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Old 05-31-2010, 11:23 PM
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Wayne Rooney (England)
Highly temperamental. No doubting the immense talent he brings to the equation, but can he keep his temperament in the big stage? He was a big flop in 2006, after coming into it with a rich vein of form even back then.


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David Villa (Spain)
Good pick, but has been known to be hit-and-miss. I was going with 1 pick per team, and between Villa and Torres, I d rather go with the latter for sheer energy and skills to get those goals in.


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Spain is gonna win the World Cup and Argentina is gonna flop once again.
The one team which has the best National League of the world (arguably) in the La Liga and some of the best regional teams in the world in Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletico Madrid, et al, yet have consistently failed to impress on the big stage.

I really hope you are proven right this time, bud. Its about time Spain did some serious ass-kicking in the WC once again.
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