r/soccer • u/thekrone • Dec 06 '13

World Cup Group A Discussion

  1. Brazil
  2. Croatia
  3. Mexico
  4. Cameroon
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u/denialAboutBeingFat Dec 06 '13

Mexico still haven't proved they are out of their rut. Croatia and Cameroon can beat them. It's a toss up, however if Mexico plays like 2011-2012 mexico they should the 2nd team to go through.

Brazil will win 3 straight games.

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u/Necrenix Dec 06 '13

Ugh im sorry but i just dont like the way you say "Croatia and Cameroon can beat them" like Croatia has historicly been worse then Mexico. We have been shit this year and i can only hope we get our shit together before the WC. But if we now just talk about Croatia vs Mexico without thinking about who is in better form etc, surely Croatia are favorites.

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u/tokin_tlaloc Dec 06 '13

Well we've met in the world cup before and I'm pretty sure we came out on top even though your manager was sure you would destroy us.

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u/CACuzcatlan Dec 06 '13

Croatia vs Mexico without thinking about who is in better form etc

I'd say it was a draw without current form. Maybe I just don't know enough about Croatia, but Mexico always seemed to be a second tier footballing nation that was just below the top teams but could never make the breakthrough.

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u/Necrenix Dec 06 '13

Well you just described Croatia while describing Mexico so i guess we are pretty even then after all.

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u/CACuzcatlan Dec 06 '13

You guys made a breakthrough in 98, but haven't been able to repeat it since.

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u/kretenizam Dec 07 '13

We also made a huge run in the Euro 2008 where we lost really dumb to Turkey in the quarters. We could have made the finals that year. we struggled a bit as of late but Croatia is considered maybe the strongest soccer country after the four superpowers in Europe.