CHEER UP FRIENDS, WHAT IS YOUR WINNING TEAM IN FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 2014 ?

Italy

Nice one Zafar! And nice way of channeling the question to a non-specialty tag! You have set a precedent for other moderators to post such general question in the rightful way!

1. Holland
2. Ghana
3. Argentina
4. Brazil

Motivation

Now allow to cast my specialist (absolutely non-biased!) opinion and say that Holland = the Netherlands can, will & should win this. WHY? Well, fasten your seats... :-)

Sentimental reasons

1. Holland is by far and according to most football specialists the only country left that should’ve won the World Cup but never won it until now. (The list contained France before2008 and Spain before2010 in which Holland was the less lucky finalist, and I choose my words carefully when I say “less lucky”)
2. Holland is famed for introducing the magnificent style of "total football", led by the golden generation of Johan Cruyff in the70's!
3. Johan Cryuff himself belongs to MOST top-5 lists of best footballers in history together with the like of Pele, Maradona, Di Stefano, Platini (kicked out by Zenedine Zidane), Puskas, Eusebio etc.
4. Do you like the football style ot ticky-taka of Barcelona? Well, it’s Dutch. Firstly, introduced by Johan Cruyff as a trainer and later by Luis van Gaal (new trainer of Manchester United) and it was consolidated by on the best Defensive Midfielders in football history Frank Rijkaard, who presented modern Barcelona (during Ronaldinho’s  peak time) on a golden plate to his successor Guiardiola.
5. Ruud Gullit & Van Basten are also Dutch.
6. Dutch football is one the most respected in the world, both in terms of youth schools inside and outside of Holland (like in the case of Ajax Cape Town in South Africa).
7. The Dutch national team is among only few teams who are said to produce A, B and C teams of highest qualities, meaning that they always have enough world-class footballers.
8. Dutch fans are amongst the friendliest in the world next to Koreans and Japanese.

Practical reasons

1. It’s about time we win. Come on, give us that people!!!
2. There is no pressure whatsoever on them this time, after a disappointing performance during EURO2012, rest assured that the Dutch will rise up to the occasion.
3. We have Robin van Persie, Wesely Sneijder & Arjan Robben.
4. Our coach is Luis van Gaal, newly hired by Man United as manager, the best-most-arrogant coach in the world, hated by media and LOVED by players, winner of Champions League1996 with a youthful Ajax team that produced Davids, Seedorf, Kluivert, Overmars and the brothers Ronald & Frank de Boer!
5. Argentina's MESSI, the world's greatest footballer already, needs a world cup to be offocially crowned as such!
6. Brazil is my all times favourite always strong and can always win definitely when home!
7. Ghana holds the best cards among African Teams and has European stye consistency compard to other African teams. It's time for an African nation to win it NOW before Korea or Japan decide it's time to seriously win it.

Germany :D

Advantage is with Brazil it is happening in their country,they are European Champions and have not lost a knockout match since2006 at any Major Championship

Winner Brazil

Black Horse Ghana

Brazil should be strong at their home turf.

Good Day!!!

I am with SPAIN................... love to see them in the ground............

My vote goes to Brazil..

SPAIN

Vamos España!

I feel Brazil is a strong favorite team for the cup and Spain and Argentina however will be strong contenders too.

Advantage is with Brazil it is happening in their country,they are European Champions and have not lost a knockout match since2006 at any Major Championship.They have not conceded a goal in final stages of Euro2008,2010,2012.