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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Stat of the day(?)
The last 7 World Cup finals have only featured 5 teams. Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy and France. We'll call them the BIG 5.
The last 9 World Cup finals have only featured 6 teams (add Holland).
Will a new team make it to the final? or will is be the usual suspects. Five mentioned above, no matter how bad they seem to be at the moment, are so tough to beat in the knockout stages.
As mentioned, Spain has an incredible team on paper and they are no longer chokers as they beat both Italy and Germany 2 years ago.
You'd think any team wanting to win the World Cup will have to beat at least 2 of the BIG 5. I can't see it happening. Too much pressure.
So it you had to make a bet, and your life depended on it.
Do you take the BIG 5 or the field?
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I have a hard time putting France in the big 5 despite their success at this tournament in the last 3 WC's. I really have never liked their team and this year is no different. I will predict that a new team out of those 5 makes it to the final. Be it England or Spain, I don't know, but I think those two would have to be the favorites to make it to the final outside of those 5 you mentioned.