OP has given us with the option of choosing only from the 5 teams and there are no teams from South America. If he could have given us to choice of Argentina and Brazil, then the result may have been more interesting. I know the German team is strong and is fully capable of making to the finals but since we are talking about the FIFA world cup, other good teams not listed make this list of voting options somewhat useless.
I thought the same thing as well but we should be looking at the reality of the day mostly. South Americans' football is top-notch, no doubt about that but they are always unlucky when it comes to the world cup. Brazil has won most in that continent, yet the Brazil of old is not the Brazil of this time. They will surely try, nonetheless, the countries that last won the world cup in 2002 should not be the favourite of any predictor.
There so much prediction before time about the world cup but I would also think that Germany deserves to be superior this time - but on the other hand we also know that Messi and Renaldo are playing their most important matches and they are not going let it slip from their hands.
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One thing I will always tell people is that Messi and Ronaldo are one player in a team and they are getting older, the strength and fame are not the same if you agree with me. Have they ranked well among the top players of the world again in the recent rankings and nominations/awards? This should tell you something. And if it is about the combined squad potency, Germany has all it takes to win the trophy.
All favorites will have no problems in the groups.
You are right, the group stage is my fear with Germany, they tend to take it lightly believing that they are better than the other teams. They were wrong in the last world cup and that would have taught them a lesson. I guess they will do better this time.