Serbia vs Ghana (Match Thread)

[davymcfc]

fantastic reaction from desailly

 

[KentBlue]

The handball, though - WTF! What on God's earth inspired him to do such a bollock-numbingly stupid thing?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

The handball, though - WTF! What on God's earth inspired him to do such a bollock-numbingly stupid thing?

It was just like watching Dunie in his prime.

 

[bluemoon32]

Not a bad side to watch are Ghana, really need a few exciting games though as so far it's all been a bit 'meh'

 

[Regular Joe]

A goal for Gyan and he hit the post twice. not bad for a 1000-1 chance. Both these bets are now on. I hope somebody has been listening, I posted it twice so you can't say Im aftertiming!

A reminder of my post on the betting thread last week:

There is always a surprise team and I believe it will be an African team reaching the semi finals, thanks to a combination of home continent advantage and some dubious refereeing.

If it happens it will be in the first half of the draw, as the other half is too crowded with top class teams, and Ghana are the best African team in that half of the draw. I can see them qualiying from group D in second place, then knocking England out in the second round at altitude in Rustenburg, before a relatively easy quarter final against one of the Group A teams.

So my main pre-tournament bet is Ghana to reach the final four at 16-1.

I have also had £8 at odds of just under 1000-1 on Betfair for Ghana's lead striker, Asamoah Gyan, to be top scorer. I watched him play in a friendly last week and he's very greedy, which suits my bet, and is on pens. He scored 13 goals in 27 games for Rennes in the low-scoring French league this season, and has 20 goals from 40 international appearances.

Over £7.5k if I win that one, which will send me to America for the pre-season tour :-)

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

go on the "black stars!!!!" young enough side too!

 

[bluemoon32]

England will probably play Ghana in the next round, won't they ?