Chile, the time is now.

ThisDrinkingLife and The World Cup:Chile

Chile were one of the most attractive teams in the last world cup, playing the game in the correct spirit and a tad unlucky not to do a little better. This time there is more of an expectation with a world cup in South America the Chilean public expects great things from their team. But look at the group they got! They will again have to play Spain in a world cup, and go against the Dutch, a team they will have to be at their very best to beat. The only bright spot in this difficult group is that Chile get to play Australia first. Victory in that game should be a given and set them up for at least trying to scrape a point against Spain in the second game, which might be good enough for them to qualify. Failing that then its all down to the final game, which honestly is a difficult one to call. That final game against the Netherlands really could go either way. I will go with the Dutch at this moment in time but I also wouldn’t be surprised if Chile came out of the group. That game against the Dutch will be one of the games of the first round me thinks, one goal could be the deciding of it.

Key player is Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez, decent form this season, fast and difficult to defend against, will be sure to get a goal or two in this world cup.