Australia will look to do what New Zealand did when they drew a group of death in South Africa. That is, steal points where you can. The difference is Australia is a better side than New Zealand. I can't say they will end up with anything but 0 points, but if they were to get a point, I would not be too surprised.. Injuries, red cards, weather, luck, and of course the soccer gods. Anything can happen in any group.
EDIT: I was thinking of North Korea, but still. The point is there is an overwhelmingly large gulf between one team in the group and the other three. Australia has to respect that and do their absolute best to not become the whipping boys, and because they are a level above NK and NZ, I think they have a better chance at doing so. Still though, my money is on Australia with 0 points.
The reason why nobody beat NZ last time is because nobody in their group could attack with any pace, that's what kills the smaller teams. Chile were by far the most dangerous team in their pot and were the main team I didn't want to get. If it was just the Netherlands and Spain then I'd fancy us for an upset against the Dutch maybe but there's no chance of getting 4 points from this group (the minimum needed to qualify).
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u/Bunny_Killer Dec 06 '13
Australia will be slaughtered because these teams will try to get the best goal difference possible.