10 More Days--World Cup 2002-

[Andy]

I posted this under 2002 World Cup soccer thread on 05-04, I'm going to paste it here cause there are some small changes I made since then.


France Won't repeat!!!! You heard it here first!!! France won't repeat!!! Their road to the Final is tough, a possible meeting with either Sweden or England (runner up in group F) . If they survive that match, they are like to meet Brazil in Quarterfinal, and a possible Semifinal Showdow with Argentina. France is in the one of the Easy group, but their road is tough. They won't repeat!!!

Here's my prediction of Groups Winners & Runner-ups

Group A:

- France
- Denmark

Group B:

-Spain
- South Africa

Group C:

-Brazil
-Costa Rica

Group D:

-Portugal
-Polland

Group E:

-Germany
-Cameroon (or it could be Cameroon winner, Germany Runner-up)

Group F:

- Argentina
- Sweden (I chose Sweden over England due to the Status of Beckham and Schoels)

UPDATE 05/21/02 ====> With Beckham back in the line up, I'm now taking England!!!!!


Group G:

- Italy
- Mexico

Group H: ( this is a boring group)

- Belgium
- Japan ( I choose Japan over Russia due to the fact they're a host and would like to see they advance.)


**** Round of 16****

Game 1 : Winner Group E & 2nd in Group B

- Germany & South Africa

Game 2: Winner Group A & Second in group F

- France & Sweden (could be England) ====> Updated 05/21/02 France & England !!!!!

Game 3: Winner Group F & 2nd Group A

- Argentina & Denmark

Game 4 : Winner of B & 2nd of E

- Spain & Cameroon

Game 5: 1st G & 2nd D

- Italy & Polland

Game 6 : 1st C & 2nd H

- Brazil & Japan ====> Too easy for Brazil

Game 7 : 1st H & 2nd C

-Belgium & Costa Rica

Game 8: 1st D & 2nd G

- Portugal & Mexico ===> This is why I like Portugal as one of my Dark Horses.


*****Quarterfinals******

Game 1 : Winner of game 2 in round of 16 & Winner of Game 6

- France & Brazil ====> What a waste for those 2 to meet this early!!

Game 2 : Winner of Game 1 in round of 16 & WInner of Game 5

- Germany & Italy ====> Wow...2 European Power Houses.

Game 3 : Winner of Game 4 in round of 16 & Winner of Game 8

- Spain & Portugal ====> If Portugal can get here to meet Spain, they will have a chance to beat Spain.

Game 4 : Winner of Game 3 in round of 16 & Winner of Game 7

- Argentina & Belgium ====> Too easy for the Favorite Argentina.


****Semifinals*****

This one will get tougher for me to predict:

Game 1: Winner of Game 2 in Quaterfinals & Winner of Game 3

- Italy & Spain , unless Portugal beat Spain.

Game 2 : Winner of Game 1 in Quaterfinals & Winner of Game 4

- France/Brazil & Argentina ====> Sorry , I can't predict the Quaterfinal Match between France and Brazil now.


********World Cup 2002 Final*************


Could it be Italy & Argentina??????????????? This could be a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Take care all.

Andy

 

[Andy]

Ahh even Joe Lupo, Manager of the Stardust Casino Race and Sportsbook (http://www.madjacksports.com/nolan/052002.shtml) agrees (May 12) that Argentina & Italy could reach the Final. I posted this on May 04 , and I will say it again that I am as confident as my last prediction Real Madrid was the team to win the Champion League.

I will explain once again why I like Italy & Argentina to meet in the Final.

1/ The talents

2/ The brackets

-Argentina will likely be in the same bracket with Brazil, France and England. They are very fortunate becaue they will only meet one of those 3 in the Semi-Final.

- Italy is in the same bracket with Germany, Spain, Portugal. Their tough test will be the match in Quarter Final against Germany. The Germans don't have many options/talents and depth in mid-field, but they have always give Italy their best in the past.
I won't worry much when Italy meet Spain in Semi-Final. Spain always brought talents to the tournament, but they are also known as the biggest disappointed team.

Take a closer look at my prediction and you will see they make alot of sense. Don't mean to brag but I had Brazil & Italy in 98 , but Italy lost to France in QuarterFinal by penalty shoot out.

Andy