World Cup 2010 Can an African Team Win

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    World Cup 2010 : Can An African Team Win?

    The African teams that have qualified are South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana and the Ivory coast, lets take a closer look at their chances.

    Nigeria : Nigeria have been drawn in a group alongside Greece, Argentina and South Korea. I cannot see them beating Argentina , so the results against the other

    2 teams will be vital and this looks close to call. The preparations for the World Cup have had some issues and it may be this that affects their chances. I can see them finishing 3rd in the group and failing to qualify for the knockout stages.

    Algeria : I would say they are the weakest of the African teams but they do havea chance of qualifying. England will be the favourites from the group but wheth

    er Algeria qualify or not will hinge on the games against the other teams in thegroup who are the USA and Slovenia. During the recent African Nations Cup the t

    eam looked very defensive minded with little attacking flair and in the final against Egypt, the lack of discipline was very poor. If they go behind in a matchI don't see them coming back easily. I do not think they will qualify for the l

    ater stages.

    Cameroon : There group is not too bad with the Netherlands being the strongest team, the other two teams Denmark and Japan will be beatable but a lot will depend on Samuel Etoo and how he performs on the big stage. The Cameroon team doesn'thave as many key players as in years gone by but I think Cameroon will qualify

    from this group but not go too far in the knockout stages..

    Ghana : Ghana fielded a young team at the African Nations cup but they will notrepeat that for the World Cup. The key may be whether their best player, MichaelEssien will be available to play due to injury. Ghana have been drawn in a toug

    h group with Serbia, Australia and Germany. Looking at this they may struggle and I do not see them qualifying for the next stage.

    Ivory Coast : The Ivory Coast are probably Africa's best football team, the problem in this World Cup is they have been drawn in what has been dubbed the GroupOf Death. I expect them to beat North Korea but then I woul dexpect the other two teams in the group, Brazil and Portugal to do the same. The key will be the results against Brazil and Portugal. This looks like being a tight group but the Ivory Coast have a good chance of qualifying as I believe they can do damage against Brazil and Portugal. With players of the calibre of Didier Drogba and a slight decrease in the standard of the 2 aforementioned countries I can see them getting results when it counts.

    South Africa : The hosts have a huge task to probably even qualify from their gr

    oup, being drawn with France and Mexico makes this a stern task. Home support will obviously play a huge part but a lot will come down to the mentality of the players, will this inspire them to raise the level of their game or will the crumble under pressure. To me it looks like South Africa may well not qualify for the knockout stages.

    To summarize I can;t see an African team wining the World Cup 2010 but Cameroonand Ivory Coast have the abilty to get to the latter stages.