Five soccer experts of the U.S. weekly Sports Illustrated expect the national soccer team to advance to the second round of the World Cup.

In a Thursday article on the magazine's Web site, five of 10 experts who picked the top two finishers from each of the eight groups selected South Korea to emerge out of Group G.

All five experts predicted that France will win Group G with South Korea second.

Four of the other five picked France and Switzerland. One expert selected Switzerland will rank first in Group G, trailed by France.

All ten experts said Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain will advance to the second round.