June 10, 2014

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PREDICTIONS 1st – FRANCE (FIFA Ranking: 16. GDP: US$2.6 trillion) It is a given that France will progress through to the second round. Historically, France, unlike Switzerland, is a perfect example of a country tailor-made for football. Here’s why: 1)   French intellectuals were pivotal in the European movement known as the Enlightenment; therefore the French have a…

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“Of all the groups in all the World (Cup), you had to walk into this one?” …is a sentence that none of the teams in Group C will be saying to one another. I see no footballing or historical rivalries in this group and quite frankly it disappoints me. Four countries from four completely different…

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