{"id":104,"date":"2014-06-12T12:57:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/?p=104"},"modified":"2018-05-22T19:24:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T19:24:54","slug":"we-predict-the-2014-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2014\/06\/12\/we-predict-the-2014-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"We Predict&#8230; The 2014 FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s that time again. Who is going to win the World Cup? Who is going to score for fun? Will there be suprises and disappointments?\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Here are the Icons team&#8217;s expectations for the World Cup in Brazil.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan Jamieson, Managing Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup winners: <\/strong>Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner-ups: <\/strong>Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top goal scorer:<\/strong>\u00a0Sergio Aguero<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early exiters:<\/strong>\u00a0Spain, Portugal, Italy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise packages:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Teams<\/em> &#8211; South-Korea, Japan, Colombia. <em>Players<\/em> \u2013 Raheem Sterling, Marouane Fellaini, Shinji Kagawa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random predictions:\u00a0<\/strong>Rooney to be dropped by the England\u2019s last game, Klose to level Ronaldo\u2019s goalscoring record, Brazil to fall short due to lack of flair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Margaret Plunkett, Head of Customer Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup winners:\u00a0<\/strong>Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner-ups:\u00a0<\/strong>Brazil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top goal scorer:<\/strong>\u00a0Sergio Aguero or Karim Benzema<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early exiters:<\/strong>\u00a0Portugal, Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise packages:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Teams<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Ivory Coast, Belgium, Chile.\u00a0<em>Players<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Paul Pogba.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random predictions:\u00a0<\/strong>England to finish at least 1 game with 10 men, Germany to be knocked out in quarter final\u2019s, Ivory Coast to reach the semis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Soley, Marketing and Sales Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup winners:\u00a0<\/strong>Brazil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner-ups:\u00a0<\/strong>Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top goal scorer:<\/strong>\u00a0Lionel Messi or Fred<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early exiters:<\/strong>\u00a0Netherlands, Uruguay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise packages:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Teams<\/em> &#8211; Switzerland, Bosnia. <em>Players<\/em> \u2013 Aturo Vidal, James Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random predictions:\u00a0<\/strong>Messi to play against CR7 at some point, <em>Oz<\/em> to concede 10 or more in the group stages, England\u2019s youth to beat Italy or Uruguay, Brazil and Spain out in the semis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott Hutchinson, US Partner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup winners:\u00a0<\/strong>Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner-ups:\u00a0<\/strong>Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top goal scorer:<\/strong>\u00a0Sergio Aguero<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early exiters:<\/strong>\u00a0Brazil, Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise packages:<\/strong>\u00a0USA to get revenge vs. Ghana, finish level with Portugal, get a respectable result vs. Germany, and advance into the knockout stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random predictions:\u00a0<\/strong>England beats Italy outright, the English nation turns from sour pessimists to unbridled joy and support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edward Freedman, Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup winners:\u00a0<\/strong>Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner-ups:\u00a0<\/strong>Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top goal scorer:<\/strong>\u00a0Lionel Messi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early exiters:<\/strong>\u00a0England, Cameroon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise packages:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Teams<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Japan, Colombia.\u00a0<em>Players<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Wayne Rooney (because he will be dropped when it doesn&#8217;t matter).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random predictions:\u00a0<\/strong>During every press conference, Roy Hodgson will be defending the English performance by blaming the heat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harm Jan Deuring, represents Mainland Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup winners:\u00a0<\/strong>Brazil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner-ups:\u00a0<\/strong>Uruguay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top goal scorer:<\/strong>\u00a0Karim Benzema or Robin van Persie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early exiters:<\/strong>\u00a0England, Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise packages:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Teams<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Japan, Colombia.\u00a0<em>Players<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Keisuke Honda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random predictions:\u00a0<\/strong>During every press conference, Louis van Gaal will make clear (read: <em>shout!<\/em>) to English journalists he will not answer any questions about ManU-related transfer rumours. &#8220;That is a stupid question!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Icons on Twitter for all the latest football news, chat and competitions:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/icons_football\">@icons_football<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time again. Who is going to win the World Cup? Who is going to score for fun? Will there be suprises and disappointments?\u00a0Here are the Icons team&#8217;s expectations for the World Cup in Brazil. Dan Jamieson, Managing Director World Cup winners: Germany Runner-ups: Argentina Top goal scorer:\u00a0Sergio Aguero Early exiters:\u00a0Spain, Portugal, Italy Surprise&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2014\/06\/12\/we-predict-the-2014-fifa-world-cup\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[166,118,165,167,383,18],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews-and-predictions","tag-autograph","tag-predicitions","tag-signed-memorabilia","tag-sports-memorabilia","tag-we-predict","tag-world-cup"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfQcey-1G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29,"url":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2015\/08\/07\/we-predict-the-2015-16-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":0},"title":"We Predict&#8230; The 2015-16 Season","author":"Icons.com","date":"August 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 It feels like an age since Chelsea lifted that Premier League trophy, bringing the 14-15 Premier League season to a close. 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