Who will Stop Brazil in the 2006 World Cup?

From Argentina to Angola, England to Ecuador.

The 32 contenders for the World Cup title all dream of winning the game's biggest prize. Realistically, it looks like a one-horse race. As the coaches descend on Leipzig, Germany, having one major concern.

Who can stop Brazil from winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany?

The United States is back at the FIFA World Cup for the fifth time in a row and hoping to improve on its quarterfinal finish in 2002. Argentina, Italy, France and host Germany are among the leading candidates to reach the final, and the English believe they have their best team since they won the title 39 years ago in these FIFA World Cup battles.

But they all have an eye on the defending FIFA World Cup champions, who arguably will bring the strongest Brazilian national team ever to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Carlos Alberto Parreira’s team is a favorite to win a sixth FIFA World Cup title.

On the other hand, the Italians, who won the last of their three FIFA World Cup titles in 1982, have the talent to reach the FIFA World Cup final for the first time since the ‘94 FIFA World Cup tournament. Coach Marcello Lippi’s biggest problems are maintaining confidence and making his players work as a team.

In England, with its most talented roster in decades, they plan to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup title 40 years after its solitary triumph on home turf. Striker Wayne Rooney is the new star, but Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson also has David Beckham, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and John Terry, all now established among the best players in the game, all now very important for their chances of FIFA World Cup glory in Germany.

In France, Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry are at the top of their careers, giving France the opportunity to repeat its 1998 FIFA World Cup triumph. Summoning Zidane, Claude Makelele and Lilian Thuram out of retirement suggests, however, it is struggling to find new talent.

All of them are chasing the mighty Brazilians at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

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