THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP

IH bloggers are pleased to present.............

We have been looking forward to watching the 2014 World cup and finally it is here. We spent some time talking to people about their predictions, favourite players, and opinions about the World Cup.

Top 5 players in the 2014 World Cup

By Derek Kim

Here is a list of the top players in the competition you can check out the most famous players and the upcoming rising soccer stars below.

1. CRISTIANO RONALDO
 #CR7  

His career 2013-2014

- Scorer in LIGA BBVA(Spain League)

( Goals 31/ Assists 9 )

- Won The 'Big Ear' Trophy in the UEFA championship

-Got the Ballon D'or Trophy (Europe)

2. RIONEL MESSI  
#FOREVER RIVAL WITH CR7

 His Career 2013-2014

- Score in LIGA BBVA (Spain League)

(Goals 28, Assists 9)

BUT......

- He won four Ballon D'or Trophies

- Total Score in 2012-2013

(Goals 91, Assists 37)

- Total Score in 2011-2012 

(Goals 73, Assists 29)

- He was the top Scorer for three seasons in his league

- He was the top Scorer for four seasons in UEFA Championship.

3. NEYMAR SANTOS

 #SUPERNOVA OF BRAZIL 

His whole career 
-Total score 
(30 goals in 47 International Matches)

-Won the Trophy in the confederation cup 

-Won an Olympic Trophy in 2012

4. LUIS SUAREZ

#BAD BOY IN LIVERPOOL 
His career
- Total score 
(39 goals in 76 International Matches)  
-   Scored Goals 31 in EPL 2013-2014s  
- Won Top player trophy in the EPL(England premier league)

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 5. DIEGO COSTA   

#NEW ART WORK OF VINCENTE CALDERON

His career 
- Scored 27 goals in LIGA BBVA(Spain League) 
- Joined the International Team of Spain
- Won the trophy in LIGA BBVA 2013-2014

   

  

Rising Soccer Stars 

By Claire Chang

NAME: Daniel Andre Sturridge

DATE OF BIRTH : 1 September 1989 (AGE 24)

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

POSITION : Forward

CURRENT CLUB: Liverpool United, England

CAREER:
2013-Liverpool, England
2011- Bolton, England
2009-2013 Chelsea, England

2006-2009 Manchester City, England

PLAYING STYLE: Sturridge, in the majority of games, is a striker. He has the ability to still drop between lines, pull wide and attack defenses, similar to striker Suarez's playing style. 

NAME: Paul Pogba

DATE OF BIRTH : 15 March 15 1993 (AGE 21)

COUNTRY: France

POSITION : Midfielder

CURRENT CLUB: Juventus, Italy

CAREER: 

2011-2012 Manchester United, England

2012- Juventus, Italy

PLAYING STYLE: Pogba is experienced and stable player. He has operation ability as midfielder.    

NAME: Eden Hazard
DATE OF BIRTH : 7 January 1991 (AGE 23)
COUNTRY: Belgium

POSITION : Midfielder

CURRENT CLUB: Chelsea, England

CAREER: 

2012- Chelsea, England

2007-2012 Lille, France     

PLAYING STYLE:  Hazard primarily plays as either an attacking midfielder or a winger and has been credited as being “possibly the outstanding talent in Europe right now”.

NAME: Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior

DATE OF BIRTH : 9 September 1991 (AGE 22)

COUNTRY: Brazil

POSITION : Midfielder

CURRENT CLUB: Chelsea, England

CAREER: 

2012- Chelsea, England

2010-2012 Internacional, Brazil

2008-2010 São Paulo, Brazil

PLAYING STYLE: Oscar is very creative in his runs. As a playmaker, he is able to deliver the precise pass to his teammates. Oscar is very effective in building up play in areas higher up the pitch and his cunning runs as well as skillful short range passing make him a threat in and near the opponent's box.

World Cup Predictions

by Tim Kim

I interviewed some International House students, staff, and teachers about their predictions for the 2014 Brazil world cup and who they expect to win..

Name : Thauan Rosas

Home Country : Brazil

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup?- Spain and Brazil

Why?- Spain won the last World Cup in 2010 and Brazil won the last   Confederation Cup

2.What's your favorite team?- Brazil of course

Why? - Brazil has many good players and the players really enjoy the sport.

3. Who is your favorite player? - Neymar

Why? -  He is a very fun and good player

Name : Alex Agrico

Home Country : Brazil

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup? - Brazil

 Why?- Brazil is one of the best teams and they get to play at home

 2.What's your favorite team?- Brasil

  Why?  - They have great style and they enjoy their game

 3. Who is your favorite player? Neymar

 Why?  -  He is funny and skilled                                

                                          

                                         

Name : Allan

Home Country : Brazil

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup?- Brazil

 Why?- Brazilian players are playing at home(Home ground)

 2.What's your favorite team?- Palmeiras

  Why?  - This is the first time that I watched a champion team

  3. Who is your favorite player? - Messi

 Why?-  He is very good player(very fast and technical)

                                          

                                         

Name :Anas sala

Home Country : Libya

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup?- Brazil

 Why? - Brazil is stronger than his country

 2.What's your favorite team? -Spain

 Why? -  A lot of his favorite players are on that team

  3. Who is your favorite player?- Messi

 Why? - Amazing player(very polite, very fast, very smart)

Name :Kohei

Home Country : Japan

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup?-Italy

Why?- I support AC millan

2.What's your favorite team? Italy

Why?- I joined Japans team here, right side back defend.

