At the last World Cup: Turkey, Korea and Japan surprised many experts with their successes. Who is going to surprise he experts this time.
132062
You forgot to mention Senegal as surprise team in 2002.\nThe US team will surprise many people because they are very talented and managed to stay out of the radar; they will be the surprise because few are expecting them to make it out the tough group they are in
150834
Brazil is a given.  The second spot will come down to the Australia-Croatia match (I don't think Japan have the quality to advance).  I'd love to see the Aussies do it, but the Croats have more talent and the match is in Europe.
632707
I agree with you, but i think they have proven something by just being in the world cup, because it is a long way to qualify for the World Cup. I also agree with Iran, and Trinidad, because Iran is a though team, and trinidad gave a pretty good defence in the last two games. But if you remeber Croatia made it to the quarter finals in their last World Cup, or 1998 i don't really remember.
135118
it will not be easy, but i think that they will, after all, all of brazil's players are some of the best in the world, like kaka, cafu, dida, adriano, ronaldo, robinho etc.. and  THE CURRENT BEST in the world according to fifa and the public twice in a row ronaldinho, plus their current manajer is the one that has made them achieve their last 2 world cup titles, my bet is that brazils will prevail and come up victourious once again.
618187
Germany or Brazil. But I think mostly Brazil Their team is so Great this year. Better than in 2002.
616850
absolutely right!\n\ntill now...NO SURPRISES AT ALL...which to be honest...i think it's better :)!\n\nmost coaches are more cautious than ever...and they tend to secure the game...and i don't blame them...many big teams are still living the shocking nightmares of their eliminations in the past tournaments...Italy, Portugal, England, Argentina and Netherlands!\n\nbut i believe the BEST IS YET TO COME...i mean come on...those teams are playing for the WORLD CUP...not just for an honoring participation in WORLD CUP if you know what i mean...big guys are running towards the gold amigo...and to get the GOLD...you need patience, mentality, tactics, plans, good players and A BIT OF LUCK...!\n\ni love the GOALS so far!\n\ni think the refs are performing an OK job till now!
584411
So far only big countries, like England, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, etc.... Many more will be added to this list as the cup continues
609446
Yeah!! the WC is a crap, the FIFA is so corrupted.\n\nHey Soccer_Mind , for you info was Korea-Japan 2002, and Korea was a host nation, so does not matter who is big or who is small, at that point  the ref always help the host nation.
629070
2-1 Italy.  Unless they play like against the U.S. last week.  They are unpredictable, remember they lost against South Korea last tournamant.   I believe they will prevail, they certainly have more talent than the Aussies and they know tomatoes await them if they lose.  They have been more aggressive and still have a killer defence.  I like the Azzuri.
62164
I looks like there'll be no surprizes and it will be Brazil again. However, there're few promicing teams in Europe, and Germany was surprizing last time. My guess is that the final will be between Argentina and Brazil, but the last few world and european cups were FULL of surprizes.
175126
Well it will come down to the quality of players each team have. But a very important factor that will determine the winners of the World Cup will be passion and courage. If the good players don't have passion or courage and the weaker teams have then it is very hard to say who will win. But i think Brazil have the quality, passion and courage to win there sixth World Cup
199835
Ivory Coast or Portugal seem to be the possible suprise teams of the World Cup.
297162
The world cup is most likely to go to Brazil or Germany. I think it could well be Germany because the always seem to perform at the world cup despite peoples missgivings and they are on home soil, with FIFA always giving the host nation an easy route through the competition, they may be able to avenge last time.
641628
If they do, your countries achievement will not be unappreciated by the world. It takes a great country to produce players continually that can be of the calibre to pull that off. Good luck to you.\n\nHowever I would like to see the Ukraine or Portugal come through and achieve the unexpected as it would renew some hope for others and give a new perspective to the cup. Also to honour the job, commitment and hard work the under dog sides put in to achieve results and lift their standard of play.
139348
No, I think as always Brazil is the team to watch out for. The United States could be a surprisingly strong team, but I do not think they will win it this year.
247817
Brazil has a good chance but also Germany has a good chance so it's going to be an interesting world cup.
153416
Again, yes. But not this year. They are not as strong a team as they were compared to past years. England and Netherlands are strong too. So this world cup will be one of the more exciting ones