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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaus" data-source="post: 2875276" data-attributes="member: 607">Japan almost defeated Germany not a month ago, in Germany (but yielded a 2-2 tie). Zico has turned Japan into a very dangerous opponent (it also tied with Brazil last year in the Confederations Cup, and that Brazil team has 9 of the 11 main players of the current team). Nakamura has been 'eating the ball' (i.e., playing very well) lately.Croatia, OTOH, fared poorly on the matches prior to the Cup (and just lost to Spain 2-1). Australia defeating Uruguay to go to the Cup reflects badly on Uruguay more than it reflects well on Australia.Unless a couple of zebras occur (zebra is the brazilian slang for unexpected match results), Brazil and Japan should qualify as 1st and 2nd in that group.Here's a fun thing to do before the Cup starts: share the football slang from your countries, preferably translated in the most literal way! I'll start:- Snake: a really good player;- Earthworm: a young player that just might grow into a snake;- Practice Lion: a player that is very energic and aggressive during practice matches, but is useless in a real match.Your turn!</blockquote>