[WORLD CUP: Playoffs] The final playoffs for the 2014 World Cup were remarkably similar to those of four years ago. The same five African teams won their series.Three of the four European teams — Portugal, Greece and France (without the help this time from the hand of Thierry Henry) — went through again — Croatiareplaced neighboring Slovenia as the fourth — and Uruguay was the last team to qualify.
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