Group A Table
1 Germany
2 Ecuador
3 Poland
4 Costa Rica
Group B Table
1 England
2 Sweden
3 Paraguay
4 Trinidad and Tobago
Group C Table
1 Argentina
2 Holland
3 Ivory Coast
4 Serbia & Montenegro
Group D Table
1 Portugal
2 Mexico
3 Angola
4 Iran
Group E Table
1 Italy
2 Ghana
3 Czech Republic
4 USA
Group F Table
1 Brazil
2 Australia
3 Croatia
4 Japan
Group G Table
1 Switzerland
2 France
3 South Korea
4 Togo
Group H Table
1 Spain
2 Ukraine
3 Tunisia
4 Saudi Arabia
I would probably disagree. France and Swiss were in the same group and a relatively weak one at that.
Of the 14 european nations only 4 didn't get through to the knockout stages. Poland and Croatia were a disappointment, S&M were in a very tough group and the Czechs fell foul to the surprise package in Ghana.
As far as I am concerned you could have swapped France or the Swiss in our qualifying group for any of the other 12 European nations that qualified and we would still have struggled to do any better.
I think the fact the 2 teams from our qualifying group have reached the knock out stages is in part due to the WC group they found themselves in. France have not looked great, though the Swiss have looked solid enough.
Lets see how France & The Swiss fair in the last 16 games compared to the other european nations.
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