
Costa Rica’s Rodney Wallace on missing the 2014 World Cup, why he think this team can emulate that success and what he learned from life in Brazil ahead of their Group E clash.

Costa Rica’s Rodney Wallace on missing the 2014 World Cup, why he think this team can emulate that success and what he learned from life in Brazil ahead of their Group E clash.

Tournament favorites Brazil lead the way after an impressive qualifying campaign, while Costa Rica, Serbia and Switzerland will be playing for second place.

The Brazil captain has been sidelined since March and speculation is rife regarding the world’s most expensive player’s club future.

Serbia’s squad boasts a number of first-rate players, the majority of whom play in some of the continent’s top leagues.

Since making their World Cup debut at Italy 1990, Costa Rica have become a World Cup staple, defying expectations by reaching the last-16 in 2014.

Despite losing only once in qualification, Switzerland were forced to qualify for Russia 2018 via the playoffs.

Brazil are the most successful team in World Cup history and are the only team to have played in every tournament, never needing a play-off to qualify.

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