with the world cup in it's last 4,the unexpected exits of england and brazil are a thing of the past.in fact while brazil can get away with some form after being expected of too much,it looks like the english and the spanish will never win the world cup...because the respective leagues are too good...that's what i think...

imagine the following

Barcelona or Real Madrid being stripped bare of their Spanish internationals and then playing a friendly match with the Spanish national team A.Real Madrid might struggle for a draw,but then with Barcelona,you just need the few people like Ronaldinho,Etoo,Giuly etc and even Carles Puyol stands no chance

Chelsea without Terry,Lampard and etc still can win the England national team by some significant score.Man U without Rooney might struggle abit before their youngsters overpower the overconfident English.Liverpool might be able to win if things go their way.Even Chelsea has more consistency than the English,so the English should learn

looks like it's going to be a tough time predicting Italy-Germany anyhow,and France might not be able to get a resurgent Portugal going...but then Germany has obvious home advantage and France's golden oldies are like their Bordeaux Grand Crus,always vintage.so it's going to be a last hurrah for Zidane until the Finals,where the Germans will shell them around Alsace and Berlin.

in fact the Greek federation are now suspended by FIFA for some sort of excessive governmental influence.Unless they resolve things,and they better be,the national team can't play England and the DT can forget about Olympiacos,AEK and Panathinaikos in any Euro competition.shit didn't we realise that Rivaldo is there...