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Been a little distracted lately, but time now to have a look at Group E of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
Holland
Ranked 3 by FIFA
Runners up 1974 and 1978
Manager: Bert van Marwijk
Key player: Wesley Sneijder
A delight to watch when confident and in form
Footballbits group prediction: Winners
Denmark
Ranked 26 by FIFA
Quarterfinalists in 1998
Manager: Morton Olssen
Key player: [...]

Little belated I know, but continuing our look at teams for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, this week we look at Group D
Germany

Ranked 6 by FIFA
Winners in 1954,1974 and 1990
Manager: Joachim Low
Key Player:  Michael Ballack
Too many silver medals for Chelsea’s Ballack, so he’ll be hoping to win the big one before he retires.
Footballbits [...]

Continuing our look at teams for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, this week we look at Group B
England
Ranked 9 by FIFA
Winners in 1966
Manager: Fabio Capello
Key Player: Wayne Rooney
Every Englishmans hopes and dreams rest on the ‘Roonster’ being fit and in top form. We say it every World Cup, but surely this is the [...]

Continuing our look at teams for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, this week we look at Group B

Argentina
Ranked 8 by FIFA
Winners in 1978 and 1986
Manager: Diego ‘Hand of God’ Maradona
Key Player: Lionel Messi
World footballer of the year by some margin
Footballbits Group prediction –  winners
Nigeria
Ranked 22 FIFA
Best World cup – 2nd round 1994 and [...]

Just 6 months to go until the World Cup starts in South Africa so its a good time to start having a look at the teams involved. We’ll start this week with Group A
France
Ranked 7 by FIFA
Winners in 1998
Manager: Raymond Domenench
Key Player: Franck Ribery
Not the most popular of the qualified teams because of the way [...]