In a previous post, I made my selections of who I thought would advance to the second round of the World Cup. I’m happy to say that I picked 13/16 correctly. The teams that let me down were Poland, the Czech Republic, and Tunisia (I don’t know what I was thinking when I picked them). Also, 15 of the top 16 teams in my power rankings made the second round.

Above are my picks for the second round. There are some really tough match-ups, including Portugal vs Netherlands and France vs Spain, which could go either way. Australia will have their hands full with Italy, but hopefully they can get the victory. If they do, they will have a good chance of beating either Ukraine or Switzerland.

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