England have drawn Italy and Uruguay at the 2014 World Cup and will play their opening game of the tournament in the city of Manaus, a place Roy Hodgson “had hoped to avoid” early this week because of the weather conditions in the Amazonian city.
There are more than just one single Group of Death- Group D, featuring England, Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica is one, but you could also make a compelling case for Groups B and G. B features 2010 finalists Spain and Holland, Chile and Australia. Group G has Germany, Portugal, Italy and the United States.
Brazil have a relatively comfortable draw, with Cameroon, Mexico and Croatia the other teams in Group A.
World Cup 2014 Group Stages Draw- Held on December 6, 2013
Group A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon
Group B: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia
Group C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan
Group D: Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy
Group E : Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras
Group F: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iran, Nigeria
Group G: Germany, Portugal, Ghana, USA
Group H: Belgium, Algeria, Russia, South Korea