Serbia 13th in FIFA world rankings

Congratulation to Serbia!

OK, typing with two hands and scratching my head with the other six:

Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

Atapus sez: Germany, Turkey

Group B: Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra

Atapus sez: Russia, Slovakia

Group C: Italy, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia, Faroe Islands

Atapus sez: two out of Italy, Serbia, Slovenia. Most likely Italy, Serbia but Serbia, Slovenia would be terrific as Atapus hates the "Catenaccio" and it's derivatives.

Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg

Atapus sez: France, Romania

Group E: Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Moldova, San Marino

Atapus sez: Netherlands, Hungary, ooops, no, in your dreams! Netherlands, Sweden.

Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia, Malta

Atapus sez: Croatia, Greece but gives Israel and Georgia a slight chance.

Group G: England, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Montenegro

Atapus sez: England, Switzerland but gives Bulgaria a slight chance.

Group H: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Iceland

Atapus sez: Portugal, Denmark

Group I: Spain, Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania, Liechtenstein

Atapus sez: Spain, Czech Republic / Scotland equal chances.


Me: never again an octopus meal... they are really neat and intelligent creatures ;-)

(G., the Atapus, 11 August 2010 16:15) Quite good analysis for a Fazekas graduate.Most of them I knew were not interested in soccer at either particpant or spectacor level.As to Paul one of my friends played a cummulative bet (I mean betting on every event with so far cummulated sum)with 20 000 Ft base sum after Paul's 3rd succesful choice and managed to win more than 1 million.If somone dared to follow Paul's bets from the first match depanding on the company the cummulated multiplayer was between 300 and 500.Let us hope Paul will have kids who inherit his abilities and no doubt I will play an octopus-line as well during next championship.

I would tend to agree with most of your selections except for this group:


Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg

Atapus sez: France, Romania


Both France and Romania and in a spiral, France after the pathetic performance in the world cup, Romania was thrased by Serbian during the World Cup Qualifying Rounds.

B&H was unlucky not to advance to the World Cup, they will secure a place in this group. France should get the other spot but Belarus may give them a run for the money.

Congratulation to Serbia!

OK, typing with two hands and scratching my head with the other six:

Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

Atapus sez: Germany, Turkey

Group B: Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra

Atapus sez: Russia, Slovakia

Group C: Italy, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia, Faroe Islands

Atapus sez: two out of Italy, Serbia, Slovenia. Most likely Italy, Serbia but Serbia, Slovenia would be terrific as Atapus hates the "Catenaccio" and it's derivatives.

Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg

Atapus sez: France, Romania

Group E: Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Moldova, San Marino

Atapus sez: Netherlands, Hungary, ooops, no, in your dreams! Netherlands, Sweden.

Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia, Malta

Atapus sez: Croatia, Greece but gives Israel and Georgia a slight chance.

Group G: England, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Montenegro

Atapus sez: England, Switzerland but gives Bulgaria a slight chance.

Group H: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Iceland

Atapus sez: Portugal, Denmark

Group I: Spain, Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania, Liechtenstein

Atapus sez: Spain, Czech Republic / Scotland equal chances.


Me: never again an octopus meal... they are really neat and intelligent creatures ;-)

(G., the Atapus, 11 August 2010 16:15) Quite good analysis for a Fazekas graduate.Most of them I knew were not interested in soccer at either particpant or spectacor level.As to Paul one of my friends played a cummulative bet (I mean betting on every event with so far cummulated sum)with 20 000 Ft base sum after Paul's 3rd succesful choice and managed to win more than 1 million.If somone dared to follow Paul's bets from the first match depanding on the company the cummulated multiplayer was between 300 and 500.Let us hope Paul will have kids who inherit his abilities and no doubt I will play an octopus-line as well during next championship.

I would tend to agree with most of your selections except for this group:


Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg

Atapus sez: France, Romania


Both France and Romania and in a spiral, France after the pathetic performance in the world cup, Romania was thrased by Serbian during the World Cup Qualifying Rounds.

B&H was unlucky not to advance to the World Cup, they will secure a place in this group. France should get the other spot but Belarus may give them a run for the money.