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Round of 16 Predictions

Game 1 – Germany vs. Sweden – With Germany playing at home, and playing well, we should see Germany advance past Sweden fairly easily. I have not been impressed with Sweden at all, they are dangerous up top, but their defense is suspect, and should give up several goals to the German strikers. Prediction: 3 [...]

Group G and H decided

Group G and H were both extremely weak, with France in group G with no one else in the top 30 and Spain in group H with no one in the top 20. These two groups are a perfect example why FIFA’s ranking system is horribly flawed. My guess is there are 5 or 6 [...]

Group E and F decided

In what turned out to be the Group of Death after all, nothing at all had been decided going into the final day in Group E, and all four teams still had a valid chance of advancing, win and you were in, for the most part. Group F already had Brazil advancing, with two other [...]