World Cup / Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 05 July 2010 / Leave a comment Bet Now View Market

Germany stun Argentina's team of superstars and set up showdown with either Spain or Paraguay...

This young German side of Jogi Low continues to stun football fans around the world, and a fair few punters in the process. 'Die Mannshcaft' were backed at a high of [3.6] on Betfair to beat Argentina inside 90 minutes but there was far greater carnage than that on some of the other markets after they romped to a 4-0 win over the much-fancied Argentina of Diego Maradona.

They were backed at [4.8] to keep a clean sheet against the free-scoring South Americans, at [7.2] to be leading at half-time and winning at full-time and at [7.8] to win to nil. The correct score market was the one that saw the most extraordinary price being matched with the "any unquoted" (either team to score four or more goals) touching odds of [100.0], hardly surprising given that it was just 1-0 after 67 minutes.

This run to the semis is a remarkable turn of events for a side who came into this tournament riddled with problems including allegations of in-fighting, discontent over the manager's alleged pay demands, injuries to key players such as Michael Ballack and the fact they had been drawn in an extremely tough group made up of Ghana, Serbia and Australia. All of which explains why they went into this tournament at around the [17.0] mark despite having a fantastic pedigree in the World Cup. Argentina were matched at a low of [4.8].

Miroslav Klose's two goals in the game mean that despite a torrid time at Bayern Munich this season, he is right up there at the top of the goalscoring charts once again. The lanky striker is on four goals alongside David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Gonzalo Higuain and Robert Vittek with only the first two still left in the competition. Klose is the [5.2] second-favourite behind [2.0] David Villa, who plays tonight. His side are [3.2] to win yet another World Cup.