When Brazil and Holland take the field on Friday in the World Cup wagering quarterfinals it’ll be without a doubt the premier matchup to date in the competition. Besides a short-handed tie vs Portugal Brazil has won each and every game thus far in South Africa, and Brazil has looked unstoppable to date in the World Cup online betting probabilities tournament. Julio Cesar is most likely the world’s top goalie and Brazil center backs Lucio and Juan are two of the top in the business.
Holland is right there in terms of class and it would tough to argue that any team has performed much better than the Dutch in the 2010 World Cup betting action. This is team that has an offense that plays as well as any team in the tournament and that’s dripping with skill. The Clockwork Orange should be at its peak when it games up with the Brazilians on Friday. They are also one of the rare teams that has gotten better with every passing World Cup betting matchup. The Netherlands breezed through qualifying with a perfect eight wins in 8 games while outscoring their opponents 17-2. Including their 4 wins in four games at the World Cup, that means the Netherlands has been undefeated throughout the complete World Cup competition beginning two years ago.
The Netherlands side has won all 4 of its World Cup odds bouts so far but it has not yet played an opponent anywhere near the caliber of Brazil. Brazil is the probabilities on fave to win this year’s World Cup wagering championship at 5/2. The Netherlands are also among a number of hopefuls but are a relative long shot in comparison with the Brazilians at 7.5/1 odds.
It’s quite possible that the soccer wagering odds makers got this line wrong on the Dutch as this side has been as excellent as any person in this championship. On offense, the only team that rivals the loaded attack of the Dutch is Argentina. And like Argentina the Dutch prefer a wide open, attacking pattern of play that put the ball on the football of its playmakers. Though it is yet to be actually tested in the World Cup wagering event, its defense is also its weakest link and may be the squad’s downfall against the Brazilians in the teams’ World Cup Betting quarterfinal competition.
Brazil also has weaknesses, most visibly its thinness at the striker position. But as Robinho and others have demonstrated in the past few matches this team can still score goals. In fact, Brazil has the fewest flaws of any team in the World Cup odds event right now and if they proceed to play reliable defense and take advantage of the scoring opportunities they get the Netherlands might be in big trouble.
Brazil coach Dunga, who had been captain for the Brazil side that beat the Netherlands in 1994 and 1998, stated Thursday that he’d pay to observe the competition if he didn’t have a free pass for the sideline.
But no matter who wins or loses this World Cup gambling matchup it ought to be a great match.
