"If you aren't done laughing already, here is the clincher. You thought the purpose of the preliminary group was to figure out who tops which group, yes? The more fool you -- the group games do no such thing."
Hey foolish statemnt. What the heck man? the author didnt even understand about the format before he comments anything. If a team wins all its games it will still have the advantage irrespective of it being A2 or A1. it will carry over the 2 points to the group eight stage and will not meet its own group qualifier in super eight stage as it will be considered winner due to its group stage win over the same opponent. So even group matches cant be taken lightly. Moreover this is not new.. thats how the last two world cups are played.
