Between now and the summer it is inevitable that you and some pals will meet for a few drinks. Conversation, as it always does, will be diverted to football and eventually to the World Cup. Someone will back Brazil, another Argentina. Germany will be given some support as will France. Eventually someone will pipe-up and say something along the lines of “I’ll tell you who I think is a bit of a dark-horse…. Belgium”. Belgium, given the huge abundance of players who ply their trade in Europe’s top leagues, are…
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Belgium World Cup Odds: Betting on the Right Team of Players
There are two satisfying things about this image. The first being that the Belgium team has made it through to the World Cup and will be putting a very strong challenge in for lifting the trophy. Secondly, we are spared from Fellaini’s homage hair-do to Big Bird from Sesame Street. It seems lessons have been learnt as they are now currently the 6th favourite to lift the trophy sees the current Belgium team at an average of 12/1. Placing them above the likes of England, the hosts President Putin and…
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European Qualifiers: Road to the World Cup so far. There are only four games left until the end of the qualification for the World Cup 2018, so it will be interesting to see who will travel in Russia next year. The nine group winners will advance directly to join Russia in the 32-team FIFA World Cup final tournament, while the eight runners-up with the best records in their groups proceed to play-offs to decide the remaining four finals berths allocated to Europe. Group A Sweden is in the good position…
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