Regular Joe
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A reminder of my post on the betting thread last week:
Regular Joe said: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 :-)