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World Cup Free Picks – Slovakia vs. Paraguay Line

Matt martz takes a look at the Round 1 – fixture #2 World Cup of soccer 2010 matchup between Slovakia vs. Paraguay. Plus check out the winning prediction, and live betting lines…

Paraguay vs Slovakia World Cup 2010 Betting Picks + Odds

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Group F Gambling Predictions

Matchup: Slovakia vs. Paraguay
Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010
Time: 7:00 AM EST
Venue: Bloemfontein
TV: ESPN (in USA)

World Cup Fixture Game 2 Odds: Paraguay -105 / Slovakia +300 / Draw +220
BET ON Slovakia vs. Paraguay HERE

With a draw against the defending champions Italy, Paraguay has found themselves locked in a four-way tie in their group, with next match opponents Slovakia, who controlled most of their group opener before conceding a late goal to draw with rank underdogs New Zealand.

Paraguay should, on paper, be the better team, but there is still some room for Slovakia to upset them, making this an intriguing match.

New Zealand defender Winston Reid scored in the dying seconds to earn a 1-1 draw with Slovakia. Robert Vittek had put Slovakia in front five minutes after halftime in what had been a fairly pedestrian contest.

He scored when he met a diagonal Stanislav Sestak cross with a powerful header.

It was a rare moment of quality in a dreary game during which New Zealand, using a 3-4-3 formation, largely frustrated the cautious Slovaks who appeared reinvigorated after advice at the interval about how to approach the second half.

The Slovaks lifted their tempo and pushed forward more aggressively to open second half play and gave New Zealand few chances to regain a foothold in the game, their superior technique and movement giving them control and extended periods of possession.

Paraguay meanwhile, had no need to fear the Italians and they didn’t, producing a nicely disciplined and hard-working display to keep the Italians largely beyond the penalty area.

The game had wandered through almost an entire half of error-filled, unimaginative play before exploding into life. Aureliano Torres swung in a hopeful free kick from wide on the right but Alcaraz showed great determination to make it his, rising early and high above Fabio Cannavaro to power his header beyond Gianluigi Buffon.

It was a stunning blow for the Italians, who had looked completely untroubled until that point, albeit without ever looking remotely like scoring themselves. They were forced to bring on substitute goalkeeper Federico Marchetti at halftime and scrambled to a 1-1 draw against cool and calm Paraguay.

Paraguay is a somewhat underrated team by most, but do possess the skills to beat teams that are ranked much higher. After their impressive bout with the Italians, I can certainly see them beating Slovakia.

Slovakia vs. Paraguay Free Pick

Therefore my prediction is 1-0 Paraguay.

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Matt Martz is a sportswriter for the Bakersfield Californian located in Central California.

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