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World Cup
Preview: Group C
3rd June 2006
The FIFA 2006 World Cup kicks-off on June 9th in Germany,
so The
Forgotten Imp
is here to provide a concise guide to the tournament; we
continue by looking at Group C.
Group C will provide plenty of interest for the neutrals
who enjoy watching countries making their World Cup
debuts. Two debutantes in this year's World Cup Finals
are Serbia & Montenegro and the Ivory Coast. They
have been drawn in Group C along with Argentina and the
Netherlands.
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Argentina - In any World Cup Final, the
favourite to win the tournament is Brazil. Yet, this
year, Argentina should theoretically be installed as the
favourite. The bookmakers do not agree and rate Argentina
at World Cup odds of 9/1 to win the tournament.
The reason why Argentina should be considered as the
favourite is because they thrashed Brazil in their South
American qualifying group.
Argentina's current squad are masters of the passing game
as demonstrated by their out-footballing of Brazil during
their 3-1 victory. The only weakness in the current
Argentina side is their inexperience because they are a
young squad.
A player to watch out for 18-year-old winger Leo Messi of
Barcelona. Messi is hailed as the new Maradona but his
World Cup could be blighted by injury. Reports vary as to
his fitness levels but Messi is likely to be Argentina's
secret match winner.
Also look out for Chelsea's striker Hernan Crespo, who
has wonderful talent even if he has struggled at Chelsea.
Argentina are quoted at 2/7 to qualify from World Cup
Group C and should do so with both ease and style.
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Chelsea.
Holland (Netherlands) - The
Netherlands are also experts at the passing game of
football, which is why Group C should prove highly
entertaining for connoisseurs of the beautiful game.
Head coach Marco Van Basten has all but formed a new
squad from the one that took part in the European 2004
Championships. Many of the current squad are unheard of
outside of Holland, so it is difficult to predict how
Holland will fare. Even Van Basten does not know what to
expect from his squad but the bookmakers have rated them
as 2/5 to qualify from Group C.
Players to look out for are the entire Dutch team, who
could all become household names!
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Ivory
Coast - This is Ivory Coast's first ever World
Cup Finals and the country is eagerly anticipating the
competition. Presently, the country is in the midst of a
civil war but hostilities have been suspended due to the
World Cup!
Anyone who watched the African Nations' Tournament
earlier this year will have seen the Ivory Coast lose the
final to Egypt via a penalty shoot-out. It was an
entertaining match; so again, another indicator that
Group C matches are not to be missed. Ivory Coast are
quoted at World Cup odds of 9/4 to qualify from Group C.
A player to watch out for is Chelsea's Didier Drogba, who
is by far the most famous member of Ivory Coast's squad.
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Serbia
& Montenegro - This is Serbia & Montenegro's
first and last World Cup, for last week, the two states
voted to separate into independent countries.
Serbia & Montenegro are rated as 15/8 to qualify from
Group C but could shock either of the inexperienced sides
of Argentina and Holland.
They had a superb qualification by finishing winners of
their group thereby pushing Spain into second place. The
team is built on a solid defence that conceded just one
goal in their ten qualifying matches.
A player to look out for defender Mladen Krstajic, who
has yet to play on a losing Serbia & Montenegro side.
Serbia & Montengero could prove the surprise team of
this year's tournament just as Cameroon, Croatia and
South Korea have done in World Cup tournaments of the
past.
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