Football legends predict Qatar will knock England out of the World Cup
And all three are tipping the Three Lions to exit this year’s tournamentposted each of the stars’ World Cup predictions, with two-time winner and Brazil legend Cafu picking his native country to beat France in the final, but before that England will lose to Qatar.Australian great Cahill has Brazil beating Belgium in the final, but also Qatar taking out England, while two-time European treble-winner Samuel Eto’o went very rogue.
The former Barcelona and Inter Milan superstar backed his home country Cameroon to beat Morocco in the final, but despite the randomness of his draw, he still had Qatar sending England crashing out at the same stage. Qatar have made their first ever World Cup courtesy of being hosts, and enter as the third lowest ranked side.
Of the 32 teams in Doha, only Saudi Arabia and Ghana have a lower FIFA ranking than Qatar’s 50th place, but that hasn’t stopped three of the game’s greats backing them for an extraordinary upset.
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