Betting on Uruguay isn't what I would call a 'probable win', or else they wouldn't be paying 10-1... Uruguay was for a long time one of the major forces in South American football and they still have some power related to tradition (therefore no one could say you're mad! Uruguay is a two time world champion and the celeste is still respected over here), but they've been through some draught era, lacking new talents.

I think they'll probably get through Group A easily in first (it's the weakest group without a shadow of a doubt...), but from the Quarter finals (where they would play Colombia or the USA, in my opinion) and semi finals (they'll probably play Mexico, Ecuador or even Brazil), I don't see them passing through.

But as I said, they're a team with tons of tradition, and sometimes it counts!

As for Brazil, I don't see the absence of Kaka nad Ronaldinho being the worst factors for the Brazilian team (even though they're definetely incomparable), but I do fear the lack of coordination and strategy as Dunga hasn't shown what he wants to make with this team yet. So far he has only "experienced" players and formations. We are still waiting to see his true Brazilian side, as he believes it shoud be. No one knows for sure what's coming...

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