One of the greatest faves in World Cup soccer betting in the round of 16 was the Netherlands as they faced Slovakia on Monday.

Slovakia had a win, a draw and a loss vs World Cup wagering probabilities at the sportsbook while the Netherlands was unbeaten in group play as they won all 3 of their games.

World Cup betting listed the Netherlands as one of the main contenders to win the World Cup and they’ve lived up to that advance billing. They were arriving from a 2-1 victory over Cameroon in their last game in Group E. The Netherlands has been just hard to beat. They are the first time since Brazil in 1982 to win each one of their qualifying games and each one of their group competitions. Robin van Persie obtained a goal versus Cameroon and Arjen Robben had an assist on the game winning goal. The Netherlands permitted only one and obtained 5 goals in their 3 group games.

Slovakia is an unexpected entrant into the round of 16. Italy was so pathetic that Slovakia was able to move on with a win, a draw and a tie, though they were not expected to move forward to the knockout round. Paraguay won Group F with 5 points while Slovakia ended 2nd with four points. Slovakia came up from last place in the final game up to 2nd place as they whipped defending World Champ Italy 3-2. Robert Vittek obtained two times for Slovakia and they got a pretty shocking win vs the World Cup wagering probabilities. It’s the first time that Slovakia is in the round of 16 as an independent country.

Slovakia may have been able to continue their surprise run if they received more goals scoring from Vittek. Slovakia needed to find a way to get through since the Netherlands has been challenging defensively. Vladimir Weiss, Slovakia head coach, was apologizing before the Italy game for his squad’s play but after that win, he had some folks singing his praises. Slovakia eliminated the defending champ, Italy, by defeating them 3-2 in that game. The players have been pretty unhappy with the media back home and many of them just overlooked reporters after the victory over Italy.

Slovakia advanced to the round of 16 despite being outscored 5-4 in their 3 group games. So it just didn’t seem pretty probable that they would beat the Netherlands in Monday’s game.

It was therefore not that much of a surprise when the Netherlands eliminated Slovakia from the World Cup competition with a final score of 2-1. And even though they were eliminated, the Eastern European squad ought to be happy with making it this far in their first ever World Cup appearance since Czechoslovakia split in 1993.

The Netherlands displayed a few of the amazing passing and scoring that is a brand of the Netherlands when it is playing well.

The Netherlands has now reached the final 8 and will be competing in the quarterfinals. However at this point they will be competing with World Cup juggernaut Brazil in their next game. That’s going to be a much different competition than their relatively simple win versus the weaker Slovakian squad.


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