It feels like it was just yesterday that the 2010 World Cup of football started. But somehow we are already down to only 4 countries left in the tournament. The final 4 is certainly somewhat surprising, yes Spain was one of the biggest favourites before the tournament began but their loss to Switzerland in the first game certainly made even them seem somewhat unlikely winner. Naturally by far the biggest surprise in the final 4 is Uruguay, in fact you were able to gets odds 100+ for them before the tournament so if you are one of those few who made a bet on them before the tournament began we are sure that you are already getting pretty excited. On the other hand if you are one of those unlucky few who sold Uruguay at a betting exchange you might be feeling very different type excited. But enough with the talk here are our estimation for each of the remaining teams for winning the world cup.
Germany: 34%
As insane as it might sound Germany has once again been surprisingly good. Especially after it was obvious that Ballack would miss the world cup lot of people became really doubtful of German’s chances. But the games against Argentina and England have proven that Germany is once again real threat to everyone. If they manage to beat Spain. Muller missing the semi final might be bit of an issue, but Klose has once again proven to be great at scoring goals when it matters.
Spain: 32%
This is the first time Spain is in the semi finals in the World Cup, but with their roster they have a great chance of winning it all this time around. The reason why we rank them behind Germany is the fact that so far Spain really hasn’t played against a single really good team in this tournament.
Netherlands: 27%
In both of the playoff games the defence of Netherlands has proven to be their weak point. When this is added with the fact that especially in the game against Brazil Netherlands got really lucky (cue Felipe Melo) it should be obvious that which ever of the above two teams Netherlands meets in the final they will be rather big underdog (this is assuming they actually manage to make their way there in the first place).
Uruguay: 7%
While Suarez most likely saved the team in the quarter final by blocking the ball with has hands and by taking the red card, he also most likely made his teams job in the semi finals whole lot harder. Without a doubt the biggest Uruguay has had going for them is the Forlan Suarez duo. Now that 50% of it is missing it will be interesting to see how they will do against Netherlands in the semi finals. Uruguay will have even more problems if the FIFA decides to extend Suarez’s ban also to the possible final.
