I happen to be a huge soccer fan and the World Cup starts Friday, June 11 and lasts a month. I may not do any posts during that time. And although no one may care, here are some predictions.
Mexico will defeat South Africa in the opening game and will finish first or second in its group and advance to the Round of 16. It may win one game after that, but probably no more because of its deficiencies in defending set plays. When it runs into a physical European team it will probably lose.
The US will lose to England 2-1, but will put a scare into the English. The US will have trouble with Slovenia, but win a close game, beat Algeria and go on to the next round. Like Mexico it may win one more game, but probably no more than that because of some defensive weaknesses which will be exposed by a more skillful team. If, however, the US meets Mexico (a possibility in the quarterfinals), the US should prevail.
I believe that Brazil will win it all because I like their defense and their coach. Spain looks scary good, but I don't think their defense is as good as Brazil's and they will probably come in second or third, depending on when and if they play Brazil. My dark horse is Holland, if they get Arjen Robben back from injury. Argentina has a wealth of talent, but Maradonna seems a terrible coach so I suspect they will be disorganized and under perform. England may get as far as the semifinals, but more likely will fall in the quarters because their best defender is out injured and their goal keeping is not first rate. Italy looks too old and Germany seems to be lacking attacking talent this time. Of those two, Italy may get farther because they always seem to manage to put together a tight defense.
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