06-16-2010, 11:44 AM
Hi,
Personally, I think Portugal is overrated even though they have the world's currently best player in their ranks, and I don't know if the Ivory Coast can really be considered to be a secret contender for the championship. But they are stronger than the teams Argentina, England, Germany etc. have to compete with.
-Kylearan
(06-16-2010, 11:07 AM)Jester Wrote: I'm not sure I understand this, although I've heard it from others - they got the "group of death". But how can a group that includes the 2nd lowest ranked team (North Korea) be a hard draw? Brazil going 2-1 vs. NK was humiliating, but the result was never in question. So there's 3 decent teams competing for 2 places, I guess, but surely that's not so bad?3 decent teams competing for 2 places is worse than only 2 or even 1 team "competing" for 2 places, like in most other groups. Eppie is right: We Germans play in the same group as Australia, Ghana and Serbia - all teams that are considerably weaker than Portugal and the Ivory Coast Brazil has to compete with. Spain has Honduras, Chile and Switzerland in their group - again, a lot easier.
Personally, I think Portugal is overrated even though they have the world's currently best player in their ranks, and I don't know if the Ivory Coast can really be considered to be a secret contender for the championship. But they are stronger than the teams Argentina, England, Germany etc. have to compete with.
-Kylearan
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