Meri do masukaye hein mitra'. Ek Arjun badh aur dosra meri bir gati. Ranbhumi kurukhestra mein meri in do masukaye mein dono mein ek se mera milan toh purna nirdharit hein. The above dialog was from Karna to Duryodhan in Dharma yudh of Mahabharat referring to his ultimate fling with destiny (Fight till death with Arjuna). Here in the upcoming Greatest Show on the Face of the Planet, on the biggest sporting stage/event the world is fortunate enough to witness, I have "Tin Masukayes," from my babyhood days. 1) Brazil 2) England 3) Italy With a soft corner for the team that is credit to have started the era of total football, Netherlands aka Holland. Argentina does enjoy my soft corner, but every time I think of 1990 world cup game when they 'undeservedly' won the match 1-0, with Brazil's 22 attempts to their 2 and were literally made to play 'donkey' by the Brazilians, my bitterness gets the better of my soft corner.That is exactly why I danced with merriment when Germany won the fateful final. Now among my "tin masukayes," arthat "tin premika haru" :), Brazil is the one I am almost married to. Love them, or hate em' but you can't just ignore em'. You talk soccer, you talk about Brazil. I mean what good is the body without the soul? If only they were allowed to have two teams, both would reach the finals; take away the law of averages. I am married to the sport itself, but these three masuakyes, especially and foremost the Brazilians make it easier for me to not even remotely consider divorce. Time permitting, I shall present the analysis and draw some analogy of the teams come june-july. You take the player by player analysis, Brazil should come on top, you talk about win/lose ratio, Brazil should come on top, you talk about history, Brazil should come on top, come up with any analogy, any logic, any plan, any argument, and splash it wide open, the truth is TOO EVIDENT to even consider it otherwise. Now, if we are talking about our heart, what can one say about it? My heart would have said Nepal had it qualified. Thus, we are free to interpret what our heart forces us to. But head, my friend should give you one and ONLY resounding answer. BRAZILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL tararararaar rararaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa tarararara araraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Brazil. No ifs and but. Period! Indisguise:)