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Mexico are the favorites, but can South Africa, Czechia, or South Korea cause an upset? This is our complete preview of Group A, highlighting the players and matchups to look out for.
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00:00Previewing every single World Cup group ahead of the tournament this summer, starting with Group A.
00:05Mexico, South Africa, Czech Republic and South Korea making up an entire World Cup group feels weird.
00:11There's no international giant in this group at all, which makes it brilliant.
00:15Mexico are the favourites to top the group.
00:17They are co-hosts, have some established stars and have the most pedigree of their fellow groupmates.
00:22Anything other than progression to at least the quarters will be a failure.
00:25But the rest of the group is wide open.
00:27This is South Africa's fourth tournament and third on merit.
00:31They'll face Mexico in the opening game of a World Cup for the second time after 2010.
00:35Weird quirk.
00:36They're outsiders, but considering this is the Czech Republic's first World Cup in 20 years
00:40and South Korea's poster boy Hyunmin Son is entering the twilight of his career,
00:44do not be surprised to see Bofana Bofana make waves.
00:47With some of the best third place teams progressing to the knockouts this year,
00:50just one win in this group would likely see any team through.
00:54So expect attacking open football across the board.
00:57I'm tipping this to be the group of the tournament.
01:00One player to watch from each team.
01:01Santiago Jimenez of Mexico, Ronwen Williams of South Africa,
01:06Patrick Schick of the Czech Republic and Lee Kang-In of South Korea.
01:10But we'll see you next year.ушка
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