Will Brazil Create History Yet Again in 2010?
By admin - October 14th, 2009

With the world cup just around the corner, the football fan club is rife with speculations about who would take the trophy home this time.

After Greece’s spectacular and unexpected with at Euro 2004, relying in past trends to predict a winner would not suffice. Moreover, the 2010 World Cup promises to be one of the most diverse in history for not all the great teams are guaranteed a place in the South African finals and this maybe the year that someone unexpected lifts the glorious trophy.

England, who remain undefeated in their group and Brazil having lost only one of their 16 qualifying games are predictably the two popular tournament favorites. Spain, the number one team in Europe and second to Brazil in the World rankings, also features amongst the favorites for a slot in the 2010 finals.

While Italy, who is yet to confirm qualification but Marcello Lippi’s men cannot be undermined, the German pedigree in World tournaments also cannot be ignored and, although they face a battle with Russia to secure automatic qualification, their presence is highly expected.

In our honest view, it’s quite hard to see past Brazil for the event winners but there could be some surprises for the semis and quarters. We don’t envisage any of the African or Asian teams in the latter stages, although Ghana and the Ivory Coast are undefeated in their qualifying groups and with the likes of Michael Essien and Didier Drogba in their respective squads, they could definitely cause a few upsets in the group stages. USA and Mexico are expected to qualify from the North American party but, apart from playing attractive, attacking football, we don’t predict them to get past the first two weeks.

Here is our prediction for the final 8 teams:


Brazil – Winners
England – Finalists
Italy – Semi Finalists
Spain – Semi Finalists
Germany – Quarter Finalists
Netherlands – Quarter Finalists
Russia – Quarter Finalists
France – quarter Finalists

PS: If Argentina manages to qualify then all bets are off!

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