Ordsall Quays Red wrote:Chile as a very good dark-horse tip for my money at 70/1.
Best young side in South America (only 2 players in the squad over 30), 2nd place in the SAm qualifiers, one of the best young (and largely unheralded so far) talents in world football ready to announce himself to a wider audience, an experienced coach who banished the old heads/bad lads in the squad for the young uns after they messed about too much, a relatively easy group (other than Spain who they play last anyway when both should be through), very attack-minded side who score plenty of goals...
Saw a bit of Chile in the qualifiers, defensively they can probably be got at but they were decent to watch and played with some quality, I can see them pipping Switzerland to make it through, but it's a tough draw for them from there.
From the lesser heralded South American sides I wouldn't be too surprised to see Uruguay or Paraguay having a decent run.
