7 - El ''Kun'' Aguero to win Golden Boot. #6 - Breakout players/ first-time at World Cup: Paul Pogba, Marco Verratti, Raheem Sterling. #5 - Biggest surprises: Chile and France. #4 - Biggest disappointments: Germany and Spain. #3 - My teams (have Italian and French relatives): One of Italy and France will make the Semi-Finals and the other will get bounced in the Quarter-Finals. I predict Italy will lose to Brazil in the QF and France to Brazil in the SF. Something about what Buffon said regarding the QF's made me change my prediction. Bad gut feeling regarding Italia the past few days. I'll update this before the tournament starts. #2 - Best overall players (Golden Ball): Neymar, Messi, Aguero, Paul Pogba, and Antoine Griezmann will battle for the Golden Ball. #1 - Winner: Argentina defeats Brazil. Semi-finalists: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and France.
Final Predictions Group A Brazil 3-1 Croatia Mexico 1-1 Cameroon Brazil 2-1 Mexico Cameroon 1-1 Croatia Cameroon 0-2 Brazil Croatia 2-2 Mexico Brazil 3-0-0 Cameroon 1-1-1 Mexico 0-2-1 Croatia 0-1-2 Group B Spain 1-1 Netherlands Chile 2-0 Australia Spain 2-2 Chile Australia 1-3 Netherlands Australia 0-2 Spain Netherlands 2-2 Chile Chile 1-2-0 Netherlands 1-2-0 Spain 1-2-0 Australia 0-0-3 Group C Colombia 0-0 Greece Cote D’Ivoire 2-1 Japan Colombia 2-1 Cote D’Ivoire Japan 1-0 Greece Japan 2-3 Colombia Greece 1-1 Cote D’Ivoire Colombia 2-1-0 Cote D’Ivoire 1-1-1 Japan 1-0-2 Greece 0-2-1 Group D Uruguay 2-1 Costa Rica Italy 1-0 England Uruguay 1-1 England Italy 2-0 Costa Rica Italy 1-1 Uruguay Costa Rica 1-2 England Italy 2-1-0 Uruguay 1-2-0 England 1-1-1 Costa Rica 0-0-3 Group E Switzerland 1-1 Ecuador France 2-0 Honduras Switzerland 1-2 France Honduras 0-0 Ecuador Honduras 0-0 Switzerland Ecuador 1-3 France France 3-0-0 Ecuador 1-1-1 Switzerland 0-2-1 Honduras 0-1-2 Group F Argentina 2-1 Bosnia Iran 1-1 Nigeria Argentina 4-1 Iran Nigeria 1-2 Bosnia Nigeria 0-1 Argentina Bosnia 2-0 Iran Argentina 3-0-0 Bosnia 2-0-1 Nigeria 0-1-2 Iran 0-1-2 Group G Germany 1-1 Portugal Ghana 2-1 USA Germany 2-2 Ghana USA 1-3 Portugal USA 1-4 Germany Portugal 2-1 Ghana Portugal 2-1-0 Germany 1-2-0 Ghana 1-1-1 USA 0-0-3 Group H Belgium 2-1 Algeria Russia 1-1 Korea Belgium 1-0 Russia Korea 2-2 Algeria Korea 0-3 Belgium Algeria 1-1 Russia Belgium 3-0-0 Algeria 0-2-1 Russia 0-2-1 Korea 0-2-1 Round of 16 Brazil 3 Netherlands 1 Colombia 1 Uruguay 2 France 2 Bosnia 1 Portugal 2 Algeria 0 Chile 4 Cameroon 2 Italy 2 Cote D’Ivoire 0 Argentina 3 Ecuador 1 Belgium 1 (4-3 pen) Germany 1 Quarter-Finals Brazil 2 Uruguay 1 France 2 Portugal 1 Chile 3 Italy 2 Argentina 2 (4-2 pen) Belgium 2 Semi-Finals Brazil 1 France 2 Chile 1 Argentina 3 3rd Place Game Brazil 4 Chile 2 2014 FIFA World Cup Final France 1 Argentina 2
I finished tied for 3rd I think in our forum's prediction contest. At least I got one of the finalists right lol. Definitely didn't see us crashing in the group stage. Got waaayyy too cute with my Chile and Belgium picks. Might as well not even bother with Germany. You know those robots are going to make it to at least the semi-finals every 4 years.