If I was taking a punt, I would choose some African team, maybe playing conditions will help them to offset usual tactical disadvantages.
But there is that good feeling when you drop big bet on team that you support to win major competition
And Ghana did their job against a pretty damned good Swiss side too
Agree a brave punt should be on an African side, and I put down a bit on Senegal actually at 138/1
This is football, XI mean on each team, anything can happen.
Guess that means I've to back to other East Asian team in there (also, incidentally, the same odds as Japan). So maybe tomorrow on S Korea too 250/1++ also to put them and Senegal on my radar. Problem is their best players either aren't even on the squad or recovering from injury so...
Do you remember Euro 2004? That tournament was won by the Greek team. If someone had told me then that Greece would become champions, I would have laughed. They were outsiders. I also want to remind you that the Greeks in the final won against the favorite - Holland.
I remember and bring them up a lot when talking to friends. 1-0 headed goal all the way to the final. They were 150/1 outsiders and it's been a while since we even had a 20/1 outsider win a tourney like this, eh?