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| mood | : |  | gleeful |
| music | : | Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D | |
So, I somehow got talked into entering the company's World Cup Soccer Pool. I haven't followed Soccer in years and years and years - just to give you an idea: I was a quasi-fan when Diego Armando Maradona was in his prime, France still sucked and Cameroon always made it to the top three. I was very little back then.
The teams and rankings have changed quite a bit. *shrug* I told the guys, "I have no idea what I'm doing, I'm just picking blind". But it's only $10, so I thought what the hey... =)
| Team | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Finals |
| Pick 16 | Pick 8 | Pick 4 | Pick G, S, B | |
| Group A | ||||
| Denmark | ||||
| France | X | X | X | Silver |
| Senegal | ||||
| Uruguay | X | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Paraguay | X | |||
| Slovenia | ||||
| South Africa | ||||
| Spain | X | X | ||
| Group C | ||||
| Brazil | X | X | ||
| China | ||||
| Costa Rica | ||||
| Turkey | X | |||
| Group D | ||||
| Korea | ||||
| Portugal | X | X | ||
| Poland | X | |||
| United States | ||||
| Group E | ||||
| Cameroon | X | |||
| Germany | X | X | X | Bronze |
| Ireland | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Group F | ||||
| Argentina | X | X | X | Gold |
| England | ||||
| Nigeria | ||||
| Sweden | X | |||
| Group G | ||||
| Croatia | X | |||
| Equador | ||||
| Italy | X | X | X | |
| Mexico | ||||
| Group H | ||||
| Belgium | ||||
| Japan | X | |||
| Russia | X | X | ||
| Tunisia | ||||
Comments
now i know who to ask when we need more ppl in our hockey pool.
on a side note, if I were to bet in Vegas, I would bet on Portugal taking the cup, because realistically they're a tough team to beat, and the pay-out is really high.
That was a tough decision for me too... Russia is statistically the better team, but Japan has (sorta) home turf advantage. But if you look at the match-ups, in my scenario, Japan plays Brazil and unless there's a big fat upset-and-a-half, Brazil is definitely moving on.
I want to see England advance, but Group F is really cut-throat
I know, that group was hard... but I could only pick two and the reality is Argentina has to be picked =) Sweden is unbeaten in Europe in the exhibition games this year...
Oh well, we don't really get odds anyway, it's just 50/30/20 for the top three scorers for the entire tournament. So, it's really not in my best interest to bet on one upset. =}
Yup, that's what most people will pick, based on reality... but I can dream, right? :) a few English stars were injured, so I guess this is not their year (again).
Well y'know, if they'd stop fighting and actually play the game, maybe they wouldn't be injured come World Cup time =) =) I'm kidding. =)
No, it's not very popular here.