Laos
Ukraine
France
Austria
Greece
Italy
Group D will definitely not be an easy group, and along with Group B could be considered the hardest pool. Laos gets the 4th seed in this one. Ukraine joins them, but it is a significantly weaker Ukraine team. They should definitely not be counted out though. France, another top contender, is back and raring to go. Austria was a strong team last year, giving France all they handle in the group stage and keeping up with Ukraine in a scorefest in last year's group stage. Greece, another mainstay, is always up to play, and gives everyone a good game. Italy is the last team, and anything they can do to the other teams will be a huge blow to that team's hopes. France should be able to pull it together this year and come through on top, and Ukraine will also be playing hard. Laos will be hard-pressed to fend off these teams, and this could be the year they finally fall.
Prediction(in order of finish): France, Laos, Ukraine, Greece, Austria, Italy.
Game to Watch: Laos vs. France. Two of the top 4 teams in the tournament. That's all you need to know.
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How come nobody has said anything on this preview about how horrible Greece is?
Wait for it.
The worst team in this group is clearly Italy. No questions about it.
I agree with the above post. Italy has lost their goalie from last year. Not sure how good they are going to be this year. That dude they had in goal last year stopped a crazy amount of shots with little help from the defense.
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this group is pretty easy to predict,France will take it, Laos in second. Laos are pretty strong offensively but France have the best defense in the tournament if you ask me. they beat El Salvador 1-0 last year, probably the only team el salvador didnt score against. and from what i hear they have all their defenders returning. the Laos Vs France game will still be a really good game tho.
france wont do it coz they have lots of good players but with big eagles, not team players just individuals and some of them like showing off which is gona be a disapointment, dont get me wrong i like france but laos plays as a team and thats why they win games, team players, all play diffence, one thing they need to improve is stop crying like lil kids,dont want to be pushed around so will complain all game long, but very entertaining soccer they play
Greece will win because they eat souvlaki. No but really, it's in greek blood to never give up, at all cost, thats why they are always a factor.Dont trust a greek, they faught a 10 year war over a girl, REMEMBER. They are crazy.
I can see your point about the players with egos. France do have one or two players that generally play for themselves but if they really want to they can be great. I saw their friendly games against Poland and Chile. Against Poland they looked like a team that hadn't played together since last WCP Cup (which they hadn't), but against Chile they were stringing passes together and were doing some really nice stuff. Every player on France has experience and knows what to do, their success will be determined by whether or not certain players can put aside their egos and play for eachother.
i heard that mason is injured and might not be able to play in the tournamnet, that would be a huge loss to france
i think laos will take it if they play their game the one thing is they are small guys so they will be pushed around by France and \greece, greece have big guys so they will muscle their way through but should be interesting, think will come dowm to Laos, |france game, whoever wins it will take the group and the other second but strange things happen in soccer another team may step up and take it
Come on France and Laos. you dropped to ROI's level by putting on way too many foreign players. The point of this tourny is to represent your own country. I hope one year it will be like that but i doubt it. its a shame.
having seen most games so far i can guarantee france will win the whole tournament. we are stronger than everyone and will beat laos easily. once they beat laos they will have no problems and have it on lockdown they can guarantee this. france will win for surtain
i wouldnt say laos and france have dropped to roi's level, france is all regina players unlike roi whos best players are all from saskatoon, and you cant seriously blame them for adding players who arent french, they've put together a strong squad that can challenge roi, they might have the best chance at beating roi this year and who doesnt want to see roi lose?
Greece sure showed why they are the best team in the tournament.
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