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First of all, a big thanks to V for opening this thread.:)
FIFA Word Cup has always been the most favorite tournament since 1986 Maradona Magics. That was my first seen WC but I supported Brazil that time for the first & last time. Anyway, very often I like to have a funny debate with my father regarding 'The Best Sport on Earth: Football or Cricket' (as he loves to watch any game of cricket very much)...even last night while we were talking about the England-Bangladesh test match with frustration & anger, in the end I added 'anyway, I have now no time for think about Cricket anymore, the most boring game...it's only 10 days left for the biggest tournament of the greatest sport on earth!" He almost yelled at me in the reply.:D Most of the time I have a bad tendency to 'annoy' the favorite people around me.
Now, let's come to the point...WORLD CUP'2010 South Africa:
As the venue this time is outside Europe so the 'record' says...NO EUROPEAN TEAM IS GOING TO WIN THIS TIME. :D
Therefore, after eliminating all the European teams, among the rest of the world BRAZIL & ARGENTINA is having a good chance with their record under this weird possibility scenario.
Personally I have doubts about Argentina though it's my most favorite team. They have individually very talented players but I'm not sure how good they have been become as a team. Let's hope after a long time we'll gonna see some magics from Maradona as a coach to unite the team in a great understanding & support for each other in the field. I think Messi become the most talked about footballer currently this time around the world not just for his own skills or talents but also for the support he got from some of his brilliantly talented team mates in Barcelona...specially do they have a great play maker like XAVI in Argentine WC Squad? I hope there is.
It's really been a sad to know that there will be no Ronaldinho around this time for Brazil. He's a one of the very favorite players in football. I'll miss in him in yellow-green/blue jersey. I think Brazil has the best goal keeper (Julio Cesar) at the moment in the world with a good defense including Maicon (Inter Milan) & Daniel Alves (Barcelona) to watch out that has a good chance to produce some entertaining football & finally win the cup. I think there will be some surprises in both positive & negative way from Dunga's squad.
I also hope & predict an African team to be one of the quarter-finalist at least.
As a good football fan all I want to see some very tight & competitive matches and some magics in the field by the players from any team.
In last WC I supported Argentina, Portugal, Spain & Italy. But this time no Portugal as there is no Figo, now my favorites are...Argentina, Spain, Italy & Ivory Coast (just for Drogba).
Like Spain I like to mention Netherlands & England...for the last couple of WCs the teams who have regularly been playing like the potential candidates to win the cup but always got knocked out with some bad lucks.
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