wesley Sneijder. Netherlands won the game 2-0, although Chile played pretty well with players like Alexis Sánchez and Eduardo Vargas looking really threatening.

The first goal by Fer at around the 77th minute from a cross from Daryl Janmaat. The second goal was scored by Memphis Depay after a pass from Arjen Robben. Both Chile and Netherlands had already qualified for the knockout stages even before this match. So the result had no effect on anybody's progression to the next round. Netherlands were knocked out by Argentina in the semifinals and Chile was knocked by Brazil, later in the tournament.

Answer: Honda

Japan lost the game 1-4. Okazaki's goal was their sole goal. Colombia's first goal came from Juan Cuadrado's penalty. Jackson Martinez scored both the second and the third goal for Colombia. While player James Rodriguez, who had an excellent World Cup scored the last goal for Colombia. He went on to sign for Real Madrid from Monaco after the World Cup. He also won the Golden Boot for scoring the most goals at this World Cup.
Colombia qualified for the knockout stages but exited the competition later and Japan failed to progress from the group stages.

Answer: Diego Godín

The match ended 1-0. The Azzurri were eliminated in the group stages itself and Uruguay passed on to the knockout stages but exited the competition later. It was during this match that the controversy occurred that involved accusations that Luis Suarez, the then Liverpool player, had bit the Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez was given a lengthy ban from the governing body after this incident.

He didn't play for the rest of the World Cup until Uruguay was eliminated. He later signed for Barcelona after the World Cup.

Answer: Ezequiel Garay

The ball was kicked in by Ezequiel Lavezzi from a corner. Garay flicked the ball onward with his head and then the ball was met by Marcus Rojo's knee which sent the ball flying into the net. The match ended in an Argentine victory with a final score line of 3-2.

This was a pulsating match with both teams playing very good football. The first of the goals for Nigeria was scored by Ahmed Musa just at around a minute after Messi had scored for Argentina. The second goal for Argentina was again scored by Messi just before half time. Just few minutes after half time restart, Musa again scored for Nigeria with a sublime touch to equalize 2-2.

The third goal for the Argentine men or the last goal of the match was scored by Rojo from the headed assist. Both teams qualified for the knockout stages with Argentina reaching the awesome finals.

Answer: Asamoah Gyan

Portugal won the match 2-1. The goal was scored by Gyan from a cross from his team mate Kwadwo Asamoah. The first goal for Portugal was an own goal slotted in by mistake by John Boye. A cross from Miguel Veloso deflected off him to go into his own goal. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the second and final goal for Portugal.
Both teams were knocked out of the group stages with other group members USA and Germany progressing.

Answer: Dmitri Kombarov

This goal came in the 6th minute of the match. This was the only goal for Russia as the game finished 1-1. Other players who played for Russia were Sergei Ignashevich, Oleg Shatov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov and Viktor Fayzulin. Russia failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup. With this exit from the premier competition, Russia had, till this World Cup 2014, failed to qualify for any group stages of previous tournaments.

This match took place in the stadium named Arena da Baixada.

Answer: Islam Slimani

The Russian goal keeper Igor Akinfeev failed to keep the header out which was after a free kick by Yacine Brahimi. Other players who played for Algeria were Sofiane Feghouli, Carl Medjani, Nabil Bentaleb and Djamel Mesbah. Algeria qualified for the knockout stages but was later knocked out by eventual winners Germany in a good match in the round of sixteen.

This match took place in the city of Curitiba.

Answer: Per Mertesacker

Per is a tall defender who plays for the German national football team. He was then playing for Arsenal and he retired from international football after the World Cup. The match was won by Germany 1-0. The match happened in Recife. Both USA and Germany qualified for the knockout stages. USA was knocked out in an exciting game against Belgium in which Tim Howard had an extraordinary performance. Germany went on to be unstoppable and won the World Cup in a final that lived up to the hype and expectations against a good Argentinian side.