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| JSmooth619 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Doubtful. Brasil poses little threat to La Roja. |
the #1 ranked FIFA team poses a little threat to the #2 ranked team????:wtf:
It would be a GREAT hard fought match. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by JSmooth619
the #1 ranked FIFA team poses a little threat to the #2 ranked team????:wtf:
It would be a GREAT hard fought match. |
Two things:
1. FIFA rankings are useless, they only help with group seeding.
2. Spain was ranked #1 up until a few months ago when Brasil took #1 because of one of their qualifying matches.
More fun facts:
Spain is the only team to have a perfect qualifying record in this year's tournament.
Spain currently holds a record setting 15 game winning streak in all international competitions, and from Nov 2006 - June 2009 was undefeated in 35 matches. The only other team to ever do that is Brasil. |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| So in other words. Hop on the Spanish Band Wagon :) |
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| VAHID |
| GERMANY ALL THE WAY, |
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| JSmooth619 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Two things:
1. FIFA rankings are useless, they only help with group seeding.
2. Spain was ranked #1 up until a few months ago when Brasil took #1 because of one of their qualifying matches.
More fun facts:
Spain is the only team to have a perfect qualifying record in this year's tournament.
Spain currently holds a record setting 15 game winning streak in all international competitions, and from Nov 2006 - June 2009 was undefeated in 35 matches. The only other team to ever do that is Brasil. |
True,
But, Spain is not unbeatable remember the 2-0 shocker loss to the US in last years confederations cup.
Dont get me wrong, im no Brasil "homer." I respect and enjoy watching other countries like Spain play. They have awesome players and if their chemestry is on point, they will be tough to beat.
Brasil would be a tough matchup for Spain and vice versa.
Clash of the Titans!!!! |
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| Koolaid74 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Two things:
1. FIFA rankings are useless, they only help with group seeding.
2. Spain was ranked #1 up until a few months ago when Brasil took #1 because of one of their qualifying matches.
More fun facts:
Spain is the only team to have a perfect qualifying record in this year's tournament.
Spain currently holds a record setting 15 game winning streak in all international competitions, and from Nov 2006 - June 2009 was undefeated in 35 matches. The only other team to ever do that is Brasil. |
I'm not rooting for either of these teams but another fun fact is that a European team has never won a World Cup not hosted in Europe(northern hemisphere team has never won in southern hemisphere), which might give the edge to Brazil, other than that Brazil is just traditionally great.
Spain looks like UEFA All-Stars team so they should justifiably be favored. But they still need to put it together. Anything can happen. |
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| gerard6975 |
| Brazil vs N. Korea - prediction? 6-0 :) |
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| Koolaid74 |
| quote: | Originally posted by gerard6975
Brazil vs N. Korea - prediction? 6-0 :) |
It has a potential to get really ugly. :D |
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| DjWoody |
MEXICO!!!!
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| Brian Scott |
| I think I covered all my bases. I have 3 World Cup brackets on espn.com and I picked Spain, Brasil, and The Netherlands to win. |
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| djjoshuaallen |
| quote: | Originally posted by gerard6975
Brazil vs N. Korea - prediction? 6-0 :) |
not so much. this is a pretty good match. that first goal brasil scored (assuming it was an intentional shot) was pretty amazing. |
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| gerard6975 |
| quote: | Originally posted by djjoshuaallen
not so much. this is a pretty good match. that first goal brasil scored (assuming it was an intentional shot) was pretty amazing. |
i was just kidding! the n. koreans gave them a good match. they have to because kim jung-il will have them shot if they don't score. |
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