The World Cup 2010 mild fever has started, and there is another 187 days before it peaks into full blown fever. The draw for 32 teams into 8 groups was unveiled few hours ago at Cape Town, South Africa. In each World Cup, there is surely a Group of Death. If not, there won't be any excitement and gossips, and jersey won't sell that well.
This time, the Group of Death is Group G, in which Brazil is the seeded team, and he has dark horses Ivory Coast and North Korea, and distant cousin, Portugal as companion. Wonder if it will be possible to have 3 Ronaldos on the pitch at the same time when Brazil meets Portugal.
> "Old Ron" Ronaldo Luis
> "Mid Ron" Ronaldo de Assis
> "Hot Ron" Cristiano RonaldoIn terms of world ranking, this group is having one of the lowest aggregate.
> Brazil: P2
> Portugal: P5
> Ivory Coast: P16
> North Korea: P84
The other 28 teams are grouped as below:
The World Cup ball "Jabulani" was unveiled by Sepp Blatter ahead of the draw. The name carries the meaning "to celebrate" in Zulu language, one of the official language of South Africa.
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