At the end of WC 2010, you could have said that Germany were on the rise, that Blanc would make France strong again, and Holland were good albeit dirty in the final. This meant, at the time, that Euro 2012 did not look likely to be a cakewalk for Spain.
At the end of Euro 2012, however, there doesn't seem to be anybody that I'd pick to beat Spain in 2014. Portugal had their chance here and blew it in the shoot-out. Italy would seem to be vulnerable to injury and fatigue, and Balotelli will give you one good game in four. Germany in my view have only marginally improved since they hosted in 2006.
That leaves Brazil, who fell at the QF stage in 2006 and 2010, and Argentina, who always flatter to deceive, and Uruguay, who perhaps also had their chance in 2010 but couldn't get past a not-great Holland.
At the end of Euro 2012, however, there doesn't seem to be anybody that I'd pick to beat Spain in 2014. Portugal had their chance here and blew it in the shoot-out. Italy would seem to be vulnerable to injury and fatigue, and Balotelli will give you one good game in four. Germany in my view have only marginally improved since they hosted in 2006.
That leaves Brazil, who fell at the QF stage in 2006 and 2010, and Argentina, who always flatter to deceive, and Uruguay, who perhaps also had their chance in 2010 but couldn't get past a not-great Holland.
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