OT: Your World Cup pick(s) / Best bets?
World Cup officially kicks off in less than two and a half hours with Saudi Arabia vs Russia!
Who is your official pick to win it all?
For futures, does anyone have any bets placed?
I'll start. I like France to win it all, but for futures I didn't place anything on a team to win it all as I think "The Big 4" are all priced about right.
For future bets, I got:
Group H - Winner of Group: Colombia +135
South Korea stage one points under 2½ -160
Tunisia stage one points under 2½ +120
Group C - Peru +155 to advance to knock-out stage
Golden Boot - Kylian Mbappe +2800
Group A - Winner of Group: Uruguay -150 (double units on this)
I prefer to believe their opponent today was just that overwhelming.
Germany is still a very good bet. Germany has one of the best squads, top to bottom, and even if a few of the stars are getting old, they arent over the hill yet.
As for the others, I'm selling Brazil. World Cup is in Europe, which has typically been a barrier for the South American teams. Of course location didn't matter last time around, but you have to think it's still an advantage for a team like Germany and a disadvantage for a team like Brazil. Plus they just seem like paper tigers to me.
Argentina could be good, but--Messi or not--may still have problems scoring.
France could win it but are probably one tournament away from their peak.
Spain could be a "dark horse" but I just don't see it with this squad.
Sweden (my team) could notch an upset or two but won't make the finals. England won't make the finals either.
Isn’t the World Cup technically in Asia?