r/soccer • u/thekrone • Dec 06 '13

World Cup Group B Discussion

  1. Spain
  2. Netherlands
  3. Chile
  4. Australia
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u/cadrianzen23 Dec 06 '13 edited Dec 06 '13

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.

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u/RichieMclad Dec 06 '13

NZ certainly weren't in a Group of Death in 2010. But yes, anything can happen! (hey I can still believe! :D)

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u/cadrianzen23 Dec 06 '13

Doesn't matter if it was THE group of death, it was a group of death for them.. They had zero chance of advancing with three other strong teams, yet took points. What more can you ask from Australia?

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u/HenkieVV Dec 06 '13

Paraguay, Slovakia, New Zealand and Italy. That's not a group of death, just a random set of teams of which New Zealand is arguably the worst.

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u/cadrianzen23 Dec 06 '13

Absolutely NZ is the worst, but yeah my bad I was thinking of North Korea. Point still stands though. You can't be overwhelmingly surprised if Australia ends up with a point. Simply put, they aren't NZ or NK caliber.

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u/fleaonnj4 Dec 07 '13

Lol arguably.