text: do you know i will be giving away lots of points soon??? all of my group predictions are up save my beloved brasil, and the pretenders in that group..saving the best for last, you know.   i will not wait until the cup starts to award my "best answers," so if anyone out there thinks they really know the game or can outpredict the master, log in today or tomorrow latest. predictions after the cup begins are snarky at best, and totally invalid!  i don't care about how many yahoo! points i have..it is more important to school the masses about "jogo bonito!" but i know some of you care. show the boot whatcha got!!!!   selecao!!!!! don't get too excited about selecao adding another star. obviously, they are good and will progress into the next stage but teams like italy, czech republic, germany, holland and england, won't be pusovers.  and you have to go way back to 1958, for them win a cup in europe. no small task. as good as they are going forward, they aren't the best at defending.  remember that there so many ways to lose a game, but only 1 way to win.