World Cup Draws: Reactions

Just a few weeks ago was a huge day for soccer fans worldwide. People from every stretch of the globe tuned in to see just exactly how the FIFA World Cup group draw would go down in Brazil. The anticipation was high as fans and players a like waited to see just exactly where their country would be placed in the 32 team, 8 group, world tournament. After much festive dancing and celebration, the draw finally kicked off and finished with some surprising results.

Every year in the world cup there are the easy groups and then there are the group/s rightly nicknamed "The Group of Death". These groups are usually comprised of some of the top nations in the world all in one group in the world cup, making for some very interesting games. Lets start by taking a look at where some of the good teams ended up and where these groups of death are at. In group A, the host country Brazil has to play Croatia, Mexico, and Cameroon, and it should make for a pretty easy group. Moving on to group B we have the two finalists from last years world cup in the same group. Holland and Spain accompany Chile and Australia in group B. In group C we have Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, and Japan. This group could shape up to be a very difficult one with plenty of teams that could put up a strong fight. In group D we then have our first group of death with England, Uruguay, Italy, and then Costa Rica. England, Uruguay, and Italy are all top 15 teams in the world and that makes this group extremely tough  to get out of. Skipping ahead to group G is where we see the second group of death, where Germany, Ghana, Portugal, and the United States are all paired up in the same group. This is the worst possible group in the entire world cup and it should be a big concern for the United States. The final group of the tournament is group H and this is by far the easiest group in the tournament. The only team that I could see going far in this group is Belgium and they are with Algeria, Russia, and Korea Republic. Belgium pulled an extremely easy group and if they don't go through that would be very disappointing.

Now I've gone through all the teams that are going to be at the world cup and I'm extremely excited to watch this competition. It should be great fun and I can't wait to see which team will be able to call themselves the best in the world!