Great idea. Rooting for Brazil, the USA and all of the African and Asian teams (except Australia).
USA's in tough group and without Donovan, arguably the best American player to date. Doesn't look good but I expect them to compete hard and maybe even surprise their naysayers. I'll also be rooting for Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica. Mexico may actually make it to the next round.
Don't know why Brazil's without Robinho and Kaka, but I still expect them to win it all. Obviously there's a lot of pressure to win, but the Brazilians know exactly how to handle that at home.
Expecting both Ghana and Ivory Cost to do extremely well and advance. Algeria also has a great team but needs goalscorers. Cameroon is but a mere shadow of what they used to be, and I don't think they'll do very much in the tournament.
Expecting both Japan and Korea to do well and advance. Iran also has a strong side but won't. Couldn't care less about Australia.
I see a Brazil-Germany final with the hosts prevailing 3-1.
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