1-Spain (9 points)2-Chile (4 points)
3-Switzerland (4 points)
4-Honduras (0 points)
Spain are the clear favorites in the group. With world-class talent scattered all over the field, Spain will overwhelm all three group stage opponents. The game against Honduras will be a bloodletting. Look for Fernando Torres and David Villa to combine for five or more goals in group fixtures. A ten goal differential is not out of the question.
Chile and Switzerland will battle it out for the runner-up position in the group. The two teams are evenly matched, and when they play each other on June 21, the game could determine which of the two will advance to the Knockout Stage. If this game is a draw, as this writer predicts it will be, then the team who can manage to hold Spain to one or two goals may advance on goal differential. The unlucky Swiss, who face Spain in their first game, will be playing a side that hasn't clinched anything yet. Chile's even goal diferrential will beat out Switzerland's -1 goal difference.
above: David Villa and Fernando Torres embrace during the 2008 Euro Cup in Austria. Spain won the Cup, giving the side their first major football title in several decades
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