2010 World Cup Bracket Prediction Thread

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Grps   Ro16         1/4            1/2                 Final             1/2           1/4           Ro16   Grps
1A___Mexico____                                                                                ___Argentina___1B
               |___Mexico____                                                     __Argentina_|
2B___Nigeria___|             |                                                   |            |______France___2A
                             |___England___                          __Germany___|
1C___England____             |             |                        |            |             _____Germany___1D
                |___England__|             |___Brazil___            |            |__Germany___|
2D___Australia__|                          |                        |                         |_________USA___2C
                                           |      ___Brazil___      |
1E___Netherlands_                          |                        |                          _______Italy___1F
                 |_Netherlands_            |            ____Spain___|             ____Italy___|
2F___Paraguay____|             |           |                        |            |            |_____Denmark___2E
                               |___Brazil__|                        |____Spain___|
1G___Brazil___                 |                                                 |              ______Spain___1H
              |___Brazil_______|                                                 |_____Spain___|
2H___Chile____|                                                                                |___Portugal___2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 157
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 18
3: Golden Boot winner: Luís Fabiano
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": South Africa
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 1

Surprising how you've all gone for such conservative red card counts and goals scored. The last 5 world cups have an average red card count of 19.6. The average goals scored over the last 5 world cups is 147. Plus if you look at trends based on host nation (recent world cups only, for tactical reasons), there seems to be an affect over goals scored, with the defensive minded Italians hosting 1990 where only 115 goals were scored. So a chaotic country like South Africa should foster an attacking tournament.