World Cup Countdown - Group B
England - Sweden - Paraguay - Trinidad and Tobago
Group B should be a stroll in the park for the two European sides. Paraguay are the worst qualifiers from the South American group and Trinidad, if truth be told, are here to make up the numbers. Having said that they do both own the key to this group, if they adopt a defensive strategy when they take on the Europeans. It is a strong possibility that they both see there game against each other as the one they can win and if they can manage to get a draw from their two opening games then it will be an all or nothing battle in the last group game.
The European teams need to be strong and take the game to the other two teams to make sure that their final group game is one to decide who will finish first or second in the group. Both sides have two much fire power for Paraguay and Trinidad and if they take the game to them there will only ever be one result. Having seen the Trinidad team take on Wales it will be really hard to see where they could get a point from. It could be that their fairy tale does not have a happy ending.
So who will top the group? No doubt about it, England. Sweden are an aging team and if anyone will be the team to suffer the upset result in the group. England may be without Wayne Rooney for the group games but they will not need him to beat these teams. There will be no surprises in Sven's opening team selection - injuries permitting - but look for him to give valuable time to the likes of Theo Walcott in the two opening games. A lot has been made of the lack of fitness of the strikers and the capability of their backups. England will win this group and - fingers crossed - the World Cup based on their world class defence and midfield. If Sven can unlock the combination to these then this is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best chance England have had of winning the World Cup in a long long time.
Group B should be a stroll in the park for the two European sides. Paraguay are the worst qualifiers from the South American group and Trinidad, if truth be told, are here to make up the numbers. Having said that they do both own the key to this group, if they adopt a defensive strategy when they take on the Europeans. It is a strong possibility that they both see there game against each other as the one they can win and if they can manage to get a draw from their two opening games then it will be an all or nothing battle in the last group game.
The European teams need to be strong and take the game to the other two teams to make sure that their final group game is one to decide who will finish first or second in the group. Both sides have two much fire power for Paraguay and Trinidad and if they take the game to them there will only ever be one result. Having seen the Trinidad team take on Wales it will be really hard to see where they could get a point from. It could be that their fairy tale does not have a happy ending.
So who will top the group? No doubt about it, England. Sweden are an aging team and if anyone will be the team to suffer the upset result in the group. England may be without Wayne Rooney for the group games but they will not need him to beat these teams. There will be no surprises in Sven's opening team selection - injuries permitting - but look for him to give valuable time to the likes of Theo Walcott in the two opening games. A lot has been made of the lack of fitness of the strikers and the capability of their backups. England will win this group and - fingers crossed - the World Cup based on their world class defence and midfield. If Sven can unlock the combination to these then this is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best chance England have had of winning the World Cup in a long long time.
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