FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 - Projections, Assessments based on deservability after the round of group matches - updated over yesterday. If we just talk about deservability then what would you say about which team making to the final, the semi final, the quarter final? In my opinion, the following teams deserve to be there respectively (given below after a few lines). You may call it prediction also, yes. I will not talk about who wins the final because it will sound outrageous at this stage. Its early. Tournament is halfway through, or something. I will not even say who will make it to the finals after winning their semifinals. However, I will not stop at making a dig at who deserves to enter the semifinals. Mind you, this is not the same as shall enter semifinals. So I have taken into account the points scored by the teams and the way they are playing. Look, example is this: Colombia has 9 points. They have won all their 3 matches. Obviously, I am not saying that certainly they shall win the World Cup for there are other teams with 9 points from 3 matches at this stage. And they all still have to play with other teams in the eliminations. And I am not saying also that they will win their semi finals and enter finals. That is also an overreach. But yes, I would like to say that they deserve to be in the semifinals. I will climb down till here. Such an assessment would still seem far fetched and a little silly. Doesnt matter. Remember, I said ‘deservability’. So by that yardstick, the following teams deserve to be there: #Assessment #Prediction #Deserving #Merit SEMI FINALS:- 1. Netherlands (won all three matches; above Colombia because Chile in their group had also beaten the remaining two). 2. Colombia (won all three matches, but Greece, the 2nd placed team in their group, had drawn a match, therefore Colombia is below Netherlands). 3. Belgium (won all three matches, but Algeria, the 2nd placed team in their group, had drawn a match, therefore Belgium is similarly placed as Colombia - below Netherlands). 4. Argentina (won all three matches, but Nigeria, the 2nd placed team in their group, had drawn a match, therefore Argentina is similarly placed as Colombia and Belgium - below Netherlands but because Argentina is not playing very profoundly yet, therefore has been placed below Colombia and Belgium). (In fact, I suppose if there was a place between SF and QF, I would have placed Argentina there, anyway..) And it is a coincidence that there are 4 teams that are deserving to enter the semis (Last 4). They could have been 3, or 5 also. #SemiFinal #Netherlands #Colombia #Belgium #Argentina #Last4 QUARTER FINALS: 1. Brazil (did not lose any but drew one - 7 points) 2. Mexico (did not lose any but drew one - 7 points) 3. France (did not lose any but drew one – 7 points - they are placed third here because they drew with Ecuador who had lost one match in their group) 4. Germany (did not lose any but drew one - 7 points - they are placed fourth here because they drew with Ghana who had lost their other 2 matches) 5. Costa Rica (did not lose any but drew one – 7 points – they are like Germany above – drew with England who had lost their other two matches, but they are fifth here because of overall performance) #QuarterFinal #Brazil #Mexico #France #Germany #CostaRica #Last8 PRE QUARTER FINALS: 1. Chile (won two and lost one - 6 points; lost to the one who had beaten the remaining two teams in the group) 2. Switzerland (won two and lost one - 6 points; lost to the one who had actually drawn another match in their group - therefore placed below Chile even though Switzerland like Chile in their group lost to the top placed team) (In fact I would like to place Switzerland half a rung down but there is no such rung and .. well it is ok.) 3. Uruguay (won two and lost one - 6 points; lost to the one who had actually drawn another match in their group - therefore placed below Chile even though Uruguay like Chile in their group lost to the top placed team) (In fact I would like to place Uruguay half a rung down but there is no such rung and .. well it is ok.) (Uruguay is placed below Switzerland here because they lost to the one (Costa Rica) who had drawn a match with a team (England) who had lost their other two matches!) #PreQuarterFinal #Chile #Switzerland #Uruguay #Last16 And yes, Chile, Uruguay and Switzerland are all in the PQF. There are other teams in the PQF and I am not naming them because their performance has been below all the teams performance as mentioned above, and I also want to play safe in terms of merit and overall performance and ... restraint? ..! So there we go. How was it? #FIFAWorldCup #Football You get the schedule of matches on this url: fifa/worldcup/matches/index.html Go dig! :-)
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 22:32:08 +0000
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