Online sportsbooks will be paying close attention on Friday as the draw for the 2010 World Cup is held.The 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa and the draw will be critical to some team’s chances of winning versus the odds at the Internet sportsbook.
Online sportsbooks will have Brazil as one of the favorites but African teams could get some serious action depending upon the draw. The group stage is critical to a team’s chances for success and a bad draw can really hurt a team in Internet sportsbook lines. Four years ago it was Ivory Coast having to face Argentina and the Netherlands in the group stage of Internet sportsbook odds. That meant they didn’t even make it out of the group. Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast is hoping that his team doesn’t get a bad draw again this Friday. “I hope we will be in a better group than in 2006 when we tried to fight but had no chance to go through,” Drogba said to the AP, “Hopefully we will be more lucky this time. We want to avoid all the big teams like Brazil, Germany and England.”
Drogba is one of the best players in the world and leads Chelsea as online sportsbooks stats show. He scored twice on Sunday as Chelsea routed Arsenal 3-0 in online sportsbooks results. Online sportsbooks stats show that Chelsea leads the Premier League by five points over Manchester United. “The lead is not enough, but at the same time it’s a good gap,” said Drogba, “When you are top of the league, it is good-the others have to chase us. They have to produce and do more than us to win games. It is true that Manchester are still there. We were in their position last year, behind and chasing. It is very difficult and now they have to come and catch us.” Chelsea will not have Drogba for in online sportsbooks matches in January as Drogba will play for Ivory Coast in the African Cup of Nations. “I’ve no doubt that they will be able to do the job without me,” he said. “At Chelsea, my first two seasons were really good, the team bond was really strong and now this one is a little bit like it was during those years when we were champions under Mourinho.”
Brazil and Spain are likely to be the two favorites at online sportsbooks for the 2010 World Cup. Other contenders at the Internet sportsbook will include England, Argentina, Germany, Holland, Italy, France and Portugal.