Quarter final prediction

England beating Mexico

Though Mexico is a good team, I don’t think they might be able to beat England in the quarter final. England has a stronger team this time.


Brazil beating Netherlands

Again, I’m making a bold prediction here. It’s not about Brazil winning but it’s about how easily they would beat Netherlands. There is no doubt that Brazil is gonna win this match.


Germany beating Argentina

I admit that Argentina wants the trophy at any cost. But something tells me that they are going to be beaten by Germany. Their overconfidence perhaps might be a cause for their elimination in the quarter final.


Portugal beating Italy

The top-top favourites Italy and Portugal. I really think that Portugal is gonna beat Spain.

2nd round prediction:

I guess in this world cup history is not a big matter. Any magic can happen in 2010 world cup . the 2nd round prediction is somewhat like this.

Mexico beating Greece

I don’t see has a chance to beat Mexico in the world cup. I think Mexicans have too much quality in them to win the match easily.
England beating Australia

England has to progress this stage pretty comfortably if Capello has to justify any of this remuneration package. I think they would get past Australia comfortably.

Germany beating United States
Germany is a very tricky team. They have great coordination among the players. So think they could easily beat United States.

Argentina beating France
Argentina just wants the world cup trophy or nothing. Though France has a wonderful world cup career, I don’t think they can stand in front of Argentina.

Netherlands beating Paraguay
I expect Netherlands to come out all guns blazing and knocking all the confidence out of their opponent by the half time. This is as much as they can get without Robben. They are getting past Paraguay without breaking a sweat.

Brazil beating Chile
The statement of brazil this time is” either world cup trophy or nothing” they might not face that much difficulty to beat chili.

Italy beating Denmark

Italy is much more stronger than Denmark. So no doubt that they are gonna win this round.


Portugal beating Spain
The battle of the neighbors would clearly show how far these teams are in terms of football ability. Though Spain is a strong team, something tells me that they might be beaten by Portugal.

Netherlands hopes Robben to recover from the injury

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk is hoping injured winger Arjen Robben can recover in time and participate in the world cup 2010.

The 26-year-old Bayern Munich star picked up a hamstring injury in the 6-1 friendly win over Hungary, sparking fears that he would miss the entire tournament but van Marwijk has declared that he will not replace Robben in the 23-man squad, giving him the opportunity to rejoin the squad when he recovers.

"I won't replace Arjen at this time, because I want to give him the chance to come back with the group," van Marwijk is quoted as saying by Goal.com Netherlands.

Medical assessments this weekend showed that Robben has a slight tear in his left hamstring but the player has revealed that he is planning an intensive period of recovery in a bid to overcome the injury and fly to South Africa later to link up with the team. Moreover he is very grateful of the supports he got.

"It happened because I made too big a step. They told me that if Dirk Kuyt had made a step like that he would have the same injury. If I just let it heal than I'm back on the field in 4-6 weeks, but we don't have so much time. Dick van Toorn is going to help me.”