Let's start with eight groups, one by one.
Group A: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador
As the host country, it is understandable to enjoy special treatment. With its strong strength, favorable weather, geographical location and people, Germany will be the first in the group and qualify smoothly.
Among the other three teams, Costa Rica is the third in Central and North America and the Caribbean, Poland is the second in the sixth group in Europe, and Ecuador is the third in South America. In contrast, Ecuador has a higher score and the team is most likely to qualify.
Group B: England, Paraguay, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago
In terms of players' strength, England is not only the strongest in this group, but also the top in the world. However, since Eriksson took office, the team has never been integrated, and both the style of play and the employment have been criticized by the media. However, despite the serious crisis of confidence, the FA will not have the courage to change coaches at the last minute, which also laid the groundwork for England to go home immediately after the group match. The opponents in the group are Sweden, the nemesis of England. More importantly, the England team has been favored by Pele, the king of the ball. Does anyone dare to be optimistic about the future of England?
Sweden has some powerful stars, such as Ibrahimovic, Ljungberg and Larsson. Although Sweden's defense is slightly weak compared with the frontcourt where the stars gather, this does not prevent the team from qualifying as the first in the group.
Paraguay has reached the World Cup for the third time in a row, and reached the 16 in the first two times. This time, the team will fade away from the dark horse aura, win the praise of the strong team with a convincing record, and advance to the second round for the third time in a row.
Trinidad and Tobago, which entered the World Cup finals for the first time, could not even play the role of showstopper because of the gap in strength and experience. However, after the team scored the first point and goal in the World Cup finals, it would return to its hometown to receive heroic cheers from the fans.
Group C: Argentina, C? te d 'Ivoire, Serbia and Montenegro, Netherlands
Although known as the so-called death group, Argentina and the Netherlands are obviously superior to the other two teams. Argentina has world-class stars such as Crespo, Riquelme, Sanetti and Samuel, as well as rising star Messi. The only weakness is the goalkeeper, but roberto abbondanzieri is at least a stable goalkeeper, which is enough. The Netherlands is also a star-studded team, with Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arjen Robben in the frontcourt, Van Bommel and Van der Vaart in the midfield, Van Bronhorst and Heitinga in the backcourt, and veteran Van der Sar as the goalkeeper. It is difficult for such a team to qualify, not to mention the world cup rookie Ivory Coast and the declining Serbia and Montenegro in the same group. Therefore, the author boldly predicts that the two teams will qualify with an unbeaten record of two wins and one draw, and the Netherlands will win the first place in the group with the difference of goal difference.
Group D: Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal
Surprisingly, Mexico was listed as the seed team. In this group, Portugal, the "Brazil team" in Europe, is not as good as Iran, the "Germany team" in Asia. And both Portugal and Iran can combine technology and strength well. It is expected that the situation of this group will be more complicated, but in the end Portugal and Iran joined hands to qualify, and Mexico became the first round with England by defeating Angola only.
Group E: Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Republic
It should be said that this group is far more likely to be the death group than Group C where Argentina and the Netherlands are located, because the strength is closer. However, Ghana, which has the world's top midfielder Essien, and the United States, which has made rapid progress in recent years, still cannot shake Italy and the Czech Republic. It is likely that Italy and the Czech Republic will join hands with the United States in a silent match, and the United States will greatly condemn the lottery, grouping, schedule and organization of this World Cup.
Group F: Brazil, Croatia, Japan and Australia
The biggest dark horse in this World Cup is not a team, but Australian and Dutch coach Hiddink, which is also one of the important highlights of this World Cup. In the previous two World Cups, the Netherlands and South Korea led by Hiddink both reached the semi-finals. Although Australia can't make a miracle to reach the semi-finals, it should be no problem to reach the semi-finals. Hiddink will continue his magic. Another qualifying spot has long been reserved by Brazil, and even Brazilian big names can ensure the first place in the group as long as they win seven games in a row. The other two teams, Croatia will continue to decline, and Japan will win respect.
Group G: France, Switzerland, South Korea and Togo
After the dormancy of the 2002 World Cup and the 2004 European Cup, France will be ashamed and brave. The big names threw themselves into the arms of the group first early, while the other qualifying quota was more complicated. Although Switzerland is not a strong European team, it still has advantages in front of strong Asian teams, but the author boldly predicts that South Korea will continue Hiddink's dark horse tradition and reach the 16 top.
Group H: Spain, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia.
Spain, known as the king of qualifiers, will advance to the World Cup by play-offs. However, this does not mean that this time the team will become stronger when it enters the finals. An old man behind the times, a weak leader, Spain's performance is not much better. However, the strength of this group is weak, and Spain can qualify, but I am afraid that the group will lose to Ukraine led by Shevchenko in the first place. Saudi Arabia will once again hold back Asia, but with the elimination of Tunisia, the collective elimination of African teams finally made Asian teams stand up.
At the end of the group stage, the top 16 and the competition form are as follows:
A 1 Germany-Paraguay B2
C 1 Netherlands-Iran D2
B 1 sweden-ecuador A2
D 1 Portugal-Argentina C2
E 1 Italy-Australia F2
G 1 France-Spain H2
F 1 Brazil-Czech E2
H 1 Ukraine-Korea G2
Next Germany will defeat Paraguay, but it will encounter great difficulties. Santa Cruz will break the door guarded by Bayern teammate Kahn. There should be no problem for the Netherlands to eliminate Iran. Sweden defeated Ecuador. Portugal lost to Argentina, the Golden Generation ended completely, Ronaldinho was dwarfed by Messi, and Deco was equal to Riquelme. Hiddink once again acted as the nemesis of Italy, and Australia reached the quarter-finals historically. Spain stopped in front of France. The biggest favourite before the game was eliminated by the Czech Republic, but this was not a surprise. Ukraine struggled to beat South Korea to advance to the quarter-finals.
The quarterfinals are as follows:
Germany-Netherlands
Australia-France
Sweden-Argentina
Czech Republic-Ukraine
The host country stopped moving forward in the face of the terrible Netherlands, while Australia lost to France, and Hiddink lost the opportunity to fight against the motherland. Argentina eliminated Sweden and competed with the Czech Republic, which defeated Ukraine, for the final ticket.
Semifinal:
Holland-France
Argentina-Czech Republic
The old Marseille roulette met the young tulip, and the Gaul cock finally bowed his head. Young Messi performed magic again, and a golden ball sent the Pampas eagle to the final. The two teams of the Death Group will finally meet in Berlin.
In the third and fourth finals, Juventus' former and current midfielders led their respective teams to score goals respectively, and it didn't matter whether they won or lost. There was another classic in the World Cup, and finally Zidane won the third place, which was a perfect curtain call. Nedved also completely withdrew from the national team with a smile, and the Czech fighters who have been shining in the European Cup finally achieved good results in the World Cup.
On July 9, 2006, the world-famous final feast was staged in Berlin. As usual, the final is always a bit dull. After the group match, Holland and Argentina got to know each other better. Both attacking teams chose to defend firmly first. In the end, Argentina defeated the Netherlands, tulips became the uncrowned king again, and the Pampas eagle stood on the top of the world for the third time.