Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Predictions for the Cup

here are my predictions for all the stages... I will list the top two teams of each group and then Ill list the winners of each knock out game:

Group A: Germany, Poland (Poland could lose out especially after their 2-1 defeat against COL)
Group B: Sweden, England (Calling ENG being 2nd for a while, especially without defined strike force)
Group C: Argentina, Ivory Coast ( 2nd place special, Dutch dont handle Serbia right and lose out)
Group D: Portugal, Mexico (Simple enough, could come down to goal differential)
Group E: Czech, USA (Italian Scandal gets the USA into the 2nd round)
Group F: Brazil, Croatia (Socceroos make surprise run at Croats, naw)
Group G: France, South Korea (South Korea continues their run and puts away the Swiss)
Group H: Ukraine, Spain (the first match up in the group decides the winner)

ROUND OF 16
Match 49: Germany v England = England (proves GER has only one good player and an Ok keeper)
Match 50: Argentina v Mexico = Argentina
Match 51: Sweden v Poland = Swedes
Match 52: Portugal v Ivory Coast = Portugal
Match 53: Czech v Croatia = Czechs
Match 54: France v Spain = France (Match up of the 2nd round, ZZ shows why he was the greatest)
Match 55: Brazil v USA = Brazil (Yanks glory ends, although could be greatest upset of all time, Brazil treads all over this)
Match 56: Ukraine v South Korea (Sheva shows why he will be a great Chelsea striker)

ROUND OF 8
Match 57: England v Argentina = England (although the England Economy crashes for a day, ENG's backline holds up to the test and Owen scores the winner with Rooney coming on as a sub)
Match 58: Sweden v Portugal = Portugal (Shows why the Euro 2004 finalists should have won)
Match 59: Czech v France = Czech (Henry finds out he has no real support)
Match 60: Brazil v Ukraine = Brazil (No one can stop them)

SEMI-FINALS
Match 61: England v Portugal = England (takes back Euro 2004)
Match 62: Brazil v Czech = Brazil (Koller and Baros are no match up v Ronaldo and Adriano)

3rd PLACE GAME
Portugal v Czech = Czech (Show why they deserve high ranking by FIFA

Final
Brazil v England = Brazil (Rooney scores but so does the Barca Champ on a set peice, great game plays out in Brazil's beautiful game style, plus someone on England gets a red card)

Tell me where I went wrong...

2 comments:

The AR said...

I will . . . but need some time to sort through all this!

meanbaldguy said...

it seems to me that you picked england second to set up a germany england game in munich on the 24th. very convenient since you have tickets to that game. is the ref an italian match fixer????