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Yeah idk we also called a pretty much retired player (dani alves) but to be fair firmino never really worked well with tite, unlike richarlison who has quite the big buff with the yellow (still ridiculous to not even call him lol i mean he called pedro and martinelli)
Anyway my picks:
Group A: Netherlands, Senegal - Netherlands has been on incredible form and have been undefeated since their euro loss, I think they're underrated and improved tenfold after they kicked their Southgate (De Boer) and they could honestly win the tournament. Mané won't play so second place is a toss up but I believe Senegal and Ecuador will tie and Senegal will beat Qatar harder because Ecuador plays some bitchmade football and also no altitude cheating in WC. And Qatar is an awful country and I hope they get utterly humilliated in all matches and nothing is ever hosted on this shithole ever again.
Group B: England, Wales - This group is a huge toss up as I wouldnt trust England to beat the team of the high school across the street but at the same time they can win the tournament so who knows what will happen. I say Southgate should be banned from coaching for being way too terrible. That said, I will still give them the benefit of the doubt as they obviously have the strongest squad, but I will not be surprised one bit to see them fall here. USA could pull through and Iran shouldn't be underestimated as they are very defensive and can be a nightmare to score against. They have recently beaten Uruguay in a friendly for example. I'll still say Wales second though. Honestly the biggest toss up group in my opinion.
Group C: Argentina, Mexico - Argentina is the best team of this tournament bar none and is the biggest favorite to win it all in my opinion. But then again, they were also the big favorites in 2002 and choked spectacularly, so who knows. Saudi Arabia is fodder. I think Poland has a better squad than Mexico but they traditionally shit the bed at WC and idk if the hot Qatar weather will help them, they might fry. Mexico have qualified to R16 every tournament since 1986 (they were banned in 1990) so history is on their side, plus they're very used to heat.
Group D: Denmark, France - If this group was a little stronger the curse would not have been broken. Sadly Australia and Tunisia are too bad. I think Denmark is a very solid team and should beat a messy France a third time. By the way, the Australia vs Peru match was literally worse than a Brazilian Serie B match, yes I say this with confidence I watched because I betted on it and I say FIFA should have awarded a loss to both. I wanted to pour Bleach on my eyes.
Group E: Germany, Spain - Germany were kinda mediocre in Nations League but I'm not sure how seriously they were taking these matches, I feel like kinda underrated imo, Hansi Flick is a scary coach. Not a common prediction but I'll put them above Spain who has an incredible midfield but they have to trust Morata to score goals. Costa Rica is fodder, Japan is okay but unlucky draw, the other two are simply too strong for it.
Group F: Belgium, Croatia - Some say Belgium has fallen from grace, wich they have, but they also have De Bruyne who is having an incredible season and he is kind of broken on his own. Croatia is still a scary team who has been in good shape if you ignore the 3-0 L to Austria, don't forget that insane game vs Spain in Euro and that they topped the nations league group with Denmark and France. I don't think Canada has what it takes to pull an upset, yes they topped CONCACAF and thats impressive but that region kind of really blows. Ziyech is back to the Morocco squad so maybe they could do something but I still wouldn't believe in them.
Group G: Brazil, Serbia - Still believe Brazil are the second favorites just behind Argentina despite Tite not calling the Bobby who would probably start for every single nation in this tournament. Tite is weird but he makes his shit work. Cameroon is fodder, no Choupo Mouting cannot carry plus they robbed Algeria really bad and shouldn't be here. Serbia vs Switz is honestly 50/50 but I believe Mitrovic will carry the serbs against them this time, he's having a great season in PL after gigastomping the championship by himself, the guy is good man.
Group H: Portugal, Uruguay - Portugal is a shaky team for sure and Ronaldo has been in the worst moment of his career but I still believe in them more than I believe England, they seem to be fairly consistent vs bad teams, as they easily dispatched Turkey and North Macedonia to be here and recently trashed Czech twice. Diogo Jota not playing sucks for them big time though. SK can pull an upset if Son is in good shape, we'll see. Not sure what Ghana is capable of but they have somewhat of a good track record in world cups, maybe they can do something crazy. Predicting Uruguay second by default but I don't think they're very good, wouldn't be surprised to see upsets here.