This is a good opportunity for countries to show their future national teams. Spain & Brazil are some of the favorites to win it all! After analyzing Brazilian Olympic football team and watch them play too, you might think other teams have no chance at all. Spain, current Euro and World cup champs are expected to maybe dominate London with their sexy or boring, (depending on where you are from) style of play. Brazil the Samba boys will dance probably all the way to the finals while expect Spain to knock it around until you wonder why you didn't watch the game at home.
Spain despite the high expectations lost to Japan by a lone goal. Red card not an excuse at all because it came after the goal had been scored and Spain had enough time to come back, but in vain. It is not a good start but as a good team that everyone wants to beat, Spain ought to prepare for a rough ride onward. Whoever they play next, Spain better not drop points. Many teams are prepared for this tournament. In the history of the Olympics, the underdogs have been favored. Nigeria 08 runners up, Paraguay 08 runners up, Cameroon 00, Nigeria 96, Soviet Union 88, Czech 80 etc.
The 2012 Olympics is full of underdogs and the powerhouse teams are the minorities. Some of the underdogs that might cause upsets are, Morocco, Senegal, Switzerland, Japan and Korea. These underdogs are driven by the fact that there are less powerhouse teams and their chance to prosper is increased. The few powerhouse teams in the tournament are Brazil, Spain and Egypt. Brazil won against Egypt but only the first half by capitalizing from defensive blunders by the Egyptian defenders. The Samba boys are great and might win the tournament, BUT didn't seem to handle pressure well hence Egypt scored the 2 goals and almost had more.
The Samba boys better dance carefully and more aggressive! The opponents are warm-blooded, young, aggressive and have nothing to lose against the Samba boys! By the way!, watch out for my brothers from Africa with protruding muscles, speedy, aggressiveness like a lioness and yearn for a bright future in football!
This is going to be an interesting and entertaining Olympic football! Don't blink!!
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