A Qatar Japan fnal would be hilarious however, the chances of that are slim to none and slim just left town. You brought up an intersting prop bet Tahbetak jan. I live in Vegas, I wonder what would be the prop bet if you pick Japan and Qatar to go to the finals? I bet you it is at LEASt 1,000:1. Group B is stacked Paraguay and even Qatar can play the role of spoiler.
Hooshmand jan I agree with your assessment of Messi. You can bet the house he is going to give it his 100%. After this, he will have one more crack at the World Cup as well. I am sure he will want to put on a show. For Barce he is loyal but he does play it safe, EXCEPT if it is an important CL playoff game, finals or El Classico.