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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
first all the favored boojie Eurotrash teams who were expected in the Semi-finals were eliminated ... all the under-dog European teams are in the Semi-Finals
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Spain had been joint favourites along with Brazil to win the tournament for months before the tournament started, with Holland not far behind them. Portugal were a bit of asn unknown quantity but I doubt many people were surprised they went out when they did. Germany are a
bit of a surprise, but then everyone knows Germany do well in big tournaments. Meanwhile, everyone expected France to be a disaster and they weren't much more optimistic about Italy. The only 'big' European team that really surprised anyone with how bad they were was England.
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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
then all the favored American teams who advanced and were expected in the finals were eliminated
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Yeah, Brazil. No one gave Argentina a hope in hell of even getting as far as they did. They only barely managed to qualify for the tournament in the first place. Brazil going out was a surprise but certainly not Argentina.