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George Weah, one of the world's best strikers.

My Passion I like to play soccer a lot. That was in secondary school times when we had nothing to do after school so we bought plastic balls and played in the basketball court. It was great fun but now I hardly have the time or the players to play a proper game. *sob* *sob*. Anyway, I still do follow soccer news. Especially those of the English premiership. I don't have a favourite team but I just don't like Man Utd. (sorry Man Utd fans) The players are sucks.......no skill at all...... Especially Andy Cole. What a waste of money!! and no results. The only player that I like in the Man Utd squad is Paul Scholes. He is good and skillful. One of England's best players.

Paolo Maldini, Italy's Captain and undoubtly one of the best defenders in the world.

Anyway these are my predictions for the World Cup...........
Brazil
The obvious favourites for the World Cup. They have everything a soccer team needs...Speed from Ronaldo and Denilson, Flair from Juninho, Super strikers from Edmundo, Romario and Ronaldo, A dead ball specialists in Roberto Carlos, experienced players in Dunga and Romario. This team is invincible........
But recently luck is not on their side with the injury of Juninho and Denilson.
Their team has lost 2 great players. The lost to US in the recent Gold Cup sums up their streak of bad luck. This team would most probably make it to the finals but may not win the World Cup.
England
One of the bookmakers' favourite choice for winning the World Cup, due to the recent good form it is in by winning Italy and many more teams.....It is a very youthful team with new international players playing for the first time in the World Cup. People like Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Campbell, Southgate, Dublin and of course Michael Owen. They show lots of potential especially with David Beckham taking the dead balls and Owen with his acceleration and speed. This may be the team that will win the World Cup since 1966.
France
The host for the 1998 World Cup and an underrated team. Being the host for the World Cup is a major advantage in a game where home support can raise the moral and fighting spirit of the team. They have a good set of first team players which are playing in many major leagues in the World. People like Zidane, Djorkaeff, Ibrahim Ba .............Individually definitely a threat with such skillful players but as a team not that cohesive and that might be their stumbling block for a title as World champions. One of my best bets to win the World Cup.
Italy
One of history's greatest teams. They possess the best league in the world and
have many top players with great World Cup experience. Their captain Paolo Maldini is undoubtly the best defender in the world today. But like Brazil, it is being hit with a streak of bad luck. They only just make it to the world cup quarter finals with minimum points and are playing badly. No reason to be looked down on, but may lose games due to their poor form and bad luck.
Holland
A team with a great history of football. With the likes of Gullit, Van Basten heading the endless list of legends in football. Today it's team is restructured but still good. They have new inclusions of Edgar Davids, Patrik Kluivert......
and the deadly and on form Berkamp and Overmars. They posess a world standard of speed, skill and team work. A team to watch out for.
Germany
Yet another football giant like Holland and Italy. Their present team is an old but experienced team, with many players who have played in the previous World Cup in Atlanta. Players like Klinsmann and Hassler. Not a bad choice to reach the finals with the on form strikers of bieroff and Klinsmann but lack that something to win the World Cup.
 
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