Well... two of the three best players of the world (Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi) couldn't play in their National Team as good as they do in their teams and Portugal and Argentina are not in qualifying position... The last runner-up, France, neither... can you imagine a World Cup withouth the last runner-up, one of the last semifinalist and the team coached by the greatest football player ever? Me neither...
On the other side we have Brazil and England as favourites, are you agree with that?