Which Soccer Power won't make it to the 2nd Round?
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I'm going with a real shocker; Germany.  They will be the first host country in over two decades to not make the second round.  Either them or a struggling British team if Owens is still slowed by injuries.
332955
Yes, i'd say they're the biggest wild card in the West.  I bet nobody wants to play them in the 1st round.  If they keep getting solid play from Vesa Toskala and timely goals from Cheechoo, they can make a lot of noise.  Just gotta tighten the defense a bit.
1139664
LOL\n\nI wish I could be half this confident we are even going to make it to the 2nd round.  Brazil does seem to have some primadonas on the team, and I have to admit I'm more worried about Ghana than I will be if we end up playing Brazil.
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Brazil, but there could be a few suprises...my guess there will be an african country in quarters or even in semis...like senegal last yr...england will not win, with or without rooney...becuase unless they changes their syle of play, teams like Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina will run over them. by the way i hate the english team, and the media considers them to be the God of football, its more like hippo, its big. but not usefull
1108729
Well.Let's hope we don't have a repeat of Sunderland eh?My feeling is that it will be between Watford, Sheff. Utd, Portsmouth and Aston Villa (if O'Leary continues this amazingly poor run of form)
539683
mexico will 100% make it to the second round, now after that it depends against who they play with argentina?, it would be a hard very hard match, against holland mexico has a good chanse of moving on, considering that holland is favorites mexico does very whell like underdogs!! if history has thought us mexico fans something is that mexico has trouble against weak nations not giants.
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Can you explain this question a bit more?\nDo you mean which team were unlucky not to make it into the 2nd round, or, do you mean which country will be unlucky not to make it into the Quarter Final round?\n\nI will edit my answer once you've explained the question a bit better.\n\nI believe Ivory Coast have been the unluckiest team thus far. They played well against Holland and Argentina, but just didn't get the result. Part of that is experience, as I believe Argentina and Holland's big match experience helped them more.\nAlso, Ivory Coast had a very difficult group.
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They'll be lucky to get past the first round. Czech Republic has a strong team and Italy is out of the question. After watching the Germany game, I don't think they'll do well. The Us needs to stop playing friendlies against such weak opponents. All that does is raise false confidence.
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Mexico will qualify for the second round if:\n\na) They win against Portugal\nb) They tie against Portugal\nc) They lose against Portugal and Angola ties/loses\nd) They lose against Portugal by 1 goal, and Angola wins by 1 goal.\n\nSo chances for Mexico are very high. Angola has very limited possibilities
296075
sunderland.. it's ridiculous to say chelsea since they're in th 1st place.. though i don't like them either.. or u want to consider some of the teams in asian league???
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i heard diarra from olympique lyon. they are also waiting for the fate of juventus to see if they eill be relegated to 2nd division, in which case, they will pounce on some players such as cannavaro, vieira, emerson, ibrahimovic. some local talent would be welcome as well. the problem is that presidential elections are on july 2, and by that time, it may be too late to get any decent players
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Portugal, get to play along side with Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo, and Pauleta come on. And you would get to womp on Iran and Mexico. Other than Portugal probably Holland.
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Ecuador is looking really good so far.  I think they will make it out of the Group stage.  I think they should be able to pull off a win against Costa Rica, but Germany will be tough.  They will probably get the second place spot in their group, then lose in the round of 16.
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Iran\n\nThe other teams will be too busy with the prostitutes to care... \n\nPlus, Iran will threaten the world with their nuclear centrifuge capabilities and win an upset over Mexico...
1075088
I think its going to be tough getting out of the 2nd round.. If they were to be 1rst or 2nd in the group.. they will face Argentina or the Neatherlands.. I really hope they make it passed that, but we'll see
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if any team from africa are to qualify for thw final quater it is more than likely it with be ivory coast. the current african nations champs. with the likes of drogba and co, they stand the best chance of making it that far, however it probably that they will not make it that far and if do will me knocked out soon after! i suppose a small wager would be a good bet due to the odds you will recieve for ivory coast.
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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.