Serbia and Montenegro the dark horses of the world cup what do you think?
484946
what is it for you "the dark horses"? we are eventually the blue horses. and yes, we don't have any creative midfield, except igor duljaj who is defensive midfielder (that is not creative)
1036313
Netherlands are a good and capable side but they struggled today to control their opposition. Argentina know how to perform under pressure and indicates with their crushing win V's Serbia that they are ready to perform. They know about the business end of the WC and I'm fairly certain they they will overcome the Netherlands on form shown thus far.
1177617
Argentina is in their best potential right know especially after creamating Serbian & Montenegro 6-0. They have a lot of communication between the player and their one touch passes sure leave a defence crying for their mos, hehe. I am a Mexico fan myself, but I know Argentina can take it this year.
1187889
Hmmmmmmmm i dont know. The team spirit in Serbian cmp was low as Serbia & Montenegro are now separate countries, the lack of unity in the team was evident. I also think Argentina face the danger of peaking too early. Remember 2002 where they played brilliantly before the Wc then lost their way ? but i must say that was a mesmerizing performance, beautiful!
1121567
In my opinion USA can't show good performance in the fortcoming fifa worldcup as it has to win the great power block like italy and czech republic in its first round. both of its great rivals are going germany with great hope of wining. but dont give up hope USA fan it is football anything can happen as croatia did in wc '98.
629763
Serbia and Montenegro \nAGUANTE ARGENTINA
843033
Brazil-Too much confidence.They went in the world cup as sure champions and they did not pay much atention thus they failed.\n\nPortugal-No confidence.They lost the euro cup in the final against Greece(!) because they were nervous and could not score.\n\nItaly-Coach.I dont trust newcomer Donadoni\n\nSpain-coach.I think leaving Raul out is a serious mistake for Mr Aragones\n\nfrance-age.They have a lot of players in their mid-late thirties...\n\ngermany.coach.I did not like Klinsmann and do not think that the 3rd position was a succes since the cup was hosted in Germany and they were hungry for a cup but I think that Loew is not the coach this team needs\n\nargentina.Coach.It think that Basile has not the ability to focus on a balanced team.In boca he won titles but the team's defence was at best unstable they usually managed it by scoring often.In the more close international competitions the team will need more focus on the defence.+Julio Grondona as president.The nation needs a new face to lead the asociation.\n\nAnd my country...Greece :I think that though they won the european cup they remain weak and without the energy needed to achieve something positive.The fact that they did not qualify for the finals of the last world cup proves my point...
367897
I think that they are going to surprise the whole world, particularly Ivory Coast, but yea, I would like to see teams like Ghanna beat the USA, Italy, and Czech, same with Angola, it would be so nice if they could beat Portugal since they have a history, Portugal are in the same position as France was in 2002, France played Senegal, they shared a lot of history too...
504256
Current top contenders are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.\n\nAny of the above countries could win the world cup 2006.
1086673
Argentina completely crushed Serbia & Montenegro this morning but I highly doubt that if they played Italy they would be able to do the same thing. I think the game would be extremely close and a complete nail biter the whole game. However, I think Toni, the main striker for Italy, would get off at least 1 goal because he is completey relentless in the the opposing team's box. Argentina has some great passing and foot work skills, but when it comes down to raw speed and determination to win, Italy has them beat. It would definitely be an intresting game.
487492
pre-world cup performance does not guarantee a world cup win. we can take the example of 2002 Japan Korea world cup, where Brazil struggled to qualify to become one of 32 nations to play the tournament. France and Argentina were the top contenders to win the cup, but they were eliminated in the first round. and what South Korea did? they played in the semi-final!\n\nwell, temperament will be the name of the game as soon as the world cup begins. tradition will come second.only 5 countries lifted the world cup for 15 times out of 17 tournaments.  \n\nin my opinion, top contenders of this Germany 2006 are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.
995208
they wern't on fire serbia is a poor side let them hit holland six and then i would say they are on fire
1009313
This is a team to watch despite the fact that they are in a very tough group.  Argentina and Holland may have tobe very careful with these guys.  Some teams who may look like under-dogs like Serbia and Montenegro, Ivory Coast may really cause so much upsets.  So, yes, I cant write them off now.
1069175
Serbia is not that a bad team at all but the 24 pass goal, and the huge number of goals scored only shows the ultimate prowess that Argentina has as a team. It would be bad to take away their credit and say that Serbia is a poor team. Argentina did good and taught everybody else a lesson on how teamwork is done.
336529
The Czech Republic is one of the strongest teams in the current list and they are behind only to the Brazilians.\nWith the likes of Nevdev at his peak and a solid organised defense, my prediction is that they may even go all the way to the final.
1027196
Yes serbia & montenegro will compete together. This is because the Serbian & Montenegrian fas vave not yet decided to separate. Maybe they will be like th e English cricket board which also includes the welsh cricket board!
323787
I want Argentina to win this year. So far they are at the top of the score board, and new players such as ZABALETA Pablo, and MESSI Lionel are going to bring some fierce competition to the cup. Aside from that, there are also some very interesting  new countries that have qualified in the world cup, so there might be a lot of surprizes.