World Cup Teams Analysis

I've always want to write this,but too lazy to.

What does it take's to win the World Cup?In my opinion,there must be 2 factors.
1. Quality
2. Quality

What I mean,is:
Quality in Players & Quality in Coaches

Let's take a closer look at the teams.

Quality in Players but Lousy in Coaches:
Under this category,are: France, Spain,England & Brazil.
France have proved me wrong so far,but I believed they're just lucky.Note how they struggle in the group stages.Something is wrong when the coach allowed the players to decide who they want in the pitch!Also,they're a bunch of old men.Call them experienced,but again younger team full of running,they're get slaughtered!Their journey will ends in the next game against Portugal.

Spain,is a very young but exciting team.The Spanish league is very exciting with quality,and as long as they can keep Raul out of the team,they can go far.Raul,in my opinion,is the distracting factor in the team simply because he think's he's great,and his influences weld far.

England,sigh...get rid of Sven-Goran Eriksson and everything's okay.

Brazil,well,has no defenders.They don't see the need to defend.The coach is pretty lousy.He insisted on Ronaldo even when he's obviously a pale shade of himself.Just a 4-1 win against Japan,and everybody say BRAZIL IS BACK!!! C'mon..it's just Japan...did anybody see how they will exposed by Ghana?Ghana rained 25 shots at Brazil,compared to Brazil's 21.Should we say Ghana is a more attacking team than Brazil?If Ghana have better strikers,they would have boot Brazil out instead.How I wished that happened!

Quality in Coaches but Lousy in Players:
Not many teams in this category.The only one I can think of is Australia. In Guus Hiddink,they have one of the best,if not the best, coach.However,Australia is very inexperienced,and their reserved goalkeeper is disaster.That's why Guus Hiddink can only bring them that far.They lost to a debatable last-min penalty against Italy.

Quality In Coaches & Quality In Players:
Holland,Germany,Italy,Czech Republic,Portugal,Agentina

Any one of these teams could win the Cup.In my opinion,Argentina & Italy are the ultimate favourites to reach the final,without looking at how the table goes.

Holland is very similar to Germany.Young,fast attacking teams with rookie coaches whom players very respect.Both coaches are reknowned strikers in their playing days,hence explained their philosopy in attack.Germany,though did rather badly in their friendly games,must not be neglected.They have a reputation of being a late starter,and coupled with a never-say-die attitude.They never give up until the final whistle is blown.The joke is,"Football is a game which 22 players kick the ball,and the Germans win!".

Czech Republic's coach is the oldest in the tournament,70+.However,over reliance on 3 old players in the team proved to be their mistake and they failed to progress out of the group.

Argentina is a traditional powerhouse in the game.In the game against S&M,they won 6-0 without stepping up a gear.It's plain unlucky they lose in the penalty shootout again the host.

Italy,my favourite team in the international scene,have a very strong league which chuck out loads of quality players.They are very tactical,with a strong foundation in the art of defending.Throw in world class strikers as well,with a thinking coach,Italy is never a team to write off.Till date,the Italians have only let in 1 goal,and its an own goal.See how water-tight their defence is?

Some Africian teams impressed as well,like Ghana & Ivory Coast.Fast,attacking teams,but leaky,inexperienced defence let them down.

South Korea,is somewhere in the middle.Half-quality player & not-too-bad coach.They're just unlucky not to progress further.

Japan,forget about it.Football is a game of 90 mins,but they can only run for 60 mins.That's why they lost to Australia.

The rest of the team,esp Saudi Arabia,waste my time commenting.

Watch out for a Italy V Portugal final.