Soccer World Cup Play: Russia vs. Algeria
“Russia is coached by coaching legend Fabio Capello who is a tactician master… His teams are always well organized especially on the defensive end, and this Russian team is no exception! In their qualification group, Russian has allowed only 5 goals in 10 games!
Usually, Russia has some problems on attack as they don’t have many offensive skillful players. Bad news happened just before the World Cup w/ their best player Roman Shirokov who is out of the competition due to injury! His absence is tremendous for this team, not only because he really is their best player (playmaker), but also because Capello doesn’t have a capable backup player to replace Shirokov.”
Their attacking problems were well noticed: just one goal scored in the first 2 games!
Once again, I expect them to struggle offensively against this well organized Algeria team. Yes, apparently it is possible for an African team to be cohesive and well organized! Unlike Russia, Algeria has some offensive power on the front and ultimately, this could be the difference maker.
I think that we are getting here the Russian team a bit overrated (almost like all European teams) and therefore, I’m taking Algeria +0.5 today.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on Algeria (+0.5) @ -112 / 1.89 on Pinnacle Sports (OR -117 / 1.85 on 5 Dimes)
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