World Cup Predictions

Inspired by Theron’s Livejournal post, I figured that I’d venture forth to humiliate myself publicly by going on the record with my predictions:

Group Stage (Top Two Advance)
Group A: France, South Africa (home field excitement, plus Mexico’s inconsistency)
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria
Group C: England, United States
Group D: Germany, Serbia
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark
Group F: Italy, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Chile

Round of 16
Nigeria over France (yes, I’m predicting an upset here)
England over Serbia
Netherlands over Slovakia
Brazil over Chile
Argentina over South Africa (although I’d love an upset here, I don’t see it).
United States over Germany
Italy over Denmark
Portugal over Spain

Quarter Finals
England over Nigeria
Netherlands over Brazil
United States over Argentina
Portugal over Italy

Semi Finals
England over Netherlands
Portugal over United States

Final
England — yes, I think it’s their year.

And I’m probably massively wrong. We’ll see.