World Cup Betting Preferred Netherlands versus Slovakia

The Netherlands, as they confronted Slovakia on Monday, was 1 of the greatest faves in World Cup soccer betting in the round of 16.

The Netherlands was undefeated in group play as they won all 3 of their matches while Slovakia had a victory, a tie and a loss against World Cup betting odds at the sportsbook.

The Netherlands was listed by World Cup betting as 1 of the main contenders to win the World Cup and they’ve lived up to that advance advertisement. They were coming off a 2-1 victory over Cameroon in their previous game in Group E. The Netherlands has been simply hard to beat. They’re the 1st time since Brazil in 1982 to secure every one of their qualifying matches and every one of their group games. Robin van Persie won a goal against Cameroon and Arjen Robben had an assist on the game winning goal. The Netherlands allowed only 1 and won five goals in their 3 group matches.

Slovakia is a surprise entrant into the round of 16. Italy was so pathetic that Slovakia was able to move on with a victory, a draw and a tie, though they were not meant to progress to the knockout round. Slovakia concluded 2nd with 4 points while Paraguay won Group F with five points. Slovakia came from last place in the final competition up to 2nd place as they defeated defending World Champion Italy 3-2. Slovakia got a quite shocking win against the World Cup betting odds after Robert Vittek won 2 times for Slovakia. It is the 1st time that Slovakia is in the round of 16 as an independent nation.

Slovakia may have been able to continue their surprise run if they got more goals scoring from Vittek. The Netherlands has been difficult defensively therefore Slovakia needed to find a method to get through. Slovakia head coach Vladimir Weiss was apologizing before the Italy game for his squad’s play but after that win, he had some people singing his praises. Slovakia removed the defending champion, Italy, by defeating them 3-2 in that competition. The participants have been quite unhappy with the media at home and the majority of of them simply overlooked reporters after the victory over Italy.

Slovakia moved on to the round of 16 even with being outscored 5-4 in their 3 group matches. So it simply did not seem quite probable that they would wipe out the Netherlands in Monday’s competition.

It was therefore not that most of a surprise when the Netherlands removed Slovakia from the World Cup contest with a final score of 2-1. The Eastern European squad should be delighted with making it this far in their first-ever World Cup appearance since Czechoslovakia split in 1993, although they were removed.

The Netherlands showcased several the outstanding passing and scoring that is a hallmark of the Netherlands when it is playing well.

The Netherlands has now reached the final 8 and will be competing in the quarterfinals. Yet now they will be facing World Cup juggernaut Brazil in their next competition. That’s going to be a much different contest than their relatively easy win against the weaker Slovakian squad.


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