US, Portugal and Dutch fans banking on glory

AMSTERDAM, June 19: Fans from Portugal, the United States and the Netherlands are the most cock-sure over the chances of their teams at the World Cup, a survey found today.

Nearly two out three Portuguese expected their team to win the World Cup in Germany, according to an online survey among nearly 5,000 from comScore Networks, a US-based digital media measurement company.

In the US, one out of three fans expect their side to walk away with the trophy while 42 percent of the Dutch reckon Marco van Basten's men will win it.

Spain, France, England and Germany make up the rest of the top seven of super-confident fans.

Brazil were most often picked as the winners but the range was wide, with 46 percent of the French expecting the South Americans to win the cup down to 20 percent of fans in the US seeing Brazil as victorious.

REUTERS

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