This certainly hasn't started out as I had hoped, but a late goal by Chile to cover hopefully will get the momentum going as I sit 1-3 heading into today....nough' said, onto the games.
12:00 p.m.
Columbia v. Greece
****Columbia ML (-112)
Sure, Falcao is out and that means Columbia loses some of their attacking prowess, but they still have a boat load of talent and skill. Cuadrado is a special player and James Rodriguez is a young guy to watch on the international stage. Again, you'll have a team in Columbia with a relative home advantage and thus far similar teams (Brazil, Mexico, Chile) have all won their games so this is clearly having an impact. Greece simply isn't very good and while they are big and strong and boast a tough D I just don't think they have enough to clash with a quick, skillful team like Columbia. This is a similar game to last evening's Chile v. Australia matchup and while Greece may snag one on a header or corner kick, Columbia will eventually prevail here and I see them taking this one.
3:00 p.m.
Uruguay v. Costa Rica
***Costa Rica +1 (+110); *Costa Rica ML (+838)
Why? I know this looks crazy, but no Luis Suarez and suddenly the goal scoring responsibility for Uruguay falls to Edison Cavani and to me he has yet to be able to excel when asked to in this role. I know Uruguay is a great side and coming off an impressive semi-final appearance last time around coupled with playing in South America this time they are being looked at as a potential champion. That may still be the case, but most ppl forget that it was Costa Rica that lost out on a World Cup berth after losing to Uruguay in a playoff in 2010 and both of those games were hotly contested. Don't think for a second Costa Rica has forgot about this and after seeing what a little revenge did for Holland over Spain, I'm going to buck what all the stats and signs point to on paper. Further, Costa Rica is not a slouch and I'm excited to see Arsenal striker Joel do his thing....Costa Rica also has a world class goalkeeper and here the climate is a wash. Revenge a dish best served cold....taking a larger play on Costa Rica +1 and a small taste of that plump ML.
12:00 p.m.
Columbia v. Greece
****Columbia ML (-112)
Sure, Falcao is out and that means Columbia loses some of their attacking prowess, but they still have a boat load of talent and skill. Cuadrado is a special player and James Rodriguez is a young guy to watch on the international stage. Again, you'll have a team in Columbia with a relative home advantage and thus far similar teams (Brazil, Mexico, Chile) have all won their games so this is clearly having an impact. Greece simply isn't very good and while they are big and strong and boast a tough D I just don't think they have enough to clash with a quick, skillful team like Columbia. This is a similar game to last evening's Chile v. Australia matchup and while Greece may snag one on a header or corner kick, Columbia will eventually prevail here and I see them taking this one.
3:00 p.m.
Uruguay v. Costa Rica
***Costa Rica +1 (+110); *Costa Rica ML (+838)
Why? I know this looks crazy, but no Luis Suarez and suddenly the goal scoring responsibility for Uruguay falls to Edison Cavani and to me he has yet to be able to excel when asked to in this role. I know Uruguay is a great side and coming off an impressive semi-final appearance last time around coupled with playing in South America this time they are being looked at as a potential champion. That may still be the case, but most ppl forget that it was Costa Rica that lost out on a World Cup berth after losing to Uruguay in a playoff in 2010 and both of those games were hotly contested. Don't think for a second Costa Rica has forgot about this and after seeing what a little revenge did for Holland over Spain, I'm going to buck what all the stats and signs point to on paper. Further, Costa Rica is not a slouch and I'm excited to see Arsenal striker Joel do his thing....Costa Rica also has a world class goalkeeper and here the climate is a wash. Revenge a dish best served cold....taking a larger play on Costa Rica +1 and a small taste of that plump ML.
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