Spain. They have the strongest area in every department of the pitch and have players who are more than capable of filling in should they have to. Yes Argentina have the likes of Messi and Masch but I don't rate their defence or keepers at all and can't see their defence stopping the like of Nando, Rooney, Villa, Ronaldo, Van Persie or whoever they may meet in the later rounds. Brazil are no where near the team they used to be when they were the Spain of today with the likes of Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Carlos, Cafu etc. In their side I only really rate Maicon, Lucio and Kaka as true World Class players. Italy are becoming a joke, Portugal only really have Ronaldo and Simao, Holland aren't great and Malta aren't in it so I would be putting my money on Spain.
Not to mention a fair chunk of the Spain team are Barca players so straight away their is going to be a strong understanding between some of the key players, especially Xavi and Iniesta. Villa may now be at Barca but he has understanding with Silva and Mata. On the whole they are just generally a whole lot better than what any of the other countries have to offer.
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