A sports event that neither team wants to play happened on Saturday in South Africa with Germany favored in World Cup betting at the sports books over Uruguay.



Neither team had a possibility at winning the World Cup any longer and both teams were arriving from semifinal losses in the World Cup. However, 3rd place is better than not placing whatsoever, so there was still an element of victory involved in this game.

Sports Books online World Cup odds list Germany as greater than a 2-1 fave. Germany was a -240 fave on the money line to beat Uruguay. Germany was -140, Uruguay was +360 and the Draw was +260 on the 3-way line. The total on the game is 2.5 with the over at -140.

With an exciting 3-2 victory over Uruguay, Germany took 3rd place at the World Cup for the 2nd championship back to back Saturday.

Germany was the better of the 2 squads. Uruguay was not supposed to be this far anyhow, so it’s little surprise that they lost. Both teams got essential competitors back for this game. Uruguay got striker Luis Suarez back after he was suspended for the loss to the Netherlands while Germany got Thomas Mueller back from suspension. And lucky for them that they did, because Mueller not only provided Germany their 1st goal in the game, he attained his fifth World Cup goal in the process. Both the sought after Golden Boot as well as the “Young Player of the World Cup” award concluded up going to Mueller as a result of that goal.

Germany’s young team was missing five regulars because of injury and illness, including striker Miroslav Klose, who was away with an aching back. Germany was also missing defender and captain Philipp Lahm and forward Lukas Podolski, who were down with the flu. Uruguay’s Forlan still was able to make a goal for his team despite the fact that he has said that he has a thigh strain and that fatigue is affecting his performance.

Generally in sporting tournaments when a team loses in the playoffs, they’re out and do not play again. In the World Cup, that is not the situation. The World Cup should do the same as the NCAA, which got rid of the 3rd place competition long ago in the NCAA Tournament. Neither team wants to be there so it’s challenging to handicap the game because it’s all a matter of motivation. Germany has more talent and they were favored, but that was never a guarantee of a victory on Saturday. Uruguay had hopes of beating Germany for the 1st time in 82 years, but that basically did not take place. Alternatively, Germany ended in the top three for the 11th time in World Cup history.

Uruguay’s Forlan remained positive by proclaiming that Uruguay still exceeded expectations. He brought up that it’s amazing to be on the list of top 4, and had anyone asked them if they’d like that at the start of the World Cup, they would have. It’s surely something to be happy with that the team performed above and beyond what was expected of them.


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