Moncherry
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- Feb 5, 2010
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lol nah, it’s just my big hot take for this tourney. I think Spain wins the opener convincingly which puts them behind the 8 ball and I think both Iran & Morocco are really under-rated. Iran just rolled through Asia and their golden generation is starting to hit their mid 20s.
While Morocco has a lot of interesting dual nationals to build their midfield around with Ziyech, Harit, Belhanda, Boufal, etc. I love Ziyech & Harit in particular but they have a lot of other creatives who are very streaky and can be very dangerous when hot. Coming off a win at the African nations championship and suceeding in a tough qualifying group, they’re in strong form as well.
I’m actually optimistic that with this new generation we’ll see Portugal play much better football and make some noise as more than a bunkering side, but if I had to pick a team to **** the bed it would be them. That combo of likely loss in the opener, with two tough teams still to face, just gives me 2014 vibes from them.
México & England would be my other tips, but I don’t think people would be too shocked to see México lose out to the Swedes...especially since our pattern at WMs is to win the opener bigly, before drawing the second match against a physical team who are bigger than us, plays against Mexico. And England ****ting the bed even in that group wouldn’t actually be a shock.
For what it's worth, I don't Portugal is a lock to advance either. Morocco is going to be a difficult game after they probably lose to Spain. On the other hand, I'm not really worried about Iran.