World Cup Betting June 13th
Weird day today. You had three games which all had goals in the first ten minutes yet none went over. Must admit money interest aside I did enjoy Greece get totally outclassed against South Korea who ran right through the Euro 2004 Champions. In the final game Scott Carson must feel like he is off the hook as Robert Green is the new villain in England as his school boy error gave the United States a well deserved point. Wonder if the sky is falling in England right now? Watching England play simply bugs me. It’s like these players are weighted down by the exceptions. Even when they do get a early lead time and time again (Brazil in 02, Portugal in 04) they lift their foot of the pedal. A team with that amount of talent needs to rack up 2-0 3-0 wins in there next two matches going into knockout stage. On the US front Tim Howard stood out today, even more so compared to Robert Green. If you were a United States fan you felt very secure with Howard as your last line of defense.
Moving on to tomorrow.
Slovenia pk and -0.5 -102 against Algeria – Algeria blew it’s load even making it to the World Cup when they took out Egypt. The same can also be said about Slovenia but the sheer fight Algeria had to muster to defeat Egypt is different. Even with the World Cup in Africa a match up between a European team and an African I’m usually siding with the European country.
Serbia-Ghana over 2 -102
Truthfully I’m getting tired of these 2 over/under lines pushing. Here is hoping Serbia/Ghana can put on a show. As both teams think they can beat the other should mean neither team will be looking to defend at all cost. I except this game to be an open affair.
Germany-Australia over 2 and 2.5 -110
Germany’s first game in the 2002 World Cup was a 8-0 win vs Saudi Arabia and in the 2006 they defeated Costa Rica 4-2. Since I picked Germany to win it all I’ll back them to score a few against Australia.
Record
2-1-3 +.31 units
June 18th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Bit off-topic but interesting, considering that only Brazil has been able to claim victory at the Football World Cup outside of its own continent – what could that mean for this year?