The wiping of all the accumulated cards at this stage of the tournament, whilst I see the idea of not having people suspended for a final, effectively grants a FREE YELLOW to every single player, in the semi-final. Anyone breaks from midfield, and you have ten outfield players each with one free...
Oh, and another thing Betfair Bozo - the shrewd kids... I only just got round to asking the younger one what his were - he had my phone and a budget of THREE POUNDS to play with.
He took ages, but amongst them he has Muslera of Uruguay for Golden Glove @ 33/1 - three games in, he has three...
Bookies are making a killing, I reckon.
Anyway, today's wasted loose change...
SUI v CR Draw
Serbia to WIN
Mex v Sweden Draw
Treble @ 75/1
Not taken it, but IMO the 5/1 on Serbia to beat Brazil is very generous. Brazil limped past Costa Rica and Serbia have looked good - only losing to...
They're 17 and 19. they know FAR more about world / European football than I ever will.
I can still beat them in a quiz on 1980s football though, and that's the main thing.
The kids (my account, my money, their picks) also have for Golden Ball:
Isco @ 33/1
Kimmich @ 125/1
Kante @ 80/1
Also, following on from our Cavani / Suarez TGS chat, we took Uruguay as the top TEAM goals @25/1. Reckon that is pretty good. Just need them to feast on goal PIE in the group games...
Group winners acca:
A. URU
B. ESP
D. ARG
E. BRA
F. GER
G. ENG
H. COL
£2 returns £62
Left out group C as don't have the confidence in France to take the very skinny 1/4 offered.
Golden Boot winner is usually based on bagging 3 or 4 in the group games. Uruguay's group looks shit. If they had just one stand-out striker, then he'd be a great bet for TGS. The tricky part is that they have both Suarez and Cavani. (both 25/1 on BV)