Awesome Hank
2010 World cup is being hosted first time in African soil and many bookmakers have Argentine, Spain, England and Brazil as favourites. I definitely see Brazil and Spain being the favourite but I question the other selections of the bookies. The pitches in South Africa seem to be quick so it will suit passing teams such as Brazil, Argentina and Spain other than long ball teams such as Italy and England. As soon as you play long ball you can see that the ball is skids through and there is no way anyone can catch it.
England do have a passing game but I am not sure why they don’t play their normal game when they start playing. England struggle to keep the ball and I am sure they will struggle even against the smaller teams this tournament and if they scored first they go in defensive mode. After that they just look for long ball and expect someone to hold it. This is not going to work in these pitches in South Africa.
Argentine do not have the similar type of team from 1986 but they are still a very strong side. But Lionel Messi the genius in their side so anything is possible. In the first game against Nigeria he was brilliant shame he didn’t score a goal because the Keeper of Nigeria made some brilliant saves. If Argentina can put a team around him like they did in 1986 when Maradona was the main man, they were absolutely brilliant. Who know what can happen?
I am a professional online poker player and for the World cup I have given playing poker till the tournament lasts and back England. I have won few Full tilt poker and PKR poker tournaments so I am an addict when it comes to online poker but I shall be giving it up for a month till the World cup finals.
Tags: Football, Sports
Posted in Football · July 19th, 2010 · Comments (0)
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