This article was written by a Portuguese pro scout, so I think it could be interesting for this area of the forum. In English: http://www.pasionsports.com/index.p...hey-qualify&catid=122:jose-chieira&Itemid=112 In spanish: http://www.pasionsports.com/index.p...-resultados&catid=122:jose-chieira&Itemid=112 I know, it's a bit ironic that it's not in Portuguese...
meh skimmed through it. Nothing that wasn't already discussed at bigger depths on these boards already.
It refered to the knockout stages. But really you can ask that about any team in the World Cup they play the damn games for a reason. Writers think that by going in depth (or in this case writing w/e info thats available to anyone) they can predict the future. It's all really very pointless.