| Brazil vs Belgium Bronze Medal Prediction |
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| Written by Scott Burgess | |||||||
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Thursday, 21 August 2008
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 Brazil’s Men’s Soccer team has one more chance at an Olympic Medal, Friday August 22, when they face Belgium for the bronze medal. Brazil lost 0-3 to Argentina while Belgium lost 1-4 to Nigeria. Oddsmakers at BetUS.com has Brazil as -225 moneyline favorites over Belgium (+500) with the over/under listed at 2 ½ goals. Get your Brazil vs Belgium Bronze Medal Prediction in now at BetUS.comBrazil entered the Olympics hoping for a gold medal, which they’ve never won, and they have nothing but pressure on their shoulders. The five time World Cup winners have two silver medals, 1984 and 1988, and a bronze in 1996. They were beaten out of the gold medal final in 1996 by Nigeria who went on to win gold that year. Even their opponent Belgium has a gold medal in Olympic Soccer. In Brazil’s first group play they beat Belgium 1-0, in prior meetings before Beijing they met four times in an international event. Brazil throttled their European counterparts 10-0 at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Malaysia 1997, won 2-0 after extra time in the Round of 16 at Korea/Japan 2002. Brazil beat Belgium 2-0 in the first-stage elimination round of the 2002 World Cup, a tournament that Brazil eventually won. Brazil is 4-0 SU against Belgium and they’ve outscored them 14-0. Belgium coach Jean-Francois de Sart, believes that his team have a decent shot against the South Americans. Obviously, we're obliged to play a losing semi-finalist," said the coach the morning after the 4-1 defeat to Nigeria. "I would have much rather been playing a team who win, but we've already played Brazil, so I'm quite pleased we're playing them again. Brazil couldn't find a way through against our defensive system and there were periods of the game that I thought we were better than them." Brazil vs Belgium Bronze Medal Prediction When: Friday, August 22, 2008 4:00 AM ET Line: BetUS.com Pick: Brazil -225 Point-Spreads.com Brazil vs Belgium Bronze Medal Prediction – Brazil -225 The Bottom Line: Brazil must win a bronze medal to save face; if they don’t there will be hell to pay. Get your Brazil vs Belgium Bronze Medal Prediction in now at BetUS.com and receive a 10% sign-up bonus on your initial deposit!                        |
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| Last Updated ( Friday, 22 August 2008 ) | |||||||