Olympics Soccer Betting: Great Britain favorite against Senegal |
Written by Andrew Scofield | |||
Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:53 | |||
The first round of the Under-23 men’s football matchups is set to begin on July 26 and will be extended until August 1st. It will be a total of 16 delegations that will battle it out on the field giving it their very best each for their own country to be considered the best in the world. Grouped into four groups, typical in football tournaments, they are all looking to survive this intense competition. Handicappers know for a fact that Great Britain will have field advantage as the fans will stay true to the UK being at the home of the Manchester United team. Many sportsbooks have Great Britain to be the favorite to beat Senegal. The betting line at William Hill Sports is Great Britain 8/13, Draw 13/5 and Senegal 4/1. One of the most important and popular players in Great Britain is being held partially responsible for the fact that the odds are favoring them. Their head coach named Ryan Giggs midfielder of their Olympic squad. Being one of the most important players in the history of English football, and a principal asset to the Manchester United, we know for a fact that the Old Trafford will get extremely loud when he gets out on the field. ''It is a tremendous honour to be part of the Olympics. Stuart has given me the captaincy, which is even better. I'm really looking forward to it,'' Ryan Giggs said. ''It's a unique experience and one from the start that I wanted to be part of when I got the opportunity.'' It´s only a matter of a few days and the entire world will see these two teams trying to take each other down on the field. All odds are against Senegal however, in the world of sports and last minute calls, fans know that anything can happen.
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