Argentina World Cup Betting Tips

BETTING ON ARGENTINA AT WORLD CUP 2010

ARGENTINA TO WIN THE WORLD CUP : 11.0 at 888 Sport – Click to bet

ARGENTINA TO WIN GROUP B : 1.50 at Stan James and Paddy Power

ARGENTINA WORLD CUP BETTING TIPS

Honestly, I haven’t got a clue. Yeah, I know, that’s not very good for a post supposed to be about Argentina world cup tips, but with Diego Maradona in charge, can you honestly say you can predict how Argentina will fare at South Africa 2010.

Let’s look at some stats – there are conflicting reports of the number of players Maradona has used in his time as Argentina manager, with The Daily Mail putting it as high as 78. Whatever the real number, it’s far, far too many and is certainly one of the reasons Argentina struggled to qualify for World Cup 2010.

There is no chance of any consistency or even developing the  international squad mentality necessary to win the big prizes when you use that many players.

But then again, this is Argentina we are talking about and they do still have some outstanding talent capable of doing well despite their coach, rather than because of him.

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I’m going to cop out of this one and suggest two bets you don’t make. Firstly, despite being clearly the world’s best player, don’t back Lionel Messi to be top goalscorer.

Firstly, because he is forced into a different role for Argentina than the one he plays for Barcelona, he got only 4 for Argentina in qualifying (they play 18 matches).

Secondly, Argentina’s Group also contains the likes of Greece and Nigeria, both of whom are well capable of keeping better teams down to the odd goal.

Secondly, I wouldn’t back Argentina to win it. But anywhere in between, well, you never know. My colleague here at World Cup Now, Nick Lewis, thinks Argentina will put England out in the quarter finals. Me, I just don’t know.

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