Friendly: Spain vs ArgentinaThese two teams are likely to be among tournament favourites in South Africa, which makes this game even more interesting. While Spain are again winning games with unbelievable ease, Argentina are largely struggling under Maradona, although a win over La Furia Roja could be just the boost they need to turn things around.
Iker Casillas to earn 100th cap
The shock defeat to USA in the Confederations Cup semi-finals seems to have had no effect on La Furia Roja, who continued impressive winning run as if nothing has happened. If the reigning European champions can carry this form to South Africa, they will be one of the main candidates to win the most coveted trophy in world football and maybe this is the right time to back Spain to win the World Cup at odds of 5.75 offered by Betsson.
Vicente Del Bosque opted to leave Fernando Torres out of the squad due to his numerous injury problems, but Sevilla star Jesus Navas is set to win his first cap after overcoming anxiety fears that prevented him from making a debut sooner. Keeper Iker Cassilas is in for a big jubilee with the game against Argentina set to be his 100th for the national team. Apart from Torres, the boss will be able to count on all his stars and we therefore expect to see La Furia Roja continue playing beautiful football and winning in style. With Argentina’s defence in pieces at the moment, backing Spain to score over 1.5 goals at 2.00 offered by Sportingbet looks like the right thing to do.
Argentina squeezed into the World Cup finals
We all know Argentina needed a smile from the Lady Luck in both of their final qualifying games in order to qualify for the World Cup and it is also more than evident Diego Maradona is not getting the best out of this team. Great players like Riquelme, Zanetti, Samuel, Burdisso are still out in the cold, while Esteban Cambiasso has finally received a call-up after quite a while. New players on this list are defenders Nicolas Pareja (Espanyol) and Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin), while Maxi Rodriguez is also back. With players like Tevez, Messi and Higuain or Aguero up front, Los Albicelestes can certainly score and you should seriously consider backing Argentina to score at 1.40 offered by Sportingbet.
Despite leaving some great players out of the squad, Maradona still has an excellent group of players at his disposal but it is not surprising that most of them are underperforming when playing for the national team. Diego was the best footballer in the world but he definitely doesn’t seem like the manager material. He is the only one to blame for the poor results and if he stays at the post until next summer, then Argentina will not make it to the final stages of the World Cup.
Betting verdict
Looking at the quality of individual players, the teams are very evenly matched but the big difference is that Spain have a recognizable style of play and great leadership from the bench, which is something we cannot say for Los Albicelestes that change players and formations much more often than they should. Therefore, we see a great value in home win.
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