The World Cup gambling experience was not meant to play out like this for England. With a lineup loaded with soccer sports gambling superstars the English team arrived at South Africa as the 3rd most liked squad in the World Cup odds to win the whole match.

This squad was meant to start the World Cup sports wagering action by embarrassing its former colony – the US – and showing the Yanks what genuine ‘football’ was all about. And with 3 points under their belts they would then go on to eradicate weakling Algeria and then might afford to sit back and deal with the scrubs in the final Group C match vs Slovenia as they got ready for the World Cup wagering round of 16.

However the English side was fortunate only to move forward from the group stage, as any person that’s been watching the World Cup odds action appreciates.

Though Germany didn’t have to cope with the monumental World Cup gambling hopes of the English side, it had trouble too. After an extraordinary defeat of the Aussies to kick off its World Cup 2010 odds action, the squad fell flat the next match losing to Serbia, before getting a spot in the knockout stage with a 1-0 win vs Ghana.

It was a pretty fascinating soccer wagering matchup between these 2 European squad sides. England genuinely isn’t playing a lot of anything right now while Germany plays a pretty controlled, but surprisingly aggressive offense match.

Germany and England have a past of enjoying fantastic World Cup matches. They met back in the 1966 final at Wembley that England won 4-2. It was also the 1st World Cup match between 2 of football’s earliest foes since 1990, when West Germany beat England on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

And for the World Cup 2010, Germany virtually trashed the English squad to a 4-1 victory.

England (17/10) was the ever so slight favorite over Germany (19/10), but it was the Germans who had the last laugh.

The Germans came out fast to a 2-0 lead before the English squad scored their point, and the English defense was slack. Germany got the 1st goal of the match at 20 minutes with a lengthy punt downfield from Manuel Neuer. It was his 12th at World Cup finals and his 50th global goal. England’s defenders were found from position again for Germany’s 2nd goal as Lukas Podolski slashed a left-footed shot into the far corner of the goal. England got back in the match five minutes later when Matthew Upson headed in the ball.

Then when England’s Frank Lampard was denied an equalizing goal came the competition’s most controversial moment. He punted the ball in from the advantage of the penalty zone. It hit the underside of the bar and bounced two feet over the goal line, and the referee basically did not acknowledge the goal. The match went on with England being denied the point.

And that goal most likely wouldn’t have made the difference despite English coach Fabio Capello’s states to the contrary.

Germany, who have now attained at least the quarterfinals at every World Cup since 1954, will confront Argentina in the last 8 on Saturday.


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