Group G: "Group of death" - South Africa World Cup

Many people are wondering after the World Cup groups are selected on how group G will be. Portugal, Ivory Coast, Brazil and North Korea are all member of the group many will call "Group of death". Portugal was not the best team when they played the qualification. Brazil won 8 of their 10 matches in the qualification, and Ivory Coast went trough the African qualification very easy.

But is really the group G so terribly difficult? Ivory Coast is really good enough to deal with Portugal and Brazil? And North Korea will probably be the sacrifice?
So how can we call this "group of death"? I would like to be wrong, and I'd like a new case of the Norwegian group in USA World Cup in 1994, but I do not think the Ivory Coast is strong enough , and that Brazil will win the group with seven points, ahead of Portugal's five. I really hope Portugal will find out that Cristiano Ronaldo should play attacker and not wing.

Ivory Coast will come to South Africa World Cup with players like Arthur Boka, Kolo Toure, Yaya Toure, Didier Zokora, Bonaventure Kalou, Salomon Kalou, Arouna Kone, Didier Drogba, Emanuel Eboue, Aruna Dindane and Abdul Kader Keita. These are all players with good international experience, and these are all players that has a chance in nearly every Premier League team and do that team stronger. So what's up with this Ivory Coast team in World cup?

Ivory Coast are, of course, a real outsider in this championship, and definitely good enough to move on from the group say. They included the team know that they are represented by some of the best players in some made Kappeler, and most players hold the day in the best leagues in Europe. That they also play at "home" is of course a great advantage. Maybe Africa's best card of the final will be a world champion in football.

The conclusion is that we find 3 good teams and 1 bad team in the group G. North Korea wont have a chance against the three better teams. But one good team has to fail, and I will put my money on Ivory Coast for not going further in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010. It's sad, but it's nearly the hard fact.