Defining Success in the World Cup

March 10th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

Earlier this week I asked the question, what would be success for Angola in the World Cup? Thank you to the readers who left their comments. I appreciate your thoughts and hope you are having fun reading this blog. There aren’t many of us Angola fans on the Internet so I love having your guys and gals stopping by and offering your opinions.

Today I will answer my own question. What would be a successful tournament for Angola?

Disaster: Angola loses all three games and isn’t at all competitive. The world sees us as a minnow that got lucky making the World Cup. Odds of this happening: 20%

Near Disaster: Angola loses all three games but is competitive. The team plays hard and gives its opponents a real challenge. The world respects our effort. Odds of this happening: 20%

Minor success: Angola gets a win or tie, but is still eliminated in group play. I see this as the most likely scenario with us getting at least a point against Iran or Mexico. Odds of this happening: 40%

Major success: Angola advances from the group. For this to happen, I think we need to beat Iran, and tie both Portugal and Mexico. Odds of this happening: 15%

Major, major success: Angola advances from the group and then wins its round of 16 game. The world adopts us as their new favorite team and we are the story of the World Cup. Odds of this happening: 4%

Life can end because I am so happy: Angola wins the World Cup. Odds of this happening: 1%

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Comments

By The Blog Goes On 03.10 - FIFA World Cup 2006 - World Cup 2006 Blog | March 10th, 2006 at 1:08 pm

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By Andre | March 10th, 2006 at 3:41 pm

There surely are many Angola fans on the internet, but they just dont know about this site. You will find that some of us fans are giving our opinions in different sites such as the FAF site and many others.

Posted from United Kingdom

By Pasha | March 10th, 2006 at 3:58 pm

You’re correct. I should have said there weren’t many on the English language boards. Anyway, I’m happy to have you here and hope that you’ll invite some others to join the party. We all need to come together for the Palancas Negras!

By lc | March 12th, 2006 at 9:36 pm

I think Angola has all they need to be better than Iran. They could do a great job against Portugal, because african teams, who are faster have proven to be a good team against European teams. I still dont see them advancing to the second round, I take Mexico and Portugal on this question. Good Luck.

Posted from Mexico