3. Who is your favorite player? - Christina Ronaldo

Why?-He is the best player of the world

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Name :Frank Andre

Home Country : Trinidad

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup? - Uruguay

Why?- Maybe Brazil is the best team but Uruguay won before, even if they are a small country

2.What's your favorite team? -Uruguay

Why? Small country but the players are good

3. Who is your favorite player?- I don't have one

4. Opinion- The world cup is good for the world because all people can share the sport. its good fighting without having a war.                                      
              

Name : Cam Parker

Home Country : Canada

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup? - Argentina

Why? - Argentina has Messi

2.What's your favorite team? - England

Why?- They invented soccer

3. Who is your favorite player? - Bale(Wales)

 4. Opinion- - When I was young I used to play soccer. Let's enjoy the world cup together!!!

               

                                           

Name :Victor Medeiros

Home Country : Brazil

1. Which country do you expect to win the Brazil world cup?- Brazil

Why?- Brazil is the best (Ranking : 3rd)  But the ranking is not correct.

    For ex; Colombia is not good at soccer but their ranking is 8th in the world

2.What's your favorite team?-Brazil

Why?- I'm from Brazil

3. Who is your favorite player?- Hernandes and Neymar

Why?- I'm from Sao Paolo which is the same city as them.

4. Opinion- This world cup will be the best world cup ever

We are ready to fight with spirit!
Interviews:

By Ji Hye Lee 

Here are my interviews with some IH students about the World Cup, celebrity players and favourite international players.

Almost everyone is expecting Brazil to win. Which team will get the chance to take the 2014 W.C trophy!! Thank you so much to everyone for taking the time to talk to me!

Alex / Italy /

1. Who is the top player in your country at the FIFA 2014 W.C?- Maro Balotelli.
2. Who are your TOP players in the World?- Messi, Cristian Ronaldo, Radamel Falcao, Xavi Hernandez, Andrea Pirlo
3. Which Country do you think will with the 2014 W.C?- Belgium
   
4. Who do you think will be the next upcoming star player to qualify in the next world cup?-Messi
5. Which celebrity, actor, singer or entertainer do you think would make a good soccer player? David Beckham (he is already retired but I'd like to see him again).

Manuel / Mexico /

1. Who is the TOP player in your country at FIFA 2014 W.C?- Javier Hernadez (Chicharito)
2. Who are your TOP players in the world?-  Messi, Cristian Ronaldo, Radamel Falcao, Neymar
3. Which country do you think will win in the W.C?- Brazil
4. Who do you think will be the next upcoming star player to qualify  after this  world cup?- 
Messi
5. Which celebrity,actor,singer or entertainer do you think would be good at soccer?- Diego Luna(he can dance well so he could play soccer well too)

Michelle Weng/ Taiwan /

1. Who is the top player in your country at the FIFA W.C? Taiwan doesn't have one! :(
2. Who are your TOP players in the world? -Messi,  Cristiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney
3. Which country do you think will win in the W.C?-Brazil
4. Who do you think will be the next upcoming star player to qualify  after this  world cup?- Seong young Gi
5. Which celebrity,actor,singer or entertainer do you think would be good at soccer?- Jackie Chan (he is good at martial arts).

It's always good to take time and reflect on your childhood. For the good and bad, those lessons and memories are what shape us as we grow. It's also very important to let your inner child come out and play, that is what we wanted to do this week when we made these childhood reenactment photos. 

We encourage you to do the same. 

(Its a great gift idea for your friends and family)

/ DEVA EOM /

My father took this picture when I was 4 years old. I'm not sure but I may have eaten Jja-Jang-noodle.

I was a little chubby until I graduated  elementary school. Although I couldn't use a fork well, it didn't matter. I think at that time I was really hungry. Look at my mouth! A lot of sauce covered my mouth. I think my father thought my behavior was so cute. When I saw my picture for the first time, I felt that my father loved me so much. Although I couldn't remember my feeling at that time, I was really happy. Because of my family. Everybody liked me, hopefully,. my grandparents, parents etc...HaHa. I seemed to get enough love. If someone saw my childhood, they might envy me. I can say clearly...... I was so happy!!!

/ KIM HA YU /TIM/

 

Let me tell you about my childhood story. I was very shy as a child and I was so naughty as well. My family was not rich, I was always with my older sister when my parents went to work. So, my older sister took care of me well and we are very close.In this picture I was in the third grade of elementary school and the background was an aquarium of 63 Building. 63 Building was the highest building in South Korea and I remember that I went there after I kept asking my parents with my childish mind.I am different from who I was then. When I saw my childhood picture in this class it was a very good experience.

/JI SUN LEE/

       When I was a child I felt everything was fun. I liked to play all games and I really liked doing things with my older sister, Jaime. I followed her everywhere so we have many pictures together. Even now we are staying in Vancouver in the same room. Really we are best friends. When I was a child I was active and noisy so my mommy and my sister took care of me but sometimes my sister also liked to make noise and jokes and we liked to take a pictures with great interest. Maybe this photo was taken in the room of my parents. I liked that place because it was big. However i think the best memory of my childhood was two years later, because my younger brother was born. It was so good for my family. My parents wanted to have a son. So my brother grew up with everyone's love. Anyway my childhood was full of fun and fantastic. I really miss that time.

*This post is inspired by Irina Werning's photo project 'Back to the Future'. you can see her work if you follow the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAc6uQBuOBo