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Thursday, June 08, 2006
world cup bandwagon.

Officially, i'm a new urban male(NUM for short). Sounds so cliche, though i doubt i'm one.

My new ultra green flipflops.

Pardon my sudden knack for uploading pictures, a commodity once almost unheard of in the land of adiboo. I just got a new phone equipped with a camera, so its a privilege to be relished. Still much to be desired, but make do for the moment.

In light of the upcoming world cup, i shall give my view, my pick and my analysis prior to the big kick off. There is certainly extra hype and brouhaha surrounding the 18th edition of the most wached sporting event on this planet. Certainly it wouldn't disappoint with packed surprises in store.

As usual, for the past 2 world cups, i shall be rooting for the Azzurris, the men from Rome-none other than Italy. Certain critics have liken this squad to the winning team of 1982 with the uncanny coincidences along the road leading to the world cup. However, as much as i would like to see Cannavaro lift the FIFA world cup, there is this uneasy nagging feelings that this tournament would be another heartbreak. Already drawn in a tough group with the Ghanians(sp?), Americans and Czechs, the additional spotlight caused by the match fixing saga is enough to kill the Italians even before the whistle is blown.

This time round, the might spring a surprise package in one of the non-european teams, most probably an Asian or African. Iran looks visibly stronger this time round and is the best bet to make it to the second round. At the same time not playing down the threat of Japan and Korea, however it is highly unlikely that they might repeat their feats of 4 years ago. First timers Ghana, Togo, Angola, T&T and Ivory Coast and no pushovers either having emerged victories in recent warm-up friendlies.

Do no write Germany down either, fragile as they may seem, they may be the dark horse among the favourites. Once again, the usual suspects will fail to deliver as promised; France, Portugal, Spain, Netherlandsand England. :)

After this filtering, its obvious that there is only a clear conclusion, Brasil is set to romp this tournament once again.

Roughy 24 hours left to the big kick off. Whose predictions will come true? Lets just see.

Later.