Today sees the end of the group stage in this ever so joyous world cup so it seems like a good moment to assess my pre tournament predictions and bets and yes, I will mention the bad ones too and yes I will also gloat about some fine pre tournament write ups. Here are groups A through D Group A Bo’s Bets Brazil to win the group 1/4 – Correct Brazil to win the tournament – 11/4 - looking ok Neymar to be top goalscorer 10/1 (4 goals currently) Neymar was my number 1 selection for top goalscorer and his 4 goals have lead him to the top of the charts with Messi and with Brazil winning the group and Mexico joining them, this was a group that i called correctly although I did say the Mexicans would “sneak through” and they did a little bit more than that to be fair. Correct Result predictions - 4 out of 6 correct Group B Bo’s Bets Chile to qualify – 5/6 – correct Australia to finish bottom of Group 1/4– Correct Australia to be lowest scorers 4/1 – wrong Noone could have imagined Spain being smashed out of the tournament so comprehensively in this group but I did however tip up Chile to qualify and that they did in some fine style as they comprehensively outplayed a broken Spain. Defeat to the Dutch means they will face Brazil next. The Aussies did better than I imagined but still finished pointless but at least they scored 3 goals. Correct result predictions – 3 out of 6 Group C Bo’s Bets Colombia to win group - 5/6 –Correct Japan to qualify - 1/1 – wrong Greece to finish bottom of group - 13/8 – wrong While I was incorrect in tipping Japan (should have just reversed those latter selections), I was correct in my belief that Colombia would “still be sexy minus falcao” and so it proved as they stormed to the top of the group with 3 wins. I also spoke about James Rodriguez in my preview; “In Jamie Rodriguez of Monaco they have a player who can light up the tournament with his flair and passing ability in the play maker role” I should have mentioned his scoring ability too! But Rodriguez has easily been one of the stars in this tournament as Colombia look to make a serious impression on these finals. Correct result predictions –3 out of 6 Group D Bo’s Bets England to win the group 21/10 – wrong Uruguay to finish bottom of the group 4/1 – wrong The Less said about this group the better, but fortunately it was the only section I got completely wrong and I have to blame that squarely on the English for their mistakes and naivety which cost them the chance to qualify ahead of some pretty average opponents. I did tip Costa Rica to take points but I never imagined they could win the section and remain unbeaten! Remarkable. Correct result predictions – 0 out of 6 (oh dear) Groups E through H to follow Comments are closed.
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