I can say that ill now I have predicted all teams performances, with exception of South Africa that I expected to be worse. I always predicted Ghana to have great year. I was betting a lot on USA.
I expected Nigeria to have modest appearance, and Argentina to be a team without an identity.
This gives me the courage to post the rest of my predictions for the rest of the groups and teams:
Group E:
Netherlands and Denmark to the second round. Cameroon will compete, Japan is out.
Netherlands is my fourth team for this Mondia (Brazil, Spain, Germany, Netherlands) with order.
Group F:
Italy will compete with Paraguay to qualify. Slovakia will compete, but New Zealand is totally out.
I expect Paraguay to be the star of this group. Italy will be knocked out at 16th round. I will be really surprised if they reached quarter final.
Group G:
Brazil leading this group and competing on the world cup.
Portugal and Ivory Coast are having equal chances to qualify. If Ivory Coast qualified, I won't be surprised. North Korea is a counting machine for the goals.
Group F:
Spain leading the group without doubt.
Chile will be good. I don't know Swizerland yet.
Henduras will have good collection of goals, in its net.
==== and here is the first four groups (that already played) predictions ====
Group A:
Mexico to qualify. I was doubting South Africa and giving more preference to France then Uruguay.
Now, I think all three (France, Uruguay and South Africa) have equal chances to qualify with Mexico.
I was predicting Uruguay to be boring tactical team, and France to lack efficiency.
Group B:
Argentina to qualify, but it is not a team to compete on World Cup. It is an interesting team to watch.
I was expecting dull performance for Greece, and not too excited about Nigeria.
I was hoping Korea to introduce quick fast nice football and they did. Argentina and Korea to qualify.
Group C:
England and USA to qualify to second round. I was not surprised at all by the tie.
I have to say Slovania was below my expectations, and Algeria to disappoint the Arabs.
Group D:
Germany to compete on World Cup.
I was predicting either Serbia or Ghana to qualify. Now, it is clearly Ghana.
Australia is over-estimated team.
Who will win the World Cup?
One of the four teams, Brazil, Spain, Germany and less chances Netherlands.
Who will not win the World Cup?
Many friends mention Argentina, England, Italy or France. I say strong clear NO.
Yes based on what happened last night, Australia is very much over-estimated. They were horrible against Germany.
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