FIFA Ranking- 4
Group E
This one may come as a little bit of a surprise, but I think this may be the year for the Netherlands, who are sort of the lovable losers. They always come into big tournaments playing beautiful football and dazzle everyone, but end up losing when it comes to the knockout stage. During qualifying they went undefeated with an 8-0-0 record, and gave up the fewest goals of any European World Cup team. The knock on the Netherlands is their defense, which I will admit is not the most intimidating back line, but if they can continue to play smart and strong they will be the backbone for this team. Look for them to breeze through their group and look strong going into the knockout stages where they will be looking to win their first cup.
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