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Soccer's Sweet 16
December 14, 2009
SI senior writer Grant Wahl predicts which teams (in bold) will advance from the group stage next summer
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December 14, 2009

Soccer's Sweet 16

SI senior writer Grant Wahl predicts which teams (in bold) will advance from the group stage next summer

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At least one heavyweight won't survive the closest thing to a 2010 Group of Death. Portugal has 2008 World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo, but Brazil is Brazil and Ivory Coast is a sexy sleeper.

Group H

Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

Spain has lost only once in the last three years (to the United States in June) and should win the group going away. But look out for Honduras, a swashbuckling side that will turn heads in South Africa.

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