Journey to the top : part 1

Hours away from the kick off of world cup of one the most popular sport on this planet..Soccer. In India too people are very excited. Restaurants have changed their menu, pubs have made arrangement for screening matches, people have bought new televisions :D. Well I am not going to talk about whats happening, I am going to talk about whats gonna happen in world cup :-).

Group A

Germany: The host nation will start its journey with match against Costa Rica. Though Ballack is injured, it should be easy win for Germans. It should be a piece of cake for Germany to top the group and walk into next round.

Poland: They had a great run in qualifying. Fans have loads of expectation from them Should qualify for next round.

Costa Rica: Coasta Rica doesnt look promising to enter into top 16 teams.

Ecuador: Dont know. No comments.

Group B

England: My favourite. With Rooney returning to team, their chances are now amplified. Amazing team with great defence, midfield and attack. They should win it this time.

Sweden: With larsson, ljungberg and Ibrahimovic on attack, they should atleast secure 2nd place in the group.

Trinidad and tobago: Qualifying for the first time. Cant say. Very slim chances of qualifing y for the next round

Paraguay: This team qualified from South American Zone where teams like Argentina, Brazil qualified. It looks promising but England and Sweden will not allow them to qualify for the next round.

Group C

: The group of death

Argentina : Good team, player to watch Messi (Second Maradona in making), Crespo, Saviola, Tevez, Messi, Riquelme and decent defense. They are expected to finish first in the group.

Netherlands : Should finish 2nd but they are in such a grp that its extremely to difficult to predict. So no comments on 2nd position in this grp. Players to watch are Van der saar, Van Nistelrroy, Persie.

Serbia and Montenegro : Their defense is the most talked about in world cup. Having conceded only single goal during the wc qualifying, other teams will have hard time breaking their wall.

Ivory Coast : People are saying they can do miracle. Remember Senegal in 1998.

Group D

Portugal : Placed in one of the easiest group. They are expected to qualify with the help of Ronaldo, Sabrosa, Figo, Deco, Ferraria.

Mexico : Should qualify but Mexico v/s Portugal will be interesting

Iran : Crap

Angola : Waste of time

Group E :

Italy : Will finish first.

USA : Will give good fight to Czech

Ghana : Leave it.

Czech : Strong chances of 2nd position but chances are blurry with Baros having injury problem

Group F :

Brazil : World Cup favorites. Do I need to say anything about them.

Croatia : I cant guess who will get 2nd place in this group. But Croatia, leveling with Sweden in qualifying, have a good chance.

Australia : Dont know

Japan : Dont know. A chinky team surprised all of us in the last world cup. They might b the next in line.

Group G :

France : They were aghast in the last world when they couldnt make it to the next round. I think it wont happen this time as they are placed in a very easy group.

Switzerland : No way

Korea : Good chance of going into next round

Togo : No comments

Group H :

Spain : I wont b surprise if they finish on top of the group. Player to watch Casillas, Puyol, Pablo, Iniesta, Alonso, Fabregas, Raul, Garcia. Very good team. I would count them in top teams who can win world cup.

Ukraine : Lets c whether AC Milan's ace, Schevchenko, can drive his country to the next round or not.

Tunisia : Leave it

Saudi Arabia : Not expecting anything great from them