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Originally Posted by The Goon
From reading this thread, it seems like the only two countries worth watching in RSA 2010 are England and Portugal. No love for Spain? Netherlands? Brazil?
...New Zealand?
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I think Spain and Brazil go in as co-favorites at this point, although up until Euro 2008 Spain were known as one of if not the biggest chokers in international tournaments.
After that I would put England, Netherlands, Germany, Italy in the next group. England has all ready been discussed, I think the Netherlands have some of the best attacking options in the world but if they go up against a team like Italy than can frustrate them they could be in trouble. Germany have had tons of success at the u21 and u19 tournaments lately and they really need someone to step up from those teams and make an impact, most likely Ozil. because Klose and Ballack are not the same players they were at past torunaments, but they still have Schweinsteiger and Podolski who seem to thrive when playing for Germany. Italy are always a threat to win 1-0 every game and if they get out of their group will be one of the toughest outs in the tournament.
next group I would have France, Argentina, Portugal, Cameroon and the Ivory Coast. All teams with tons of talent but for some reason or another (mostly coaching) haven't been able to put it all together in their current form. But if they ever get their form they could win it all.