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Iran as well. Even if the USA struggle with them, I see Iran as the better team overall than New Zealand. Of course New Zealand will park the bus, as usual, and try to get points from it. Iran is rather a good team and should have the opportunity to win here, as I see it. Nice odds as well. Iran win.

I love these odds for South Korea. I see them as a great runner-up and they should have a great chance to win Group A. Mexico is okay because of home ground, but they are not the same as before. Czech Republic is not good enough and was just lucky to reach the World Cup. The last team in the group is South Africa, and they are not good enough either. With some good star players, I would be scared to play against this South Korean team, which I believe is really strong. Players like Min-jan Kim, Hee-chan Hwang, and of course Heung-min Son are great players and make them a good runner-up.

Switzerland, great odds for them to win this group. Always strong in the group stage, then out. Also always good in the pre-qualification rounds and so on, but they struggle later on. Still, the odds here are great and Group B is expected to have a Switzerland winner, as I see it. Runners-up: Canada is okay because of home ground but not good enough, and Qatar is way behind in this group and the World Cup. Only Bosnia may surprise a bit, but I doubt it.

Of course Brazil are favorites here. They are still strong even if they don't have the same good players we used to see. They're still a good team. Bruno Guimarães is great. Older Neymar is still good. Vinícius Júnior, and so on??"just a great team. Morocco will still be a runner-up in this group, along with Scotland, as I see it. Meanwhile, Haiti shouldn't be a problem for the Brazilian star team here. Odds for group-winning are low but expected.

Turkey is one of the teams I expect to surprise a bit here. They have a new generation and a good one. Group D is okay for them. The USA is the biggest favorite here for the group winners, but Turkey feels strong coming into this World Cup with a 2-1 win over Venezuela and a 4-0 against North Macedonia ??" impressive, easy ones. In the World Cup qualifying rounds they only lost to Spain. Turkey is a very strong team, great value for these nice odds.

I bet on Japan to win this Group F. They could surprisingly win or draw against the Netherlands, then win the other two games and take the group just ahead of the Netherlands. This is my prediction. Japan play way too fast for Sweden and Tunisia. Only the Netherlands can match their speed and quality, but the odds for Japan to win the group are just too good not to test. Japan play mostly full-speed, cross-playing counterattacks. Japan with Tomiyasu, Kamada, Tanaka, and so on ??" great opportunity for them in this World Cup.

Belgium are also a great team. Maybe this is the last chance for many of their older "previous" star players, but it's still a good opportunity to win Group G. The other teams in the same group do not scare me for this bet, and the odds are okay here as well. Egypt is not the same anymore. Iran is okay, but not good enough. And New Zealand always have a good defense but find it hard to win games. I expect an easy group win for Belgium.

Of course Spain is favorite and should be. I really expect them to win the group, using players such as Mikel Oyarzabal and Yamal. They have really strong players, so it should not be a problem against the other teams. I am only afraid of Uruguay, but they didn't impress as much in the South American qualification this season as last time. The other two teams, Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia, shouldn't be any problem. I still expect Spain to reach at least the semi-finals again and be one of the favorites to win the whole tournament.

Argentina is just as well ??" too good for this group (Group J). I pick them to win the group with Messi, as always. They also had an easy 3-0 win in the pre-World Cup game against Iceland, and I still see them as way too strong. They won the last World Cup, so they are always a favorite to keep in mind. The other teams in the group ??" Austria, Algeria, and Jordan ??" are way behind in quality, as I see it.