Italy will play Uruguay in Natal at 9 pm PST , Italy need a point and their opponents, because of their less goal difference, planning for a victory to make a spot from Group D.
Mean while, group mates Costa Rica and England will also be fighting for points but England is already eliminated from the tournament
Japan will play Colombia in Cuiaba at 1 am PST(Wednesday) in group C with information that they will not go through, They will be waiting for news of the Greece-Ivory Coast game at the same time in Fortaleza.
Balotelli is already ready to start with the same side. But the coach said that 24-year-old Immobile could help counter Uruguay´s Luiz Suarez and Edinson Cavani, who Prandelli said was "one of the strongest strike partnerships at the World Cup. "Costa Rica are already qualified having beaten Italy and Uruguay. One point against demoralized England will be enough. Roy Hodgson has made nine changes to the team defeated by two Suarez goals for their last match in Brazil.
He remains defiant though. "We´re very conscious of the fact that our fans are as disappointed and devastated as we are, but they are still here supporting us," said Hodgson. "It´s a top-class international on the biggest stage of all, the World Cup, so anything else than taking the game very seriously and trying to win the game in its own right would be out of the question," he added.- Complicated Maths -Deciding Group C is like rolling dice in comparison.
Colombia are qualified and with their superior goal difference are still likely to top the group even if Japan rise up to beat them in Cuiaba.
Asian champions Japan have just scored only one goal in tournament,so they need a big success and coach Alberto Zaccheroni confidently said that it is possible for them. But he demanded they must come together as a team to prove their worth and support star striker Keisuke Honda. "If the team doesn´t have the rig
ht balance then even the great individual players suffer from that and have difficulty," Zaccheroni said.
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