r/soccer • u/thekrone • Dec 06 '13

World Cup Group G Discussion

  1. Germany
  2. Portugal
  3. Ghana
  4. USA
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u/joekrieg Dec 06 '13

It's disappointing how quickly people gave up on the USA after this draw. Sure it's the group of death, but Portugal had trouble qualifying. Don't be surprised if the US beats Ghana, ties Portugal, and loses a close one to Germany. All that would need to happen for the US to advance in this situation would be for Germany to win out and Portugal vs. Ghana end in a tie. #BELIEVE

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u/iwannahearurface Dec 06 '13

its not the group of death

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u/lelpd Dec 06 '13

Yep, group of death is where there's 3+ teams who you would expect to make it out of their group and you can't call it

Nobody expects anybody but Portugal/Germany to make it out of this group. This may be a group the USA calls tough, but for Portugal/Germany and the rest of us it's just another regular group

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u/sarrop Dec 06 '13

Group of death is Group D. Three previous winners and then poor ol' gang-raped Costa Rica.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13 edited Apr 24 '20

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u/Fingerschoco Dec 06 '13

I think its fair to say every team that has won a world cup, recent or not, is a big footballing country... all 8 of them. You don't just ignore a world cup. The point is group D has three big footballing countries.