Two nations chasing World Cup glory will do battle today in a match between Uruguay and England. The 2014 World Cup group-stage match scheduled for 3 p.m. ET will be held at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paolo and can be live streamed here free. A free Spanish language stream of the match can be found here. Free radio coverage here. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN, Univision and ESPN Deportes.
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With neither side collecting a point in the Group D openers, England and Uruguay return to the pitch on Thursday with a do-or-die mentality. Especially England head coach Roy Hodgson. Fortunately, the 66-year-old believes he has the necessary weapons to complete the job in Sao Paulo.
"We saw on Saturday night that even a top team like Italy got tested by the quality of our attacking play, so we're not going to put any of our weapons down," Hodgson said (via Sky Sports). "Any weapon we've got we are going to try and use."
"Even though it is the group stages, this is knock-out football," he added. "It is an important moment. We want to stay in the competition, and to do that, we've got to get results in the next two games. No one is running away from that."
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Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: The highly anticipated return of Luis Suarez is finally here. The 27-year-old was forced to miss Uruguay's opening match due to knee surgery, but all signs point to his return. In 33 league appearances with Liverpool last season, Suarez posted 31 goals and 12 assists. He'll look for more of the same today as Uruguay attempts to stave off elimination.
Uruguay's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Muslera; Pereira, Godin, Caceres, Fucile; Rodriguez, Lodeiro, Arevalo, Gonzalez; Cavani, Suarez
England's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Hart; Baines, Cahill, Jagielka, Johnson; Gerrard, Henderson; Welbeck, Rooney, Sterling; Sturridge
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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