Costa Rica Group A

Germany may be a little down on its luck in comparison to past glory but a host nation has never ever failed to advance from its group. It won’t happen this year in Germany either. Poland, Costa Rica, and Ecuador all failed to advance from their groups in Corea-Japan. They chances are about equal with Poland being a favorite among the three. But Germany will be far from satisfied with a mear winning of its group; they are the vice champions after all, as improbable as this seemed four years ago. Jurgen Klinsman is in charge of Germany-he was the engine that got the last german world cup in 1990, and he is a winner, a maverick who believes in himself enough to buck all public opinion by insisting on living in California and video conferencing from there. Strange, but it does show conviction or folly… We will see… Yet, the pressure on him is limited as few as 8 % of the Gemans fans expect the cup to stay home after the final.