World Cup: Round 2

After some major surprises (such as France and Italy going home), here we are, second round of the 2010 World Cup.



I do not think South Korea has a good enough team to beat Uruguay, which has shown great soccer so far. Uruguay will make it to the quarter final game.



This game is interesting. Everybody makes it seem like the US are always the underdog which is not true. Looking at the past couple of years the US team has shown a lot of improvement. I think they will win against Ghana only if they start being decisive in the box, although i would like to see an African team make it far.



Unless Slovakian players play the game of their lives this result should be pretty obvious, and Netherlands will make it to the quarter final.



If Brazil plays how they can, they will have no problems making the quarter final game, and I think they will.



I am pretty confident when I say that this will be Mexico's last game in this World Cup. Maradona's team is way more superior. Hopefully Messi will score his first goal in this competition.



Probably the most interesting second round match. England has been struggling a lot with their offense, and Germany hasn't been to convincing in the last two games either. I think for what seen so far the game could go to penalty kicks very easily. I think Germany will have a hard time scoring, and if England will be able to put his offense together they may be the ones getting the spot for the quarter final. It's a tough one, but I think England will make it through.



This one may be a tough one too. If we looked at the FIFA ranking we would probably say that Paraguay will win. But Japan has shown good soccer so far in this competition, beating Cameroon and Denmark. I think Japan will surprise everybody by winning this match.



Another interesting match between two European soccer superpowers. Portugal has shown off only against North Korea, making the other two matches really boring, so it is kind of hard to see where they are at. Spain could have been more convincing I think. After losing to Switzerland they easily beat Honduras and Chile (who scored a goal by playing 10 vs 11). This one is very hard, but I am going to guess that Spain will win.