An ageing old guard, and an inexperienced new guard with plenty of absentees, the Dutch need a miracle to win the World Cup.   Their coach: Aloy...

  Welcome to our first group preview here on The Red Card District. Group A is highlighted by Brazil and a plucky Mexico side hoping to make an i...

Being Venezuelan by birth and a football fan by choice, I look over to our neighbours to the west with a bit of envy. Colombia is very close as they s...

If the outlook for this 2014 Italy World Cup side could be summed up with one word, it would be “uncertainty”. With one of the oldest teams in the...

Algeria has a fair bit of World Cup experience going into Brazil this summer, however they have a little more to show and prove this time around. A mi...

While qualification for the World Cup finals is never easy, the difficulties should come from the competition and the hostile crowds in foreign countr...

Four years ago, México’s World Cup ended in typical fashion. But the mood after getting eliminated by Argentina (again) in the first knockout r...

Croatia qualified for the World Cup in the most unspectacular fashion, they came second in the group Belgium topped, and eventually drew Iceland in th...

Most betting agencies have given Cameroon the worst odds for this World Cup, expecting them to finish bottom of group A. Cameroon’s manager Volk...

The expectation is in the air. The World Cup is just a couple of weeks away and we are still left wondering if Brazil is definitely ready to host it. ...