Czechs have started off well but they have done that before - and they jave injuries to contend with

Brazilian coach needs the bottle to drop Ronaldo , but they have ability to shoot from anywhere and can score at any time. You get the feeling some of those long range efforts could start flooding in ! Is expectation too high and is the pressure on though ?


France - past it, apparently haven't scored a goal on foreign soil in any major tournament finals since 1986 !

Italy - will be there or there abouts but won't win it

Holland - same as Italy

Germans - never EVER bet against the Germans

Portual - QFs and no further


Dark Horses :

Australia - they win everything else so don't want them winning this aswell...

And finally England - YES we have the team to do it. A good performance tomorrow will start the ball rolling and with Rooney's imminent return morale could be boosted even further.

If Owen can get match sharp in next two group games and we get some long overdue luck and stay injury free then we can win this thing - I have no doubt


Thats probably why most of the natin is so nervous this time and on edge - before in tournaments we have known we have a decent team who can get to latter stages. Now we all know we have a team that has that little bit extra.

Bring it on