I don’t see any Group of Deaths this go around, as the powers are quite spread out. Germany and Spain together is the only first round “Death” game, but they’ll both go thru rather easily with Japan and Costa Rica/New Zealand as their next opponents. USA-England the day after Thanksgiving should be quite the TV viewing event and party in America. Of course, no World Cup is complete without the Azzurri. :-(
Concur. Predict England to go through the group.
The Azzurri don’t have anyone who can score goals.