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Round of 16's Bracket 2: Germany vs England, Argentina vs Mexico

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Javier:
By far the bracket with the most "powerhouse" teams with history and the team that doesn't have the same history but they're there and gives the opposing team a hell of a game.  

Germany vs England

Argentina vs Mexico

Furor Teutonicus:
Go Mexico 8) Fuck Arg, revenge for '06.

As for Germany vs England, normally I'd say Germany, we played the better tournament so far, England is weak as usual, they still don't have a capable goalie, England has a Germany/ penalty trauma.... But, so many things went wrong before and during the tournament, we lack experienced players. I wouldn't be surised anymore if we lost against England, which would be a shame, since they are, and have always been shit in the last 20+ years.

Javier:

--- Quote from: still not decided on June 25, 2010, 02:12:29 PM ---Go Mexico 8) Fuck Arg, revenge for '06.



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People can consider this bias, but here are my thoughts on how Mexico has a good chance of beating Argentina

1.  Argentina is weak in the midfield, while Mexico's strength is there.  Ball possession might be pretty even, and wouldn't be surprising if Mexico has a slight edge.  Mascherano is fantastic, but his partner in midfield has either been Veron or Maxi.  One is too old and the other is offensive minded and loves going to the side.  Meanwhile, Mexico has Torrado Marquez and Efrain Juarez (who's going to a European club for sure after this World Cup).  So far Mascherano and Veron/Maxi hasn't been a problem, mainly because the teams that faced Argentina all stayed back and defend. 

2.  Center Backs haven't looked good for Mexico.  Samuel is much more comfortable with Inter Milan which plays a deep line defense, meanwhile in Argentina the defensive line has been playing up high.  That's exactly how Mexico was able to exploit France and score on them. 

3.  Sidebacks are iffy.  Heinze thinks he's a CB at times and leaves his side open ( Gio Dos Santos and Juarez might be open because of this).  Jonas Gutierrez has trouble with Nigeria and South Korea's attackers, and he couldn't even really do that good attacking either.  Salcido and hopefull if Vela plays will be able to take him. 


The biggest key is going to be play some great defense on Argentina's 3 forwards.  Odds are Argentina passes, but these weaknesses will fuck them up in the long run if they manage to pass. 

Westcoastin':
Go Lions!!

IRAN iz Gangsta!:
i hope argentina wins, i want the later rounds to be more exciting with the big teams


mexico is a great side this year BUT they still miss that champions touch, they're still not a top tier team


this is how i would categorize the current 16

tier 1; brazil, germany, spain, argentina, holland

tier 2; mexico, england, uruguay, USA

tier 3; portugal, paraguay, chile

tier 4; ghana, japan, slovakia, s. korea

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