Topic: Olympics 2020/2021 : Discussion & Predictions - page 30. (Read 5001 times)

Olympic soccer(football) is much different than all other major soccer events.  Because the team barely resembles a typical national team it's hard to get a feel in such a small amount of time together on who would have  an advantage over the other team.  Betting on Olympic soccer seems to be a dart throw to me I wouldn't go near it.

Olympic soccer(football) is much different than all other major soccer events.  Because the team barely resembles a typical national team it's hard to get a feel in such a small amount of time together on who would have  an advantage over the other team.  Betting on Olympic soccer seems to be a dart throw to me I wouldn't go near it.

This is true for any sport and any championship, for example, before Magnus Carlsen, chess in Norway was not even considered a sport, and then everything changed very dramatically. But there are always some exceptions, like athletes from Kenya, if I choose between them and some other middle country, then I will choose Kenya because they have a very strong school and traditions (judging by their sports results).

At the Olympic Games, it is not enough to place bets based on the name of the national teams. The players are totally different from those who usually line up in other competitions. Therefore, the bets have to be more weighted and better analyze the teams.

The Olympic events you'll want to watch on Friday
From CNN's Alyssa Kraus

The Olympics Opening Ceremony will take place tomorrow, signaling the official start of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

With many events following throughout the day tomorrow, here are some major events you'll want to watch live on Friday:

Opening Ceremony: The Opening Ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. local time in Japan, which is 7 a.m. ET. If you miss the live broadcast, the roughly four-hour event will also be replayed at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Tennis: The first rounds of men's and women's singles, along with the first rounds of men's and women's doubles will be broadcast live from 10 p.m. ET to 2 a.m. ET on Friday. The matches will be replayed on Saturday between 7 a.m. ET and 4 p.m. ET.
Water polo: The US women's water polo match against Japan will be live at 1 a.m. ET on Friday. The event will be replayed on Saturday, along with events such as 3x3 US women's basketball, rowing, archery and men's cycling, between 10:45 a.m. ET and 2:45 p.m. ET.
In case you missed it, here are some events from earlier this week that will be replayed on Friday:

Softball: Two Team USA softball games will be replayed on Friday, including US vs. Italy and US vs. Canada, from 8 a.m. ET to 1:30 p.m. ET on Friday. The events took place on Wednesday and Thursday respectively in Japan.
Football: The US women's football team's match against Sweden will be replayed on Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET. The match took place on Wednesday in Japan.

Yeah, failed as it turned out, narrow S Africa loss to Japan also smashed my chances today, shame as I got the Brazil leg right and that was whopper of a value bet.

Egypt made a splash today, but apparently not for you if you were expecting an Egyptian victory.  I was also surprised by the confident victory of Mexico over France, I did not expect such a large number of goals from Mexico against France. But still, the Olympic Games are young players, so absolutely any outcomes in matches are possible...

and here are the first soccer final results from the 1st matchday at the olympic games.
Richarlison (fc everton) scored a hattrick in a 4-2 win against germany. and argentina loses 0-2 against australia (which is of very little significance)


https://www.eurosport.com/football/olympic-games/calendar-result.shtml

Thanks, that's really interesting. Whenever I see handball (only in the Olympics really), it looks like a great sport. It's not very well known here (UK) but it should be. I'd love to give it a go one day.

Still not as fun looking as volleyball;)

Damn, didn't check the 6-6-free promotions page. Was busy doing things for the summer (yard work and BBQing) so totally missed it.
Looks like Brazil has a comfortable lead against germany 3-0 at HT.
South Africa is holding it's own against the hosts Japan especially with them being 21.00x odds to win. So it is quite impressive.
The surprise is Argentina going down to Australia 0-2. I turned it off once it reached the 83' mark as they were on a red card since the 45' of the first half. It is their U23 squad so didn't expect to much from them.
The other matches were way to early for me to justify waking up an extra 4 hours and losing sleep to watch being a work day but seen Ivory coast beat Saudi Arabia.

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I am not sure about any squad news but this is competition for Under-23, favorites should win and I think that Japan have small advantages.

Egypt - Spain
Mexico - France
Ivory Coast - Saudi Arabia
Argentina - Australia
Japan - South Africa
Brazil - Germany
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In northern countries, indoor games are very famous, because it is not always easy to play abroad because of bad weather. Mainly 100 years ago, where the climate was not so unbalanced.

I think the baseball, for example, was how it was created.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#Creation

What do you think of Japan/S Africa? Another 16/1 tasty temptation on the Africans.

God damn me. I picked Egypt for a huge 20/1 upset against Spain, but that played out to a draw. Should have listened to myself and taken a small handicap or Egypt/draw it was 8/1.

What do you think of Japan/S Africa? Another 16/1 tasty temptation on the Africans.

Egypt - Spain

Mexico - France

Ivory Coast - Saudi Arabia

Argentina - Australia

Japan - South Africa

Brazil - Germany

I take it that you are not from Europe based on your comment. Handball is a very popular sport in Scandinavian countries, but also Germany, France, Spain, the Balkans... African countries also invest in handball but they aren't nearly as good as the European nations. It's interesting to mention that the European handball championship is a stronger tournament than a World championship because teams from Asia, Oceania, and Africa take up spots that could be occupied by stronger European nations.

Handball is very demanding on the shoulders, so your shoulders would probably suffer before anything else. Handball players know how to block your arm before a shot to hurt and tire out those shoulder muscles or stretch them out. Handball is certainly in the top 5 most important sports in Europe, but not nearly as popular as football or basketball. There is a joke or saying of some sorts that handball was invented in Germany so that young German men who weren't talented enough to play football could play another team sport. I am not sure where that joke comes from.

It's a fast-paced team sport with a lot of result changes, plenty of running, physicality, strong shooting, etc. Give it a chance if you have time. 

God damn me. I picked Egypt for a huge 20/1 upset against Spain, but that played out to a draw. Should have listened to myself and taken a small handicap or Egypt/draw it was 8/1.

Ivory Coast makes up my acca today though and they're leading 2-1 right now so am not too worried. Counting on Argentina to take the lead early and close up by half time.

What do you think of Japan/S Africa? Another 16/1 tasty temptation on the Africans.