6.6.2010 9.50 a.m
Less than a week before the official kick-off of pertandingan bola sepak terbesar di dunia, dan banyak perkembangan terkini baik dari segi keputusan friendlies dan kecederaan yang dilanda oleh pemain-pemain ternama just adding the spice to this year’s tournament. Kali ni, I would like to tell who am I picking as the possible winner for the whole damn thing. Aku akan rank top 5 pilihan aku berdasarkan potensi dan chances untuk mereka memenangi World Cup. Tanpa membuang masa lagi.
1) Brazil
In my opinion, pilihan paling utama untuk menang kali ni. Under Dunga, they may not be the most fun and visually attractive Brazilian sides in history, but they are the most practical and determined. Defensive mentality yang baik adalah key untuk memenangi apa jua tournament dan Dunga berjaya menyerapkan mentality ini ke dalam skuad Brazil kali ini, terutamanya di bahagian pertahanan dan defensive midfield. Besides that, creative flairs from Kaka and Robinho, accompanied by lethal finishing by forwards such as Luis Fabiano will truly help their cause.
2) Spain
I am installing the EURO 2008 winner behind the Brazilians simply because of one factor; tenacity. Despite the world-class talent that they have, I do not think that they have enough character to go all the way. Namun, harus diingat yang they are very good in all areas. Their three goalkeepers are easily in and fitted into many people’s top 10 goalkeeper list. Their midfield juga adalah yang paling creative di antara 32 nations competing this year. Dengan tahap penyerang-penyerang mereka seperti Torres dan Villa yang terbukti sangat hebat, there will be plenty of goals coming from this European side.
3) Holland
Pasukan Oranje pada kali ini still lagi star-studded just like what they have in the previous years of World Cups. However, ada sense of unity dan lack of ego dalam skuad ni akan menjadi satu petanda yang mereka akan pergi jauh. This team also has a lot of power offensively with the lights of Sneijder, van Persie, Robben (if he’s not injured badly) dan ramai lagi. Selain itu dengan van Bommel, mereka ada midfielder yang boleh bertindak as a brute force in that area. Namun, barisan pertahanan yang kurang solid mungkin merencatkan kempen mereka this time around.
4) England
Pasukan yang akan aku sokong dengan sepenuh hati pada kali ini. The Three Lions might be seen as a bit weak but their tactical awareness and discipline has improved tremendously under Fabio Capello. Mereka pasti akan member impak dalam pertandingan kali ini. The talismanic Wayne Rooney will be key, as his performance can truly define their course in this tournament. Besides that the balanced midfield line-up that they have in their disposal is crucial as they will face various opponents with various style of play throughout the World Cup.
5) Argentina
Perhaps the underdog team besides France among the big nations to go far in this tournament. Tapi aku ada faith in Diego Maradona. He will get his tactics right and get his players head together for the World Cup. Kempen kelayakan yang sangat grueling is a test to their great character in the field. Dan dengan kehadiran perhaps the best football player in the world in Messi, jangan count them out just yet. This side also packs with forwards and attacking midfielders yang full of flair dan talented.
That is my top 5 pick untuk kejohanan kali ni. But let’s not forget the other top nation yang mampu memberi impak yang tersendiri seperti Italy, Germany dan sebagainya. The next entry will focus on the Asian nations yang layak pada World Cup kali ni dan kemampuan mereka untuk leave a good impression this time around.
Notakecil:
-Key players for their nations such as Drogba, Ballack, Mikel and Essien (all playing for Chelsea) are out of the World Cup. Chelsea’s curse I must say.
- Cuti sekolah pula. Looks like I will be more into blogging now that my sisters are conquering the TV set. But I will not be denied when it comes to the World Cup.
- Now that I have the World Cup sticker book, aku akan be heavily involved dalam aktiviti mengumpul stiker, dengan matlamat menyudahkannya sebelum tamat World Cup.
- Academic Writing is starting to haunt me. No worries, that is the work that I want to do.
- Serangan Israel ke atas kapal bantuan ke Gaza is a huge PR mistake on their part. Now the world has been awaken by what they have done towards the people of Palestine.
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