bored and up late thought i'd do a write up...
BRAZIL - Theres not much to say here........like germany, brazil have the capabilities to win the cup.......there talent is unmatched and with the exception of ronaldo, brazil's players are some of the most fit...... when cafu and roberto carlos come back they will be well rested from sitting out the japan match........their runs upfield will cause much havoc within the ghana defense........ghana at this point will probably commit a lot of players to defense and try to score on a counter........this will not work because there will be no one to effectively start it because micheal ESSIEN is out(BEST PLAYER).......his absense totally changes the game as ghana will have to play long ball........the loss of robinho does not affect the outcome as brazil is in no shortage of capable attackers ........BRAZIL 2-0
SPAIN - Great team.......lots of great ball handlers with a defense anchored by one of the best in the world in carlos PUYOL.......On the other side, France has carried that curse from the 2002 cup over and they are playing horribly......only advancing to the round of 16 because they were blessed with being in the worst group........HENRY is a world class striker, no doubt about it and teamed together with TREZEGUET showed to have a lot of promise in the togo game but this is not togo.......the spain side is in great shape and will have no problem marking them as well as zidane.......France has scored only 3 goals in 3 games and spain has only given up 1 while scoring 8......sergio RAMOS with have a great game after getting a rest as will PUYOL, PERNIA, PABLO........fernando TORRES is playing with tons of confidence, as is david VILLA........throw in the experienced RAUL and France has its hands full........The French defense has not seen an attack like Spain and Barthez has not been tested this WORLD CUP going up against only 20 total shots with only 8 on goal in 3 games.......Spain might get 20 shots themselves.........SPAIN 1-0
UNDER - After the completion of every round the competition gets better ...........every game in the round of 16 has gone UNDER......why go against a good thing
