Will Italy win the World Cup?
Before the draw ceremony of the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa, one of my colleagues predicted that Italy would be grouped with Chile, Serbia and New Zealand. At that time, I said that I was very dissatisfied with such a grouping.
The reason is that Italy must avoid meeting Brazil and Spain before the semi-finals if it wants to go as far as the last World Cup. Therefore, the opponents of the group will not be the main problem in this lottery. The key lies in the half-court area where the team is located after qualifying.
As a result, the scene that people predicted that Brazil and Spain would meet in advance before the game did not happen. FIFA once again used "high technology" to skillfully arrange the two favourites to win the championship in different halves. Italy stayed in the lower half with Spain.
Under the established facts, Italy has basically become the first in Group F, and the first opponent after the group qualifying will be the second in Group E. Judging from the good group results of the Netherlands, the second place in this group is likely to be Cameroon. However, in view of the fact that "African Cheetah" was seriously injured after missing from a World Cup and relied too much on Eto 'o, and the precedent that Italy subdued Ghana in the last World Cup, Italy should eliminate the second place in Group E and enter the1/quarter finals.
At this time, the Spanish team will stand in front of you, and can basically lock in the latter who is the first in the group. After the group qualifies, it will meet the challenge of Portugal or Cô te d 'Ivoire where Brazil is located. Although the comprehensive strength of Cô te d 'Ivoire has jumped to the first place in Africa, they will be a little immature when dealing with the bullfighting corps. The only variable is between two old rivals Portugal and Spain.
Even if Italy can beat Spain in the World Cup, the semi-finals will be welcomed by Germany, Argentina or France.
Therefore, in the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa, Italy's knockout opponents will never have a chance to return to Australia and Ukraine. If Italy played a good draw in the last World Cup, Brazil, France and Portugal were badly beaten in the other half, but the semi-final match against Germany was just jittery. Then in the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa, Italy must continue to be unpopular. After revenge for Spain's "penalty", it is necessary to prevent retaliation between Germany and France. Even if Argentina is defeated, Italy may have to think about the helplessness of losing on penalties at home 20 years ago.
To sum up, the grouping of the 20 10 World Cup really makes it difficult for defending champion Italy to defend its title. ( Goal.com )