Leading online bookmaker Sportsbet rates Harry Kewell only an outside chance to play in the 2014 World Cup.
The bookie has priced Kewell at $8 to play in Brazil, while only offering $1.05 on Harry not to play.
“Harry would be almost 36 before the next World Cup and his body has to stand up to another four tough years of football,” said Sportsbet’s Haydn Lane.
“Let’s hope all the planets align and we can go deep into this World Cup because it would be a shame for Harry to bow out after a dubious red card decision.
“It seems unlikely he’ll be there in four years time but as Aussies we’d love to be proven wrong.”
In other World Cup betting news, Australia are rated a $4 chance to beat Serbia, but are paying $11 to make it past the group stage.
Brazil and Argentina have been the best backed teams to win the World Cup, while one punter clearly has a crystal ball as he placed $10 on Portugal to win 7-0 against North Korea overnight at the odds of $401 for a $4,000 win!
Argentina Coach Diego Maradona has been accused of many things since taking over the running of the squad. He is tactically inept, doesn’t know his best eleven, calling up over 100 players in two years, and even that he favours son in law Sergio Aguero over more talented more experienced players. While all of these things maybe true there are things that the great man does have that will hold him in good stead and that may even prove to be the difference going in to South Africa.
Maradona has an undoubted passion for the game and his country. All he knows is football, all he craves is success and with his illustrious history he will instantly have the respect of his players. The ones that are there will want to play for him, and if he can push his enthusiasm out with them on to the pitch for just seven matches in South Africa there is no doubt that Argentina have every chance of causing an upset. Oh yeah, and isn’t that Lionel Messi Argentinian as well. Making odds of $9.00 at Centrebet well worth a punt.
I personally feel that while Maradona will prove a lot of people wrong in this tournament but that the chances of Argentina lifting the trophy are minimal, and a semi final birth will be the best that they can hope for. They are quite simply a one man Lionel Messi team and as Inter Milan proved the other night against Barcelona Messi can be and will be marked out of games. They will definitely win their group Centrebet will pay a $1.45 for that. You could even double that up with a bet that Tim Cahill will be the Aussies top goal scorer at $4.00 that is well worth using your free bet at Centrebet. But we will look deeper in to the Socceroos chances next week.
Leading online bookmaker Sportsbet rates Harry Kewell only an outside chance to play in the 2014 World Cup.
