Lionel Messi Argentina World Cup Odds: Man Of The Match?
Argentina is looking like one of the top contenders to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup and so much of that has to do with the team's top star Lionel Messi, and many gamblers are jumping on the Messi prop betting options
Sportsbetting.com was offering a host of World Cup betting props leading up to the Mexico vs. Argentina game (and all World Cup games for that matter).
With heavy action coming in on Argentina, Sportsbetting.com was expecting more wagers than usual on the team's big name star Lionel Messi. They were offering a special promo in anticipation of this likelihood, a promo that will continue throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Anyone who wagers $50 or more on any of Sportsbetting.com's World Cup prop betting options will receive a free $10.00 bet.
Lionel Messi was just better than a 3/1 odds favorite to be the first goal scorer. He was just shy of 2/1 odds to be named "Man of the Match".
ESPN.com claimed Messi as the "Best Player of the 2010 FIFA World Cup" coming into the tournament.
"Lionel Messi is the best pound-for-pound soccer player in the world, and perhaps of all time. At 22, Messi has won just about everything there is to win, both individually and in club soccer. Missing is any sort of hardware with Argentina, aside from an Olympic gold medal. Messi's game relies on its unpredictability and magnificent control of the ball, which seldom demurs to anything Messi asks it to do. Listed at a charitable 5-foot-7, he's even a good header. While transcendent with his club, Barcelona, in the last few years (his 17 goals this season are tied for the most in Spain), the knock on Messi has been that he doesn't match that dominance for Argentina. For the most part, this is blamed on Argentina manager Diego Maradona's refusal to deploy him in his natural position -- on the right, allowing him to cut in -- and posting him behind a deep striker instead. Maradona, one of the best of all time as a player, has named Messi his successor as Argentina's soccer savior, a label that has proved disastrous for all others so designated previously by Maradona."
Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com
