I'd rather see Germany play against Brazil next than against Argentina. Best team on the paper due to the unreliable FIFA ranking.

I'd rather see Germany play against Brazil next than against Argentina. Best team on the paper due to the unreliable FIFA ranking.

Brazil kicked Argentinas ass in the qualifiers, and they finished first, Argentina has been playing good, but I still put 3 of the teams from south america over them. In Argentina they dont wanna face any of the south american countries.

I don't. Germany has a negative bilance against both countries, but Brazil, out of all countries, has the one national team which is historically the hardest one to beat for a German national team. GER-ARG: 18 games, 5/5/8. GER-BRA: 20 games, 3/5/12.

I know, but England also kicked lots of asses, but that apparently didn't help much in this tournament either.

You're kidding yourself if you think that the current Argentinian team is as weak as in the South America qualification. Both Brazil and Argentina tested loads of players, but now both coaches finally found their favourite players.

Maybe Spain can prove me wrong tomorrow, but thus far Argentina played easily the best and most consistent football in this world cup.

Yeah but England played Andorra, Kazakhstan, Belarus, etc... of course any of the teams they could meet in the WC would be stronger, now, if they had played against other big teams in UEFA that could be an indicative of how they would do.

If you notice, there isnt much difference between the 2 teams that played in the qualifiers last year, and Maradona isnt a great manager so I dont think he did much work at all. What I believe is that the teams that have played Argentina this WC have been shitty, worse than the ones they played in the qualifiers.

Argentina has played well, but I dont think they are actually much better than in the qualifiers, I think most people in other parts of the world dont realize that the CONMEBOL qualifiers are hard and thought Argentina was playing crap, when in reality they werent so bad at all. They said: "haha they lost to Ecuador"(when Ecuador could have easily done a better WC than most of the teams in other confederations).

You can see they beat Germany and France in friendlies too, but when they played Boliva in la paz or with Brazil they got humilliated.

Brazil on the other hand hasnt lost, and they won the confederation cup, finished 1st in the qualifiers playing with big teams, etc... They dont show much but if you get confident in a match that actually means something they will probably strike 2 goals in a few minutes, thats the way they play now.

Yeah but England played Andorra, Kazakhstan, Belarus, etc... of course any of the teams they could meet in the WC would be stronger, now, if they had played against other big teams in UEFA that could be an indicative of how they would do.

If you notice, there isnt much difference between the 2 teams that played in the qualifiers last year, and Maradona isnt a great manager so I dont think he did much work at all. What I believe is that the teams that have played Argentina this WC have been shitty, worse than the ones they played in the qualifiers.

Argentina has played well, but I dont think they are actually much better than in the qualifiers, I think most people in other parts of the world dont realize that the CONMEBOL qualifiers are hard and thought Argentina was playing crap, when in reality they werent so bad at all. They said: "haha they lost to Ecuador"(when Ecuador could have easily done a better WC than most of the teams in other confederations).

You can see they beat Germany and France in friendlies too, but when they played Boliva in la paz or with Brazil they got humilliated.

Brazil on the other hand hasnt lost, and they won the confederation cup, finished 1st in the qualifiers playing with big teams, etc... They dont show much but if you get confident in a match that actually means something they will probably strike 2 goals in a few minutes, thats the way they play now.

Yeah sure pick out the worst teams in that group to prove a point...

Ukraine and Croatia were also in that group and both of them are strong enough to easily compete with Algeria, Slovenia and even the US.

I don't like Maradona as a manager either, but that doesn't mean it was pure luck they won over their opponents in the WC. While it certainly wasn't a group of death, Nigeria, South Korea and Greece are not any weaker than Bolivia or Peru.

As far as I can see a 0-0 and a 1-3 is not a humiliation. Brazil had 7 draws during the qualification and were beaten by Bolivia too...