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The most interesting narrative in the upcoming World Cup must surely be Brazil?

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I mean, no matter what happens, it's an interesting story

They go out in the group stages, national disaster and good drama

They win, national celebrations and a spectacular ending

They go out in the knock outs to a dodgy decision or penalties, chaos and more awesome drama

I mean, when the host is a potential winner, it really ups the story element

Other notable stories
Spain going for a famous consecutive World Cup win
France trying to earn redemption for what happened 4 years ago
Germany trying to finally get over the World Cup hump
Uruguay trying to repeat 1950

Should have a good narrative this World Cup, all being well
 

Azzurri said:
Just hope it's better than the last one.
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I probably go over the top with things like World Cups, but I loved the last one.

Had everything.

Ghana being boss.
England being unashamedly woeful.
Rob Green forgetting what his job was.
That mental Van Bronkhorst goal.
Spain being Spain.
Suarez showing us all what the future held.
PENO SHOOT OUTS!
 

Lots of interesting narratives in the WC. Let them grow and enjoy them. Here are a few to pick from:

6x the Host has also won the World Cup (last was France 1998); can Brazil win as Hosts?

Last time (only time) Brazil hosted, they did not win

Can any team not from the continent make a serious run for the World Cup? Can the European teams do well in South America? No team outside of South America has ever won a WC hosted in South America.

13x the WC winner was from the host continent. No North American team has won in their host continent (3x Hosts; 2x Brazil, Argentina winners). The Asian WC was won by Brazil. The only Euro WC that was not won by a Euro team was won by Brazil. Also, Spain won in Africa.

Then you can get to smaller team-only narratives, and plenty are interesting. What will Portugal, one of the "last teams in," do with the WC? Will England do anything, and does England understand its style of play anymore? What about Mexico--probably the weakest qualifying performance of any team with measurable talent. The US narratives are interesting too: "Group of Death" foes are Ghana (2x put US out of WC), Germany (it's the Joachim Low vs Jurgen Klinsmann show), Portugal (they can be decent too), what can US make of this.

No team is without a decent narrative, so you should be able to find decent entertainment if you find a good writer/story to follow.

*I am picking, without any due consideration of reason or logic, Argentina as winners
 
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2010 was watchable from a narrative stand point after the Swiss beat the Spanish, but the football wasn't amazing and the tournament took a massive hit by having the hosts go out at the group stages

I am just not a fan of Spain either and find them very dull to watch, so a World Cup where they calmly passed teams to death and won 1-0 in sterile fashion really didn't do it for me

You did have two great Quarter Finals though with Ghana/Uruguay and Holland/Brazil
 
SerenityNigh said:
Lots of interesting narratives in the WC. Let them grow and enjoy them. Here are a few to pick from:

6x the Host has also won the World Cup (last was France 1998); can Brazil win as Hosts?

Last time (only time) Brazil hosted, they did not win

Can any team not from the continent make a serious run for the World Cup? Can the European teams do well in South America? No team outside of South America has ever won a WC hosted in South America.

13x the WC winner was from the host continent. No North American team has won in their host continent (3x Hosts; 2x Brazil, Argentina winners). The Asian WC was won by Brazil. The only Euro WC that was not won by a Euro team was won by Brazil. Also, Spain won in Africa.

Then you can get to smaller team-only narratives, and plenty are interesting. What will Portugal, one of the "last teams in," do with the WC? Will England do anything, and does England understand it's style of play anymore? What about Mexico--probably the weakest qualifying performance of any team with measurable talent. The US narratives are interesting too: "Group of Death" foes are Ghana (2x put US out of WC), Germany (it's the Joachim Low vs Jurgen Klinsmann show), Portugal (they can be decent too), what can US make of this.

No team is without a decent narrative, so you should be able to find decent entertainment if you find a good writer/story to follow.

*I am picking, without any due consideration of reason or logic, Argentina as winners
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Argentina or Uruguay for me
 
ijjysmith said:
I probably go over the top with things like World Cups, but I loved the last one.

Had everything.

Ghana being boss.
England being unashamedly woeful.
Rob Green forgetting what his job was.
That mental Van Bronkhorst goal.
Spain being Spain.
Suarez showing us all what the future held.
PENO SHOOT OUTS!
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Was tosh lad.
 

Two for me are whether Messi or Ronaldo will ignite the tournament and put to bed the thing that they've never done much in a world cup.

Oh, and 48 years of hurt. Will it be ended at last?
 
It'll be a South American team I think

I'm inclined to agree with @Allezfan and go with the idea that Brazil will collapse under the pressure. That leaves Argentina or Uruguay for me

I have this horrible feeling that this will be Suarez's world cup the same way 86' was Maradonna's
 

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