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WORLD CUP REVIEW GROUP E

This week Graeme Clark looks at the potential Group of Death

Although Group E includes Holland, a team steeped in World Cup folklore if no ultimate glory, it also has Denmark, Japan and Cameroon – all of whom could upset the Dutch applecart, each having claims for a good World Cup campaign.

Denmark qualified from their own group stage of death by comfortably beating off the challenges of Sweden, Portugal and Hungary – no mean feat in itself – losing just once in the process, the very last game of the group stages by which time they had already achieved qualification. However only 16 goals from 10 games tells a story of few attacking opportunities.

WORLD CUP REVIEW GROUP D

In the run up to the World Cup Graeme Clark looks forward to the tournament with a review of each of the eight groups of four.

Germany will almost certainly get through the group stage and progress to the knock out matches – they certainly always seem to – and in Chelsea´s Michael Ballack they have a captain who has played at the top level for virtually all his life. In Miroslav Klose and Lucas Podolski they have experienced strikers capable of scoring against anyone, Klose in particular will be looking for goals as his tally of 10 World Cup goals puts him just 5 behind all time record scorer Ronaldo.

WORLD CUP REVIEW GROUP C

In the run up to this year´s World Cup Finals, Graeme Clark is reviewing each group stage in turn – this week it is England´s Group.

When the draw was made for this group many people thought that England had got an easy way to the next stage and even used the acronym EASY to stand for “England, Algeria, Slovenia and the Yanks”.

Whilst it has to be said that Algeria – along with South Africa – are about the least impressive squad in the tournament, the other two matches could be potential banana skins for Fabio Capello´s squad.

WORLD CUP REVIEW - GROUP B

In the run up to the year´s most eagerly awaited sporting event Graeme Clark looks forward to the tournament with his review of each of the eight groups of four. This week he casts his eye over Group B and gives his opinion on who will go through to the next round and who will be going home early.

This group has one outstanding player – Argentina and Barcelona playmaker Lionel Messi – and one stand out manager – Diego Maradona.

WORLD CUP REVIEW - GROUP A

WORLD CUP REVIEW - GROUP A

In the run up to the year´s most eagerly awaited sporting event Graeme Clark looks forward to the tournament with his review of each of the eight groups of four, starting with Group A.

Group A kicks off the 2010 World Cup with two games on Friday June 11 th . Hosts South Africa will play Mexico with most neutrals looking for a great game of football. Home fans will hope and pray that their team can rise above the disappointment of not even qualifying for the recent African Cup of Nations but that, I feel, is a forlorn hope.

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