The record that the World Cup 2014 has established so far will be reviewed by all national associations, including the football association, in September. A draft of the review will be given to England manager, Roy Hodgson.

As 171 goals come under fire in the last eight games of the tournament, the TSG's premonition is that the combination of wise goal moves and defences against challenging tactics will make this World Cup particularly a sports legendary history fans will not forget.

"This is my ninth World Cup and this is the best one in terms of quality of football and entertainment,'' said Gérard Houllier of the TSG, when asked of his opinion by reporters. "Some games are like basketball, end to end, like Germany and Ghana and USA versus Belgium. I was struck by coaches saying, 'because we are here, let's have a go, whatever happens'.

"You know that after a World Cup, 15 coaches minimum leave their jobs, so it's, 'let's have a go'. It's the end of a four-year cycle or the results have not been good enough, so they are dismissed.

Houllier further stated happily,:

"The record of goals is 171 at France 98; we are 154 with eight games to play and with an average of 2.75 goals per game, this record could be beaten. The football gets better each tournament. There's been the recent contribution of Spanish football, with Barcelona and the national team, and that has passed on to a lot of teams, raising the tempo and quality, and this World Cup has taken it higher.

"A lot of teams play with two strikers, sometimes three. Argentina played three up against Switzerland with Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín and Ezequiel Lavezzi. In Europe, they used to play with one lone striker and a line of three behind like England did in Brazil; now usually they have two strikers."