It's almost here. For over 2 weeks, football fans have had to put up with cruel transfer speculation (Vieira, Diarra, Riquelme, Ribery, Gudjohnsen, Kerlon AND Zokora to Manchester United? No wait, Chelsea just signed Ballack, Mikel and Shevchenko). As if that wasn't enough, we've been subjected to training ground hijinks (does a mock kidnapping of the England captain in the middle of Manchester count?). Add to that the Italian betting scandal, Wayne Rooney's fitness race (get over it, England. He's not going to Germany) and Sven's idea of a World Cup squad and you can understand why football fans just want the action to begin.
Brazil promise plenty with their attacking depth, but do they have a defence that can handle the best attacks in the world? They haven't done badly so far, though it's been against fairly tame opposition. Argentina are a supremely talented team with a point to prove after the disaster four years back, and Italy are hoping their top players return in time for the tournament. Not that they have many injury problems - they're still over at William Hill discussing the odds on Wayne Rooney making the World Cup. Portugal, Holland, Czech Republic and Germany will all fancy their chances too.
Just four days left till the big show. Let's just hope that Jerko Leko doesn't get injured (I had to find a way to include his name. His parents named him Jerko!)
Brazil promise plenty with their attacking depth, but do they have a defence that can handle the best attacks in the world? They haven't done badly so far, though it's been against fairly tame opposition. Argentina are a supremely talented team with a point to prove after the disaster four years back, and Italy are hoping their top players return in time for the tournament. Not that they have many injury problems - they're still over at William Hill discussing the odds on Wayne Rooney making the World Cup. Portugal, Holland, Czech Republic and Germany will all fancy their chances too.
Just four days left till the big show. Let's just hope that Jerko Leko doesn't get injured (I had to find a way to include his name. His parents named him Jerko!)
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