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Copa America Centenario Group D Soccer Betting Favorites
Soccer betting favorite Argentina’s major trophy drought is made even more poignant by its association with the career of a player who’s already on the short list for the best in the world. Lionel Messi has yet to win a major senior trophy with Argentina, a king without a crown that has gone almost a quarter of a century without a major title. After they won the 1993 Copa América, Argentina has gone on to lose one World Cup final, two Confederations Cup finals and three Copa América finals. Messi played a role in 50% of those defeats which were all shutouts. But fans who bet on soccer should assume that Argentina has 50-50 chances.
Copa America Centenario Group C Betting Favorites
Mexico is the non-South America soccer betting favorite to win the Copa America. Group C has the team in the best form, one of the players in the best form and, a home away from home, and they all intersect in El Tri. Even though South American favorites of people who bet on soccer like Argentina and Brazil are popularly picked to win the tournament this summer, Mexico has all the elements to win what could arguably be considered the most important trophy in the history of the country.
Copa America Centenario Group B Soccer Betting Favorites
Even though still a soccer betting favorite to win the Copa America, Brazil may be undercutting its own prospects by focused on adding an Olympic gold medal to its resume – thus becoming only the second country to win the World Cup, Confederations Cup, Olympic, U-20, U-17 and continental title sextuple. Case in point: leaving Neymar behind so he can play in the Olympic Games in Rio.
Copa America Centenario Group A Betting favorites
The USA are the soccer betting favorites in group A, but that may not mean much in the closest the Copa America has to a “group of death.” It’s not difficult to picture any of the four teams making it through to the next round. But after five years under Klinsmann and with the luxury of being the host, team USA will not be spared by fans who bet on soccer if they don’t finish first or second, in particular now that Klinsmann has told the press the semifinals are the goal in sight.
Copa America Centenario 2016 Soccer Betting Favorites
Many soccer betting fans are ecstatic about the Euro 2016 in France, but this summer will also have the Copa America – and a very special edition because, like your grandpa whom you never thought would make it to a hundred but did, this is this tournaments’ centennial. As part of the fiesta, the cup has been expanded to include the even number of 16 teams instead of the odd usual of 12. The 10 South American countries will be joined by six others from Central and North America – the latter of which include the United States as a host.
England must become Perfidious Albion to win Euro 2016
England must give up its reputation for being ‘too honest’ and ¬become more streetwise if it wants to make good on its status as soccer betting favorite at the Euro2016, according to 22 year old Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eric Dier.
Chile Readying for Early Copa America Title Defense
Unlike Canelo Alvarez, the Chilean football squad has no problem defending their championship earlier than expected. As people who bet on soccer may or may not be aware of, the Copa America Centenario is a special edition of the tournament meant to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Theoretically speaking, Chile would only have had to defend the title they won last year as hosts until 2019 in Brazil. However, the Copa America Centenario will be held as part of an agreement between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, and will feature 16 teams instead of the usual 12 now that Costa Rica, Panama, and Haiti have been added to participate.
Can Brazil be favorite in spite of what happened back in 2014?
Brazil is one of the soccer betting favorites to win the Copa America 2016, but have they gotten over Macho Grande? The place was the Estadio Mineirao on July 8th, 2014. The offender was Germany, and the crime? Four goals in 6 minutes, and seven goals in total. That night in Belo Horizonte, Brazil wasn’t just humiliated. They were absolutely and irredeemably obliterated, the 1-7 final score robbing the hosts of what little pride they had left. It was the single worst loss in the team's storied history, and managed to top even the Maracanazo of 1950 – when Brazil lost the World Cup final versus Uruguay at home – as the country’s worst tragedy.
Can Argentina end a 23-year Copa America trophy shortage?
After engineering Argentina's victory versus Belgium in the 2014 World Cup quarterfinals, former manager Alejandro Sabella sang the praises of Lionel Messi in a way in which the vast majority of people who bet on soccer, when looking for the right words to describe the star, simply couldn't muster. Back then, it was undoubtedly more a reflection of the individual. Messi led Argentina to the semifinals of the World Cup for the first time in 24 years, and, of course the final, one of a string of losses Argentina have come to expect in that stage in the last 10 years. And now, probably more than ever, words are better put to use to call to action not just to Messi, but the whole team to direct the world's top-ranked team – and thus the best because statistics are all that matter in sports – to its first major tournament win since 1993.
Odds to Win the Copa America Centenario
Fans betting on soccer are going to be so spoiled this summer, as we are not just getting the Euro, we are also getting the Copa America! The prestigious South American tournament is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary and to mark the special occasion they are hosting a big tournament in the US that will include Caribbean, Central and North American National teams, making it the biggest continental tournament the Americas have ever experienced. And with the Euro going on at almost the same time, well it’s kind of like having the next best thing to the World Cup.