2014 World Cup: Who Takes Home the Trophy?

Obviously New Zealand won't be winning it all,
as they did in my World Cup 2014, but who will?

Today, after a long four year wait, the World Cup begins yet again so it's time to post the rest of my predictions––both those based on logic (Joseph's) & those based on whim (Joe's). You can see the group play predictions here, & the round of 16 predictions here. First let's recap who's left. 

Joseph's Final 8: Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Belgium

Joe's Final 8: "Brasil", England, France, Germany, Chile, Italy, Argentina, Ghana

Now on to the rest of the picks!

2014 World Cup: Round of 16

I've narrowed it down to 16, but who moves on now?

Yesterday I made my picks for who will escape group play in this year's World Cup, you can read those here, today I'm going to pick all of the elimination games. Of course if you read yesterday's piece you know I'm not making entirely straight forward picks. We've got Joseph's picks, which are reality driven, & Joe's picks, which are based on some combination of movies, non-soccer history, & pro-Africa bias. The smart money's on Joseph's picks, but this World Cup will be a lot more fun if Joe turns out to be right. Okay all this writing about my self (selves?) in the third person is starting to freak me out so let's just get to the predictions.