The United States and Germany are playing live on Thursday against Germany after the Dutch Netherlands and Chile are playing in Group B on the World Cup schedule on Monday from Sao Paulo and the match starts up at 12 pm noon ET and comes as both teams have made it into the knockout rounds and the game will be on TV from ESPN and streaming from the WatchESPN website online.
Netherlands comes into the game after a couple of very good performances and they are now though to the next round, while Chile surprised everyone and is also into the knockout stages. The Dutch helped push Spain to the brink of defeat and Chile had the final punch and now the team is hoping to salvage their World Cup with a win against Australia, but that won't be enough to get the team through, as they are already eliminated.
The Group B match is still a crucial one, as both are into the knockout round but being the winner of the group and second place is a major difference in the round of 16. The Dutch have played very well with Robins Can Persie and Arjen Robben scoring in bunches and they will need that to continue to have a chance to win the World Cup. The Dutch have put themselves into the conversation about the favorites in the tournament and they are there along with Brazil, Germany and Argentina as well as France after they won their first two matches as well.
Van Persie had two goals in the first match and he has continued to perform well, proving that he was right about that rest from earlier in the season. The Dutch star was forced to sit out of the Manchester United schedule for a month with an injury and clearly that rest has paid for him and his national team. Louis Van Gaal and Jorge Sampaoli have to be careful with their players, as injuries and yellow cards could turn the tide of the entire group heading into the World Cup and neither manager wants to make a mistake or lose any players.
Robben and Van Persie have been excellent and they each have a number of goals in the two games, combining for six all together and if they can continue playing well, the Dutch could make it far in the tournament. The schedule has four days of rest for these teams into the next stage and that will be important as they recover for their next matches. Arturo Vidal is going to be key for Chile and he has been excellent and Robben has the chance to score in his third straight game and he could be the key. The US is hoping they can get a point from Germany, as that will put them through to the next round of the tournament.
Australia and Spain are playing a meaningless World Cup game on the schedule on Monday and the matchup is live from Curitiba in Brazil and starts up on ESPN and the WatchESPN website with a live stream at 12 pm noon ET and the Group B game has these two teams eliminated as the Netherlands and Chile play to see who wins the group.
Check here for the World Cup 2014 schedule and live coverage from ESPN for the Netherlands and Chile match.
