Reds boss Hodgson defends Torres
Reds boss Hodgson defends Torres
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson defends Fernando Torres after the striker’s subdued performance in the goalless draw at Birmingham.
World Cup Final Betting Tips
Netherlands (3.75) Draw (3.5) Spain (2.2) Its been a disappointing final for me. I would have much preferred Germany in the final but I suppose Spain on paper is a much better finalist. Overall
this has been a poor quality world cup. The Netherlands edged past Uruguay (3-2) without hitting top form. For long periods of the game its looked like it was going to end in stalemate. A few moments of brilliance surprisingly produced 5 goals. As always Robben looks most likely to score but they do have a lot of potential match winners. They are the only team that have won all their games this world cup
including their qualifiers. On paper
Spain are a much superior team. After watching most of their games
I haven’t seen one where I thought they were great. They just keep hold of the ball and rely on a mistake or a moment of brilliance from Villa. The Spain/ Germany game looked certain to be 0-0 until Puyol popped up with a header. Their last 3 games have ended up 1-0. They have shown that they are beatable
just ask Switzerland. For all Spain’s possession in games they donit create may scoring chances. With regard to betting on this one
I have no strong opinion. The Netherlands do look at bit overpriced considering they knocked out the tournament favourites but Spain are every bit as good as Brazil. When the Netherlands faced Brazil you could get 4.5 on the Netherlands so maybe not overpriced if you go by that. If you do fancy Spain
William Hill have gone top price at 2.2 whereas VC bet have gone top price on the most likely scoreline
1-0 Spain at 6.5. Personally
I’ll just enjoy the game and just bet on the gift from Paddypower.
Germany (3) Draw (3.2) England (2.75)
27th June 2010 3pm KO
BBC 1. So this is England’s reward for finishing second in a soft group n an encounter with the Germany side. A game against Ghana would have been a lot easier. Fortunately this isn’t the strongest German side I’ve seen. England looked poor in their first 2 games of the tournament. The 3rd game against Slovenia was an improvement but just an average performance. On another day the Slovenia keeper would have saved the shot by Defoe and England would have been out. The victory would have been a massive confidence boost for England and in football confidence is a major factor. I do believe than man for man
England have a better team too. Germany started off well winning 4-0 against the Australians but I put that down to shoddy Australian marking rather than anything great on the German side. They lost their match against Serbia and only just beat Ghana 1-0. I don’t think the German team has the experience to progress here. England’s midfield is so much better and if Rooney can find his scoring boots we could be in for a 5-1 victory. Ok
maybe not that much but I can see England winning this in 90 minutes. The press have been talking up penalties but I think that England can win this in 90 minutes. As for odds
for once I think there is some value in backing England. Usually the odds are too poor to be worth backing but this time
I think the media has overhyped the Germans that much that I like the top price of 2.75 at Skybet for the England win. A safer bet is England
draw no bet at 1.83 at VC Bet. I do quite like the England to win to nil as well
its 4.0 at Ladbrokes. England’s defence has been pretty solid apart from that Green goal keeping error.