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Spain is the bookies' favorite.
France not far behind.
Perennial loser England is rated for some reason. As is Portugal.
I got literal money on Germany. Lewwe see how that goes, If I win I shipping 25yr old El Dorado to one and all 😀
@VIX
this WC is a hard one to predict as the African, Asian and South American are all tough and are capable of unseating all of those favoritely touted European teams.
Ivory Coast beat France in a warmup.
USA was all over Germany in a warm up and just couldnt finish.
Spain was held to a draw by Iraq.
Portugal looks the best of the UEFA teams to me but even they didnt look convincing against Nigeria, a team who didnt qualify. Germany looks clinical in attack but defense shaky.
A South American team will win this World Cup. Argentina favorites to retain followed by Brazil and Columbia. Also Ecuador cannot be overestimated. Ecuador is very good.
I got a lil change on the Samurai Blue ..... ⚽
@VIX
heart saying Brazil....head saying France Spain and Portugal. Argentina has a personality cult around Messi and players almost willing to take a bullet for him, so you can't count them out, as we saw in both 2021 Copa America, the WC that followed and the copa america two years later. they ain't getting as many penalties as 2022, could guarantee that. Senegal, norway and Morocco can be banana peel for any team
for brazil, I'd be satisfied with a qf place and a hard fought quarterfinal. anything above that is a bonus to me anyhow. they have not had the best preparation. ancelotti came in one year too late, the two people(the pigeon looking dude and the mad man who was interim coach) from before him were quacks.
I cant believe how much ex star players past their prime in this cup .messi ronaldo,neymar ,suarez,neuer (retired two years ago)
Portugal
France
Germany
Spain
Are the favourites going by depth and quality of their team
Cant count out argentina and brazil but they lack quality and depth in certain positions
@velo
SA playing absolute doo doo at the moment. brazil has to cone out swinging from ball one because they're playing a very capable side on Saturday. if they make an example of Morocco, then I'd be able to make a better prediction. the thing is, I'm not sure how confident this group is, how well they know each other on the pitch(Brazil has not been able to replicate successfully the god-man and his followers strategy Argentina is so good at doing;2014-2022 is proof) and I'm genuinely concerned about Paqueta being in the starting xi. he's very good against middling to mediocre teams and rubbish against sides of genuine quality. personally I am thinking we must have better options than that somewhere
mexico playing doodoo as well. they can't score on a side this bad.
Mexico 2, Saffies 0, with 10 minutes playing time to go.
Just watched the highlights SA played like a primary school team. The refereeing was also poor 2nd goal appeared to be off-side.
I habe totally lost interest in this worldcup because of one of the hosts. I only pray for good performances by the brown teams.
That white supremacy govt of the Yoo Ess Aye has poisoned the sport.
@Cheeks
Totally agree!
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Lots of empty seats.
Good to see fans boycotting this farce.
what i saw in that first match was abysmal by south africa did not see the second match with korea and czechia .fifa expanded the amount of teams that will participate this year. some people said it was a bad idea and will dilute the quality of the football and enjoyment
