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Together with the Dutch national team, all 50 invested Litai landed in the shade yesterday. Out of five predicted outcomes in both simple and combined bets, only one ended as I expected: the Dutch ball control was higher than 48.5%.
Portugal and Denmark demonstrated excellent skill to both viewers and bookmakers, while the Dutch values have to be seriously reassessed. They still have hope to save themselves, along with my initial bet that the Dutch national team will become the champion. Very insignificantly, but they still have hope.
Meanwhile, I leave the Dutch to solve their problems and continue betting already in Group C, where I hope the teams are slightly more predictable: Italy - Croatia and Spain - Ireland.
Balance: 934.70 Lt
Spain - Ireland Spain ball control (%) less than <69.0 and Italy - Croatia Italy aggregate >1.5 (total coefficient 4.32). Bet - 20 Lt.
In the matches against Italy, Spain controlled the ball 60% of the time, while in the duel against Croatia, the Irish controlled the ball 45% of the time. Clearly, Spain's opponents today will not have the ball as long as Squadra Azzurra, especially if V. del Bosque chooses to play without a "real" 9 number striker again. However, although Ireland looked like the weakest team in the championship after the first round, I believe they will control the ball at least 31% of the time, especially if they improve the quality of their passes.
Italians lacked very little to punish I. Casillas twice. A draw was not the worst option for the Croats, but in the third round they face Spain. Therefore, the Croats should not worry only about their goal safety. Italy plays from defense, but their transition from defense to attack, with a passing god like A. Pirlo, arouses admiration and allows to expect at least 2 goals from the Italian team.
Spain - Ireland shots on goal area Spain >11.0 and Italy - Croatia Croatia sidelines aggregate more >1.5 (total coefficient 2.96). Bet - 20 Lt.
Spain hit the goal area of Italy 8 times, which they had to do when the defense line often consisted of up to 8 opponents. Ireland's team coach also puts a lot of hope in his defenders, but they are inferior to the Italians in mobility, and they made many mistakes against Croatia. I expect the Spaniards to punish those mistakes with shots on goal area.
In the match against Ireland, the Croatian national team only managed to be in the sidelines once. Even the Spaniards managed to mark the Italians with two shots near the penalty area. Of course, by scoring a goal in the 3rd minute, the fierce need to outplay the opponent's goalkeepers was gone, so today I hope that the Croatians, who are not afraid of any opponent, will not repeat the result of the first match in terms of sidelines.
Spain - Ireland exact result 3:0 and Italy - Croatia first team to win (total coefficient 16.45). Bet - 10 Lt.
A traditional bet from the series "maybe this time it will work." So far I haven't been lucky, but the football championship is a huge celebration, and if you want to have fun, then have fun.
