Well, I had a lovely week off work and due to my being lazy and busy with the relaxation, I did not post any previews for the last 16 and last 8 ties which pretty much all went with the favourites although some of them had to play through extra time in order to qualify but ultimately, there has not been any shocks and the knockout phase has not quite lived up to the expectations that the group phase had promised.
In terms of the tournament betting, Neymar’s injury is a huge blow for the competition and destroyed my top goalscorer tip for Neymar. Fortunately however, I collected a free 20 euro bet from coral last week and I whipped it on James Rodriguez to be top goalscorer after his double salvo in the round of 16. The 11/4 odds were not huge but given it was a free bet and he went on to bag another in the quarters, I will stand to collect 55 from a completely free bet on what now looks a very likely outcome. His new price of 8/11 odds on would suggest this was a well invested freebie. Overall it has been a good tournament for the predictions with the quarter finals containing 6 out of 8 of my tips and the semis featuring 3 of 4 (Brazil, Germany and Argentina) with only Holland and Costa Rica the teams I did not expect to make it as far as they did. My top team goalscorer treble tip of Sanchez, Messi and Muller at 38/1 looks certain to return as a winner now with Sanchez already winning for eliminated Chile, and the other 2 clear of their teammates by 2 and 3 goals respectively. This is my best bet of the tournament and I will be delighted to land such a big priced winner on what looked a very solid prediction. If Brazil wins the tournament (more on that later) and Rodriguez finishes as top scorer, coupled with my top team scorer treble, then we will be looking at a return of 190 Euros based on a total outlay of just 21.50. Given that I also tipped the Germans as my backup to Brazil at 13/2 odds pre tournament and I also tipped up a Brazil v Argentina final at 8/1 odds then it’s fair to say that I have called this tournament pretty well. I spoke about James Rodriguez having the potential to “light up the tournament” although little did I realise just how good he would turn out to be and it is a real shame that the Colombians were eliminated at the quarters and not allowing young Rodriguez the chance to really set some remarkable records. As it is he may yet win the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot and that would be some achievement for a player eliminated at the quarters. Overall my pre tournament tips posted on June 11th have proven to be excellent. My pre tournament stake of £120 Euros on a multitude of bets has already returned 70 Euros for my first weekend acca, 60 Euros for my teams to win their groups bet, and if Brazil are to beat Argentina in the final, along with my top team goalscorer bet (sanchez, messi, muller) then our return would be 245 Euros from those 4 bets alone. If Muller can find a way to bag a couple of more goals in his next 2 matches then we could be looking at a very good return but either way it has been pretty decent but I will save the gloating until after Sunday’s final when i will announce my final totals. Comments are closed.
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