Team Profiles and Squads
All 32 nations are profiled and Team 33 have teamed up with the experts based in those countries to bring you detailed analyses of the teams taking part via the podcasts.
From Algeria to Uruguay, Click Here to find the team you are looking for.
Podcasts and previews
Team 33, Newstalk's Official podcast series will be looking into this World Cup in-depth and you can keep up by clicking here or by subscribing for free via iTunes.
From Graham Hunter to Raphael Honigstein, Off The Ball will be getting into World Cup mode on the Football Show.
Young Players to Watch
Coming soon! Off The Ball and Team 33's Raf Diallo profiles some of the best young players under the age of 23 with the help of the experts.
- Team 33 host and Roma fan Richard Chambers profiles the Giallorossi players to watch
- Colin Udoh on the Nigerian players who may get on the world's radar
- Alan Pulido (Mexico)
- Abdul Majeed Waris (Ghana)
- Antoine Griezmann (France)
- William Carvalho (Portugal)
- Jordy Clasie (Netherlands)
- Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast)
- James Rodriguez (Colombia)
- Mateo Kovacic (Croatia)
- Granit Xhaka (Switzerland)
Features and Nostaglia
Who should have won Player of the Tournament?
PIC: Gotze gracing the playing fields of Kerry in 2008
The best at being bad: What makes a true World Cup villain?
VIDEO: Relive the entire World Cup in just two minutes
POLL: The best World Cup of the modern era?
Brazil’s 12th man has a heart of gold
Who's the greatest minnow of them all?
How goalkeepers stole the show at the World Cup
What happens on Twitter during penalty shootouts?
Packie Bonner on saving penalties and his favourite World Cup keepers
Joe Coffey and Pat Kenny on World Cup superstition
Why do Latin American commentators scream goal?
VIDEO: The World Cup goalkeeper blunder reel
Arsene Wenger on the "cheat" Busquets, the inadequate Palacios and Griezmann the Gooner-to-be?
POLL: Who are you tipping to win the World Cup?
How time changes the perception of iconic World Cup games
The Art of taking World Cup penalties
VIDEO: The most memorable World Cup goal celebrations
POLL: Who will you support at the World Cup?
Team 33's World Cup Video Game nostalgia
VIDEO: The World Cup's grooviest solo goals
Was Italy v South Korea 2002 as farcical as people think?
Who are the most memorable World Cup guest pundits?
The Team 33 nerdy World Cup Magazine and Panini sticker special
AUDIO: World Cup commentary gold
The World Cup's biggest villains
The World Cup advertising Wars
Who makes it into your World Cup Absentee XI?
The most memorable World Cup songs
Maradona's doping shame in 1994
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