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There were many beautiful goals, like the first one Neymar scored against Cameroon, James Rodriguez's in Colombia's crushing win over Japan, the great goal from outside the penalty box by Swiss Shaqiri against Honduras and the first one by Nigerian Musa against Argentina. For the buildup of the play, the trophy goes to Memphis Depay, at 91 minutes of the Netherlands 2-0 Chile.
Goal average: 2.83
10 penalty kicks awarded. Only one was missed (by Benzema, France).
8 red cards. Five of them were for players with Latin blood: Maxi Pereira (Uruguay), Wilson Palacios (Honduras), Pepe (Portugal), Marchisio (Italy) and Antonio Valencia (Ecuador). Also on the list are Katsouranis (Greece), Rebic (Croatia) and Song (Cameroon).
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