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For those of you looking to score with the 2011 Copa America competition, how about Lionel Messi at 10 to 1 odds of being the top goal scorer. These odds were available at William Hill and pay $100 for every $10 bet or $1000 for every $100 bet.
Messi managed to lead his Argentina side to a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica. That win propels Argentina into the quarter-finals.
The daily La Nacion wrote that "Argentina threw off the shackles," while noting that "they were looking for a player to show them the way and take the initiative with personality and conviction, to set in train a collective functioning which had not existed."
Costa Rica's Diario Extra said, for its part, that Messi was simply too good.
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"So you wanted to play with Messi?" was how the paper framed a picture of the Barcelona star, ball at his feet, slaloming past four Costa Ricans.
"La Pulga (the flea - Messi's nickname) made us look pretty bad.”
Sergio Aguero (7/4 odds) and Radmael Falcao (5/1 odds) each have a shorter price than Messi of being the top scorers at this year's Copa America.
- Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com
