FOOTBALL: THE DRAW THAT MATTERS

Newcastle United Vs. Arsenal

Inter Milan Vs. AC Milan

While we wait for the World Cup group draws, there are two matches to look forward to this weekend. Expect Newcastle United and Inter Milan to lose. The chances of them winning is 1 out of 1,000,000. Both are teams who always disappoint when they play the big guns.

I'm going back next week but still have an assignment to rush before I fly! Here are the draw pots and how they work from soccernet.com.

DRAW POTS:
Pot One: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and Spain
Pot Two: Australia, Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Tunisia, Ecuador, Paraguay
Pot Three: Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
Pot Four: Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, United States
Special pot: Serbia & Montenegro

HOW THE DRAW WILL WORK:
• The eight seeded teams will be drawn into eight different groups. Germany have already been allocated Group A and Brazil Group F.
• The eight unseeded European sides, in pot three, will be drawn.
• The lowest-ranked European side, Serbia and Montenegro, will be allocated to one of the groups containing either Brazil, Argentina or Mexico to ensure there is no more than two European sides in any group.
• The pot containing the five African countries, Australia and the two remaining South American sides, pot two, will be drawn.
• The pot containing the four Asian countries, the USA, Costa Rica and Trinidad, pot four, will be drawn.