They paid the price for being so negative in most of the tournament, frankly. Here I was predicting them to win the whole thing and they really dissapoint. Regardless of the complications and conspiracy theories, they don't deserve to go through after that effort.
It's weird, my track record with calling domestic tournament remains excellent (I refer everyone back to the Porto deal
) but with international tournaments, I suck. Asides from the 98 WC, I've drawn a blank (usually a very poor blank, as in this case) every time.