Argentina versus Germany Saturday 7-3-2010 ABC TV World Cup Football Soccer Quarterfinal Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on June 30, 2010 by admin · No Comments

Two powers collide on the football soccer field on Saturday as Argentina and Germany meet in World Cup 2010 quarterfinal round.

Start time from Green Point Stadium in Cape Town South Africa is set for 10AM Eastern Time and you can watch it on ABC TV.

The three way regulation betting line opened with Argentina +125 favorite to win the draw comes second favorite at +215 and for a Germany victory a +220 underdog.

The handicap line came at pick with Argentina the -150 favorite to win and Germany the underdog bringing back +130.

The total opened up at 2 ½ goals with under coming in at -140 and over the underdog at +120.

The World Cup 2010 bettors came in early on the regulation three way betting line on an Argentina victory as they now return +115 to win in regulation, the draw is at +230 and for a Germany victory the underdog at +235.

The handicap line saw slight movement on an Argentina victory as the South American nation now returns -155 to win and Germany bringing back +135 as the underdog to pull out victory.

The early money from the betting public has come on the over as under 2 ½ goals returns -130 and over +110.

Argentina has been a perfect 4 wins in 4 games at World Cup 2010.

The club enters the quarterfinals off their convincing 3-1 victory against Mexico in the Round of 16 on June 27th.

Argentina opened the scoring in the 26th minute with a goal by Carlos Tevez. Gonzalo Higuain followed up in minute 33 with an Argentina goal that made it 2-0 at the half. Carlos Tevez netted his second goal of the game in the 52nd minute with a brilliant strike from distance. Javier Hernandez got Mexico’s only goal in minute 71.

Argentina controlled the ball 51% of the time and had 6 accurate shots on goal to Mexico’s 6.

Argentina’s World Cup 2010 began with the 1-0 victory against Nigeria and followed that up with the 4-1 pounding of South Korea to qualify for the knockout round. Argentina won their group following their 2-0 win against Greece.

Gonzalo Higuain leads Argentina with 4 goals in the World Cup with Carlos Tevez second at 2.

Germany has three wins and a loss in World Cup 2010.

The European nation advanced past the Round of 16 with the 4-1 pounding of their rival England.

Germany got on the board first with a goal by Miroslav Klose in the 20th minute and made it 2-0 with a goal by Lukas Podolski minute 32. England drew closer to 2-1 with a goal by Matthew Upson in minute 37. England than had an obvious goal disallowed by referee incompetence and the teams went into halftime with Germany up 2-1.

In the second half Thomas Muller got the critical third goal for Germany in minute 67 and three minutes later in the 70th it was Thomas Muller again getting the ball in the English net.

Germany controlled possession 48% of the time and had 7 accurate shots on goal to England’s 9.

Germany started their World Cup with the 4-0 pounding of Australia and 5 days later were upset 1-0 by Serbia. Germany then clinched the round of 16 and first place in their group with the 1-0 victory against second place Ghana.

Thomas Muller leads the club with 3 goals and Miroslav Klose is second with 2. Muller also has 3 assists in World Cup 2010 and Mesut Ozil 2.

Argentina and Germany met in an international friendly on February 10th of 2010 in Munich Germany and it was Argentina pulling out the 1-0 victory in front of over 65,000 Germany fans.

Germany had just 1 accurate shot on goal in defeat and Argentina just 2. Gonzalo Higuain found the net in the 45th minute in victory.

In the 2007 Copa America it was Argentina falling 3-0 to Brazil in the finals.

In the 2006 World Cup quarterfinals held in Germany it was the Germans defeating Argentina in the penalty rounds 4-2.

Germany got as far as the finals in the 2008 European Championships losing 1-0 to Spain.

It was Italy eliminating Germany from World Cup 2006 on German soil by the score of 2-0 in the semifinals.

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