A surprise package from North America, two tireless European battlers and a top nation looking for redemption. Group E holds Costa Rica, Switzerland, Serbia and Brazil, football nations with an abundance of history, but here are some things you probably didn't know about the titans in Group E.
4. Veterans of the game
The oldest player in Group E is 36-year old Costa Rican goalkeeper Patrick Pemberton who plays his club football back home for Alajuelense. He’d be hoping to make an appearance after making the 2014 squad but failing to find any minutes ahead of Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
5. When it rains it pours!
Switzerland are no strangers to high scoring matches. In the last edition they suffered a shellacking at the hands of France, blitzed 5-2 in the group stage. They also played a part in the highest scoring match in World Cup history, losing to Austria 7-5 in the quarter-final of their hosting of the 1954 World Cup.
6. La Comadreja
Bryan Ruiz is Group E’s most capped player at international level with 101 caps for Costa Rica to go with 23 goals. The skipper for Los Ticos has scored some memorable goals, including the winner against Italy in the group stage of the last World Cup and scoring to send Costa Rica to the last eight against Greece.
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