World Cup 2014 (Predictions) [View all]

I'm going to go ahead, stick my neck out, and make my predictions for the WC. Picked a few upsets to make it fun, but overall I feel pretty good about them.

I encourage others to do the same, and then sometime around mid-July we can all look back and laugh at how much we embarrassed ourselves.

I'll start off with group play.

Group: Winner - Runner-up

A: Brazil – Croatia
B: Spain – Holland
C: Colombia – Japan
D: Italy - Uruguay
E: Swiss – France
F: Argentina – Bosnia/Herzegovina
G: Germany – Portugal
H: Belgium – Algeria

Final 8: Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Swiss, Uruguay

Final 4: Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Spain

Final Game: Argentina vs. Germany

Winner: Germany

I'll say 3:2 in the final.

The final pick was a tough one for me. Argentina has SO MANY attacking players.

Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Mascherano, di Maria, Lavezzi, Palacio......... Where does it end???

But I just think Germany has the better team top to bottom.

Schweinsteiger is just dominant in the middle. And then with Ozil, Muller, Klose, Kroos and others attacking, a solid defense with Mertesacker, Lahm who will work his way from the back into the attack, and Neuer in net, they just seem to have what it takes this year.

Let the games begin!