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One week away from the start of the World Cup and I'm already looking down the fixture list for the interesting matches.
Spain v Holland on the second day; Chile v Australia should also be lively on the 13th. England v Italy on Wed 14th of course, and what about that 2am oddity on Father's Day?
Ivory Coast v Japan - a match I'm very much looking forward to, even though it probably won't finish until 4am GMT.
After that, the following look like (potentially) good matches:
German v Portugal 5pm on the 16th
Brazil v Mexico 8pm on the 17th
Spain v Chile 8pm on the 18th
Uruguay v England 8pm on thr 19th
Argentina v Iran 5pm on the 21st should be interesting, as should Germany v Ghana that same evening.
USA v Portugal 11pm on the 22nd
All the final games in the group stages will be frantic - all played-out in four days between the 23rd and the 26th. England will know its fate by the night of the 24th.
They might make it out of the group, but I can't see them winning the tournament. Am just hoping they are better than they were in South Africa. That'll do me.
So who's going to win it? I'd love to see Japan or Portugal win it, though if Spain are on-song then I think they'll do it again. Spain v Brazil final.
Will the Russian team get booed at the tournament? I bet they do.
Bring it on!
