Friday 20th July Selections and Chat

HarryPabla · At Stud Read My Blog! Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2814

Brazil u23 v Great Britain u23: Brazil u23 Win 9/10

The Brazil u23 side are a huge price to defeat Great Britain u23s. This is the first game GB will play, and it is against the best u23 side out there. 9/10 is a huge price, even if it is being played in England. Brazil play most their matches away from home anyway so it will not affect them.

Anything other than gold at the Olympics results in failure for this Brazil side. They have prepared for the Olympics for a number of months. They recently lost 3-4 to a full strength Argentina side. In fact, Brazil were the better side and this young side should hold their heads up high after that performance. They were poor against Mexico where they lost 0-2, but this was a senior Mexico side. They defeated a full strength USA side 4-1, and a full strength Denmark side 3-1. They now face Great Britain, a side full of players that lack international experience at the highest level. More importantly, the Great Britain side have never played together.

This Brazil u23 squad is very similar to the full strength Brazil squad. There is no Julio Cesar, but Rafael Cabral is usually called up for international duty as Julio Cesar's understudy. Marcelo and Thiago Silva are first choice for the Brazil side, whilst Rafael, Juan, Danilo and Alex Sandro play for top clubs in Europe and have international caps. Sandro, Lucas Moura, Oscar and Ganso are automatic call ups for the Brazil squad. These four are hugely talented, and will make an impact at the Olympics. If the midfield was not impressive enough, the attack is simply phenomenal. Pato, Hulk, Leandro Damiao and Neymar are regularly used in the Brazil first team. Even though they are young, that attack is experienced at the international level and most defences will struggle to keep them quiet. Mario Menezes usually selects at least five of these players for his first eleven in his senior squad (Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Ganso, Damiao and Neymar.)

Great Britain have never played together and they do not look good enough on paper. Other than Micah Richards, that defence is not experienced enough to handle this talented Brazil side. The midfield is decent, whilst the attack lacks strength. It is hard to judge what to expect from this side as they have never played together. Daniel Sturridge would have been key to Pearce's plans, but he looks set to miss out.

I think it is a huge error that Great Britain have selected Brazil for this warm up game. This is their first match together, surely they should have faced weaker opposition to get the players to gel together, and boost their confidence. Brazil preparations started months ago. They are determined and are keen to show why they are the favourites for gold. 9/10 is huge.

Brazil u23 win 9/10
Neymar to score anytime 13/10

Also note that the price on Brazil to win the Olympics will shorten after the win.
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100blade · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:16 pm Post subject:

Totally agree harry

this brazil side have played together for a good few games and as u mention gb havent played together at all...

May also have brazil to win to nil Win

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HarryPabla · At Stud Read My Blog! Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2814

I was wrong about this being their first game. They had a behind closed doors friendly with the Mexico Olympic squad a few days ago. This match was played in three thirty minute periods. Mexico dominated the game and won 1-0. Great Britain's only real chance was a long shot that hit the post from Danny Rose, and a half chance for Craig Bellamy. Here is a video of the highlights...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJi1Qciihs

Another point to note is that every Great Britain player is based in English football. The English football season is demanding and ends in May. The players took a break and only began training a couple weeks ago. They are not physically prepared and lack match fitness. The Brazilian league started in May and 7 of the Brazilian players are based in Brazil. More importantly, 5 of these players are likely starters. Brazil will be a lot sharper and more prepared than Great Britain.
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malabgd · Group 2 Class Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Posts: 169

Pandurii Targu Jiu v Univ Cluj-Napoca
Owner of Univ Cluj-Napoca has taken a new club, Petrolul, and took with him all main players. Univ Cluj-Napoca have found replacements for them, but they are low quality players.

pick 1
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optimus889 · 2yo Joined: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 3

severn is a new commer in the 1st romanian league. they didn't even qualify for the 1st league but got a chance because another team in the second league was disqualified. dinamo on rhe other hand has won recently the romanian supercup and should win this game. it won't be easy but they should win against severin especially as they wil go for the title.

severin-dinamo 2 for 1.83

slyerfox · 2yo Joined: 10 Jul 2012 Posts: 7

Good advice above!

I would like to recommend a Lay on Great Britain (W) against Sweden (W) today. Sweden is one of the very top teams in the world in the ladies section and will probably be playing at full strength this close to the olympic tournament.

3.65 for Lay @Betfair last time I looked.

RESULT: 0-0 Very Happy

damorizla · Group 1 Class Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 259

Good tipping today guys Win

365pvfc · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject:

Top tipping gents, let's carry this momentum into the domestic season Smile