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Despite being the outsider of Group G, Ghana enters the 2014 World Cup finals as a side that has registered a pair of very strong showings in only two appearances, which included reaching the knockout rounds on both occasions and almost getting to the semifinals in 2010.
Group H is definitely not the most competitive group. This is in part in that Belgium is still considered a surprise favourite at a World Cup as they have not traditionally been this good and everyone seems to be wondering whether they are really capable of winning a big event like this.
The World Cup is only a couple of short weeks away – the excitement is ramping up as is the expectation for each team as they enter the pressure cooker that is the world’s biggest football event. The usual suspects are at the top of the favorites list – and rightfully so.
With perhaps the best player in the world on their side, Portugal is poised to make a deep run at Brazil 2014 this summer, but they face stiff completion in Group G and will need to be sharp in every match if they want to make it back to the semifinals — their best finish ever in the World Cup finals.
By being placed in this group Argentina is almost guaranteed to advance past the group stage. They would have been one of the favourites to win the whole tournament regardless of what group they are in, but amongst this collection of nations they are likely to be unchallenged until the knockout stage.
World Cup host Brazil will attempt to become the first home nation to hoist the World Cup since France in 1998, looking also to avenge a quarterfinal loss to the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup.
Team Mexico heads to the World Cup in Brazil in a familiar position – with a ton of promise but questions whether or not they can advance past the Group stage.
This year’s German World Cup team can pretty much be summed up with just one word — GOALS! And lots of them too, as they cruised through their WC qualifying campaign with ease, managing 36 goals in 10 games. Precisely why they are favored to go all the way by odd makers, and win it all this summer in Brazil.
The defending runner-up in the 2010 World Cup Holland begins this year’s edition of the World Cup looking a tad underwhelming after an early exit in Euro 2012 – a tournament in which they lost every game in the Group stage.
The defending World Cup and Euro 2008 and 2012 champions Spain find themselves in a familiar spot as the 2014 World Cup approaches.
Group G is this year’s World Cup “Group of Death”, and is likely to live up to that billing after Germany, Ghana, the United States and Portugal were all assembled, with te later being arguably some of the best teams in the world, with Germany being a strong possible World Cup winner.
While Group C appears to be fairly evenly matched, and there are plenty of different styles within the group that should make for some relatively interesting and competitive matches.
Group B of the 2014 World Cup features the two teams that played for the Title in 2010 – Spain and the Holland will re-acquaint themselves early in the tournament this year as they compete for Group B supremacy. The squads face each other in their first matches of the tournament this year!
With the World Cup less than a month away, it is time to focus on the Group stages and which teams should move on into the elimination Rounds. Group A is highlighted by host country Brazil – five-time winner of the World Cup.
Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas came up big in Spain’s opening match against the Italians, firing in the tying goal in a 1-1 draw, which salvaged a point for the defending champions in a lively encounter in Gdansk.
Germany will look to end their major tournaments winless streak against Italy when the two meet in the second Euro 2012 semifinal matchup on Thursday’s in Warsaw.
