Sports Desk :Experts at America’s investment banking firm Goldman Sachs have predicted the outcome of the FIFA World Cup 2014. According to them, hosts Brazil will win the title. Predictions based on teams’ past records suggest that Brazil and Argentina will meet in the final. Goldman Sachs published the fifth edition of such a report titled “The World Cup and Economics 2014” recently. According to the report, the home team Brazil will most likely win the FIFA World Cup 2014. They will outplay Argentina 3-1 in the final on July 13. Germany and Spain will be the losing semifinalists. England will bow out of the competition, finishing third in group D. Experts at Goldman Sachs reportedly analysed each team’s history, world cup performances and overall characteristics. Basing their study on all these factors, the report reveals Brazil as the hot favourites with 48.5 percent probability. Of he other teams, Argentina have 14.1 percent probability and Germany 11.4 percent.As for Australia, they have 11.5 probability of reaching the second round of the tournament and 0.1 percent of winning the cup.Experts at Goldman have also presented World Cup Dream Team in their report. The team of 11 is based on 1700 votes. FIFA World Cup 2014 dream team includes Sergio Ramos and Andres Iniesta from Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, Neymer, DaniAlves and Thiago Silva from Brazil, Lionel Messi from Argentina, Eden Hazard from Belgium, Philip Lahm and Manuel Neuer from Germany and Franck Ribery from France.The 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup begins on June 12 and ends on July 13. Thirty-two nations will vie for the world title in the month-long competition. A total of 64 matches will take place in 12 cities of Brazil. If Brazil win the cup, it will be their sixth titles.
