World Cup Predictions

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World Cup Predictions
by Mehman
20-Jun-2010
 

 

Now that the first week of the 2010 Football (Soccer) World Cup in South Africa is over, which team do you think has more chances to win the cup, or which 2 teams would get to the Final game?

Soccer, in my opinion, is the closest game similar to life itself, I mean the structure of the game and the unpredictability of the final score, of who is the winner and who the loser, all that make soccer the most similar game to the real life itself!

As life with all its political/economical/social events is unpredictable, so is the outcome of a soccer game or a big tournament like the World Cup which gathers the attention of at least a couple of billion people in our planet!

Yes soccer is unpredictable but that does not stop people betting and predicting the outcome of this or that game or the result of a big tournament  like the World Cup....and so will we do now!

Now all teams have played 2 games and Argentina is my bet for the winner of this tournament even though I admit that prediction is a very difficult thing, but since we have to do it, I say: I think Argentina will win because of the 2 games I saw, especially the second game against Korea where the superior technique of the Argentinans was outstanding.

Korea is a very tough team even at the world level, but Argentina played so technical and superior that I think they are the best chances for this year's games; or at least so far, they have shown that they deserve to win the games more than any other team..., only if Doctor Maradona could hold his tongue and his eccentric behavior!

Netherlands and Brazil are the other 2 chances for this year's winner.

What do you think? Who is going to make it this year?

 

 

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germany will win by 2 goals with klose back from suspension and an england team in disarray.  the game's a classic.  if argentina beats mexico, the next game (arg/eng or ger/eng) will also be a classic.


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