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LOL Australia... it's screwed.
Australia is the lowest ranked team in the tournament and faces both finalists from 2010 and Chile which is ranked 9 in the world.
I'm going to suggest that Australia could leak as many as 20 goals in the tournament and score nil. If it gets even a point, I will be very surprised.
Interesting draw. Group D has 7 World Cup wins between the teams.
The best England can hope for against Italy is a draw.
Uruguay have Cavani and Suarez but also have a very slow defence so they might struggle against Sturridge, Walcott and Townsend. Could be a goal fest
The Costa Rica game is the only one I'd expect England to win. But I think Italy and Uruguay will progress from the group.
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Originally Posted by Rollo
Cameroon is ranked 59 whilst Australia is 57.
I still think that it's pretty obscene that CONMEBOL has 60% of its members in the tournament whilst the AFC with 43 members and CAF with 53 are afforded less spots.
Aside: Actually I think that the West Indies should field a combined team for the World Cup like they do for cricket. They might stand a better chance of being at tournaments proper.
Not what Footballs about though.
In Football there tends to be less combination teams than in Cricket.
As for the draw. I am happy with it. I wanted England to be in a group of death. The last two world cups we have been in "Easy" groups to progress through and we have but its been tedious.
I am looking forward to being 3rd fav's for the group and seeing if we can get out the group.
I think England v Italy in the Jungle could well be a draw. Then against Uruguay they will be more suited to South America, so a draw would be a very good result and leave us a game against Costa Rica to win.
By the way I have seen Costa Rica play a few games this last 12 months and they wont be as easy as people expect. They play good football and if we are sluggish they could punish us.
Uruguay to win the group and probably Italy to claim second. It might just come down to how many we beat Costa Rica by.
As for others, I love that Brazil will play Chile, Netherlands or Spain (or Australia) in the second round. That could be a big shock.
As for Australia they have been poor compared to recent years. Losing to Romania (sorry Gadjo), Japan and China. Then getting smashed 6-0 by Brazil and France.
I don't see them getting any points in Group B. Its gonna be a 2-0/3-1 loss to Chile, 4-0ish to either Netherlands or Spain or both.
Nice draw for France again :\
Italy needs tough spots to get the fire burning again.
don't see England progressing to the next round.
Depends what France turns up. The France that could make the Semi Finals or the France list 2010 that cannot even get out of this easy group.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Crucial match for Juve tonight in Istanbul vs Galatasaray. We need a point or it's goodbye CL :s
Juve are taking hockey lessons :p:
ice hockey
Olympiakos in knock-outs :up: ...after a long time!