England given great draw
A national newspaper had the headline England Algeria Slovenia Yanks, which is a little over confident but probably not that far off to be fair! England couldn’t of hoped for much better, they will be expected to win the group comfortably but second place is up for grabs and should be between the USA and Slovenia. I think the USA will do it, they have a few players that are playing at a higher level and most of the Slovenian team play at smaller clubs and lesser leagues around Europe.
All the other groups as they were drawn:
Group A
- South Africa
- Mexico
- Uruguay
- France
Group B
- Argentina
- Nigeria
- Korea Republic
- Greece
Group C
- England
- USA
- Algeria
- Slovenia
Group D
- Germany
- Australia
- Serbia
- Ghana
Group E
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Japan
- Cameroon
Group F
- Italy
- Paraguay
- New Zealand
- Slovakia
Group G
- Brazil
- Korea DPR
- Ivory Coast
- Portugal
Group H
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Honduras
- Chile
There are some tough groups there, especially Germany and Brazil’s groups. One of the most attractive fixtures in the group stages also involves Brazil, they will play Portugal on the last day of the group G fixtures.
England will be one of the favorites for the tournament, although in the first knock out round they will play the runner up in group D, which could be quite tough. For me though, the two main teams to beat will be Spain and Brazil, they really are the complete package and have so much flair and skill.
