World Cup Gambling Favored Spain Seriously versus Switzerland
Spain started play with a competition in Group H on Wednesday as they played Switzerland. They are the in total fave in World Cup soccer betting to win the World Cup 2010.
Spain is getting 1.5 goals in World Cup probabilities in this match with the total at 2.5 in bets online.
World Cup wagering on the 3-way line shown Spain at -380, Switzerland at +975 and the draw at +400. Anything less than a dominating Spain win would be a huge surprise in this match. Spain has never won the World Cup even though they have been there twelve times. This could be their best team and their best chance to win the title. The only question is whether or not Spain can handle the pressure of being the favorite. Spain is managed by Vicente Del Bosque and the pressure is on him to deliver a title. Spain has so many offensive weapons it is tough to feel they won’t dominate the Swiss in this competition. David Villa led the team in qualifying with 7 goals and he may not even be the best scorer. The squad has Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres.
Switzerland is having their ninth showing in the World Cup. They are coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld who can get a squad to play defense. Switzerland is really in a hard group that makes advancing to the knockout round tricky. Spain and Chile will make it challenging for the Swiss since they have plenty of scoring power. They hoped that their defense headed by Senderos, Grichting, Magnin and Lichtsteiner could hold back the Spanish stars. There’s not a lot offense so Switzerland was relying upon Blaise Nkufo and Alexander Frei to score some points and Tranquillo Barnetta to make plays. One more threat to score may be Eren Derdiyok. Frei headed the squad in qualifying with 5 goals.
There is a huge amount of strain on Spain to win the World Cup. If they get off to a slow beginning vs Switzerland they might start to panic. That is probably the only scenario in which the Swiss would have the ability to rob this match in World Cup probabilities since they don’t have the talent to matchup with Spain.
Even the Switzerland participants knew they were the underdogs. And their 1-0 victory against Spain on Wednesday surprised not only the World Cup and Spain, it surprised them too.
The loss concluded Spain’s run of 12 straight victories, and gave them only their second loss in 50 games.
Even with this surprise win, the Swiss are being very mindful to keep their feet on the ground. Specifically now that they have to face Chile on Monday, they do not want to think of themselves as the favorites. That game is another where they know they’ll be the underdogs, however they’re concentrating only on competing their best and not getting caught up.
Sadly defender Philippe Senderos injured his right ankle during the match and will be absent for Switzerland’s leftover matches. With any luck this won’t affect the future result for this tenacious squad.
