Not gonna get a blog post out before the games start today but here's a quick synopsis of what they would say.
Group E: France and Honduras (CONCACAF Bandwagon); Benzema and Pogba (FRA) Espinosa and Garrido (HON) Shaqiri (SUI), Montero and Valencia (ECU)
Group F: Argentina and Bosnia and Herzegovina (unfair that there are 5 countries in this group)
Messi, Aguero (ARG) Dzeko (B&H), Obi Mikel and Moses (NIG), Dejagah (IRN)
Let me expand on it quickly and then we can move on to Group G!
Group E: France, Honduras, Switzerland, Ecuador
HOW THEY FINISH:
France: 3-0-0 9 PTS
Honduras 1-1-1 4 PTS (Advance on Goal Differential)
Switzerland 1-1-1 4 PTS
Ecuador 0-0-3 0 PTS
France are the class of the group, but then again. France historically struggle when they are the class of the Group re: 2010, 2002. Common sense says Honduras has no chance, but Ecuador have not won a game outside of Quito since 2012, the Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa is 9,127 feet above sea level (or 7/10 of a mile higher than Mile High Stadium). And the Swiss qualified out of the easiest group in all Confederations combined.
Group F Argentina, Nigeria, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina
HOW THEY FINISH:
Argentina 3-0-0 9 PTS
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1-1 4 PTS
Nigeria 0-1-2 2 PTS
Iran 0-2-1 1 PT
What should be a cake walk for the Argentines, is certainly a close race for 2nd place and could come down to how close the teams play against La Albiceleste. Bosnia has the slight edge over Nigeria, because I think Misimovic to Dzeko is stronger than Obi Mikel to Moses. Iran, another team just happy to be there.
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