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FIFA World Cup 2010 Bet Lines: Group A Picks |
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| Jun 8th, 2010 Yes it’s bigger than the Lakers vs.
Celtics and Blackhawks vs. Flyers. The biggest event in all of sports is just a
days away. Time to put our soccer betting caps on and start prepping for the
2010 World Cup in South Africa. We’ll start our group stage analysis with –
you guessed it – Group A. Odds to win the group are listed in brackets
beside each team. France
The French are considered the class of
this group but their sportsbook odds suggests bettors aren’t totally confident
in them. They barely qualified for the tournament, needing Thierry Henry’s
controversial handball goal against the Republic of Ireland to do it. Along
with Henry, France has another great offensive talent in Frank Ribery, but this isn’t as deep of a team as we’ve seen in
recent World Cups. Mexico
Mexico has to soldier on without its
all-time scoring leader, Jared Borgetti, but it still
has a solid, consistent team with good athletes like Giovani
Dos Santos, Carlos Vela and Andres Guardado leading
the way. Mexico’s ceiling isn’t too high but its floor isn’t too low, either. Uruguay
Many betting advice
experts – myself included – like Uruguay’s chances in Group A.
Unlike, say, North Korea in the Group of Death, Uruguay arguably doesn’t have a
superpower to contend with now that France has slipped. Its midfield leaves a
bit to be desired but Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez
are solid offensive players. Diego Godin is a strong
presence on defense, too. South
Africa Every host nation in World Cup history
has survived the group stage, and South Africa will have wild crowd support,
but the betting consensus is that there’s a first time for everything. South
Africa may well be the first host to flop in the group stage as it simply doesn’t
have the same caliber of talent as its peers in Group
A, save for Steven PIenaar. Free pick: France and Uruguay. France’s handful of elite players should step
up and Uruguay should outgun Mexico with its strikers. This should be one of
the closer groups overall, however. France is no lock. Here are the latest odds to win Group A
in the FIFA World Cup according to BetED
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