There Is Only One Sinnacle

You always want to play your best match in your last game and not the first but it isn’t like I’m regretting my pick of Germany to win it all at the moment. Germany are just machines out there. Sure Australia was weak but Germany never let up and in a move some would say is bad sportsmanship Joachim Loew subbed in Cacau, Mario Gomez and Marko Marin against a beaten Australia. What a game Mesut Özil had for Germany, everytime he touched the ball you sense something could happen, his runs were spot on as well. It’s great to see players you are high on personally but don’t get to see week to week.

What did I say about Serbia who sure didn’t make it easy for themselves in their quest to advance against Ghana. I am kicking myself for not betting against Serbia who I’ve been sour on every since the hype started. Fact is once in awhile a surprise team does make a run to the semi finals (Turkey 2002, Croatia 1998) but it isn’t a team people are hyping up before the tournament. It’s usually a team from out of the blue. Good win by Ghana who I hope make it to the quarterfinals.

Thumbs down to the referee who sent off Tim Cahill. It was a yellow but not a red. Seriously it’s a World Cup unless it’s a clear red it is almost cruel to take away a players dream of playing in the World Cup. Sadly that is par for the course when it comes to Marco Rodriguez who is one of the worst referees around.

Thumbs down also to Aleksandar Luković and Abdelkader Ghezzal whose red cards put their clubs before the eight ball and both were soon punished for going down a man.

2-1 day on Sunday. Feels good to have a proper winning day. Now moving on to Monday. I’ve been waiting for the over’s to start cashing in. That tide didn’t turn on Sunday but here is hoping it starts on Monday.

Holland-Denmark over 2 and 2.5 -114

This will be an interesting match up and one I don’t think Denmark will be scared of. Even without Arjen Robben, and Nicklas Bendtner fit, the Dutch team knows it needs to attack if they are to win. If they invite the other team on the ball their sub par (for an elite country) back line will be exposed. It also wouldn’t shock me if Denmark’s height causes problems for Holland. Can easily see Denmark scoring on a set piece of some kind.

Japan-Cameroon over 2 -110

If you are Japan you have to believe the only way you are going to advance is to defeat Cameroon. You can’t do that if you don’t open it up a bit and look to score instead of playing the counter attack. Cameroon on the other hand have one of the best strikers in the World in Samuel Eto’o. While you never know where Eto’o head is on any given game he is still a World Class goal scorer.

Paraguay pk and +.5 +103

I’ve mentioned how pk an -.5 lines I’ve always found tricky. I usually take the hook and end up paying for it but this time I’m going the other way. If this line was Italy -.5 I’d have no issue with it and look at something else. Italy pk and -.5 just seems weird. Things that happen in 1986 have no part in Monday’s game but do remember Italy coming out flat as defending Champions in Mexico 1986 drawing Bulgaria 1-1. Then I think back to the last World Cup where Brazil defeated Croatia 1-0 (the line was Croatia +1.5) and who can forget France losing outright in their first game as Champions in the 2002 World Cup against Senegal.

Record

6-2-3 +1.29 units

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