DAY 6 PREVIEW
Brazil are back in action tonight as they take on Mexico in what is sure to be feisty encounter in Fortaleza, while Belgium kick their campaign off against unfancied Algeria in the first action of the day, and finally in the late game Russia look to get things going by beating South Korea. Belgium of course are tournament dark-horses and many have dubbed this Belgium team the 'Golden Generation', with Marc Wilmots' side one of the favourites to lift the World Cup. The Red Devils breezed through qualifying with relative ease, going unbeaten in their group, winning 8 out of 10 and they are the last of the so called contenders who we have yet to see play in this year’s tournament and a matchup with Algeria provides them the perfect opportunity to showcase their obvious abilities. Algeria come to this tournament as genuine underdogs but have some decent quality and a solid team unit and they should provide decent opposition and are unlikely to be overawed by the star quality of their opponents. I expect Belgium to take the points and indeed I am waiting on them for the 2nd part of my acca which started well with BTTS in last night’s US/Ghana match but it won’t be too easy. I can see a 2.0 victory for the Belgians with Romelu Lukaku expected to find the net. You can back the "Chelsea" man at evens to grab a goal at anytime. All eyes will turn to Fortaleza as the hosts look set to continue their winning ways and march on in to the last 16 against a Mexico side who can play free of pressure having secured the points in their opening match with Cameroon. I don’t expect this to be easy for Brazil and last year’s narrow win over Mexico at the Confederations Cup would point to a tight encounter. But this is the World Cup and I expect the Brazilians to play with less nerves than they did in their opening day victory over Croatia and they should be able to see of a Mexico side who are lacking in serious quality. I expect 2 or 3 goals for Brazil and they may well concede again but I am very confident in backing them for victory at 1/3 odds. They can be backed on the handicap at 8/11 as well and this looks solid enough and Neymar should continue his scoring ways and can be backed at 11/4 to find the opener or 8/11 to score at anytime. If you prefer the Oscar option, he is 6/1 to fire the opener and continue his goalscoring form. In the final fixture, Russia, marshalled by former England and Milan boss, Fabio Capello, get their tournament underway and should have enough quality to take care of an ordinary South Korea who are unlikely to go anywhere near to matching their exploits of 12 years ago as hosts. I am not especially convinced by Russia, and with Capello having endured such a horrid tournament last time with England, it begs the question as to whether the Russians have enough spirit and quality to progress and as such, they are not expected to go deep into the tournament. After all, he banned Ketchup for the English...no vodka for the Ruskies will not go down well... That being said, they should have enough quality to take care of the Korean’s and I expect them to do so at odds of 5/6. It should be another exciting day in the 2014 World Cup, a tournament that so far is shaping up to be one of the most memorable in the modern day era and with the hosts expected to raise their game, we could well witness some more fabulous home celebrations come 11pm tonight. Bo’s Best Bets Brazil to beat Mexico 1/3 Belgium to beat Algeria 19/40 Russia to beat South Korea 5/6 Bo’s Handicap Bet Brazil -1 to beat Mexico 8/11 Belgium -1 to beat Algeria Evens Anytime Goalscorer Double Neymar 8/11 Lukaku - 1/1 Double pays 2.72 to 1 Comments are closed.
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