matches to pay attention to

The final matches on the group stages are happening on the next 4 days, and there has been many surprises and a great number of goals. These final matches will be intense because it is pretty much "now or never" where teams will be playing with all they got.

In my opinion these are the matches to pay close attention to:

Chile vs. Netherlands:

Both teams already passed to the second round, so the only thing at stake is to end up first in the group, which could be pretty important if they want to avoid to face Brazil on the second round (ideally you want to avoid playing against the host). The beauty of this match is that both teams have an attractive and swift offensive play.

Croatia vs. Mexico:

Whoever wins will pass to the second round, though Mexico can go on with a draw. Croatia seems to possess more talent on the midfield, and have a good striker, but Mexico does have a great goalkeeper and they are very patriotic so they will fight until the last minute.

Italy vs. Uruguay:

Italy can pass with a draw, Uruguay needs the win. Very tight match. Italy has more technically skill, but Uruguay are warrior-like players that will give it all out. It will be intense.

Germany vs. U.S. and Ghana vs Portugal:

The reason why these 2 matches are together, it's because none of the teams are secured to pass, and there is a bunch of dependency, and these are some possible scenarios:

• Germany and US will pass: if they both draw, or if Portugal and Ghana draws
• US will be eliminated if it loses to Germany, and there is a winner in Ghana vs Portugal match, such that the winner ends up having a better goal difference than the US.
• Germany will be eliminated if it loses to US, and there is a winner in Ghana vs Portugal match, such that the winner ends up having a better goal difference than Germany