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June 30 - There has been one constant throughout the 2006 soccer World Cup, namely that there was only ever one betting favorite to win it all - and that team was Brazil. Now, Bet365's latest World Cup odds show that host nation Germany at 9/4 are the new favorites, ahead of Brazil at 5/2.
Before one gets too excited about this startling turn of events we need to point out that it is in fact the sports betting equivalent of an optical illusion. Brazil have been displaced as favorites temporarily because they must still play their quarter-final game on Saturday against France. Germany are already through to the semi-finals, where they will face Italy.
Rest assured, if Brazil beats France in their next game they will quickly find themselves reinstalled as firm favorites to win the 2006 World Cup, at least among online sportsbooks and soccer bookmakers around the globe.
Preview For Saturday's Games
Friday's games saw big betting wins for client who follow the expert handicappers
at Mycapper.com. The two World Cup picks they released were right on the money - first they predicted the draw between Germany and Argentina, and even suggested that the game would only be decided by penalties, and then they confidently picked Italy to crush Ukraine in the second game.
We asked them who they like for Saturday's games between Portugal and England and France vs Brazil, but they gave nothing away! Those picks are for their premium clients, and they're guaranteed to win before you pay, but you'll have to go to the source for that analysis...
Here's our preview: Brazil will receive their toughest test to date against France, and we'll finally get to see how good this Brazil team really is. Most pundits feel it's a better team than the one that cruised to the World Cup win in 2002. Most pundits had also written off France before they beat Spain, so don't believe everything you are told! We think there'll be more than 3 combined goals in this game, and that should be a good bet.
In the early game England have to try and beat Portugal, a task that has proved beyond them in recent history. The Dutch also struggle to beat Portugal and look what happened to them in the second round. Nevertheless, this is a good time for England to get it right because Portugal will miss key players like Deco, and this is the best English midfield of the modern era.
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