World Cup Results: Germany suffer setback

Betfacts / Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 18 June 2010 / Leave a comment Free £25 Bet

Klose is sent off

Unexpected defeat throws Germans back into Group D mix

"Serbia were matched at [330.0] going into the game, but are now in to [80.0]."

After Spain and France, Germany became the third side from amongst the pre-tournament favourites to suffer a defeat in the group stages of the World Cup after going 1-0 down at the hands of Serbia.

The sending off of 2006 Golden Boot winner Miroslav Klose in the first-half was the pivotal moment of the game and a result for those who had taken [4.5] on any sending off in the match. Prior to that, Serbia had been matched at [7.6] and if Klose's dismissal didn't already make that a good bet, Milan Jovanovic's goal on the stroke of half-time certainly did. The Liverpool-bound winger was matched at [25.0] to open the scoring whilst Serbia to be leading at half-time was backed at 13. 1-0 final score was matched at [11.0].

The happiest punters of all though may be those who bought the bookings at around [50.0] prior to kick-off. With Klose's sending-off plus a further seven bookings in the match the total make-up was a massive 105. Germany are out to [11.5] to win the World Cup from a low of [8.0], which is what they were trading at prior to kick-off. Serbia, who were matched at [330.0] going into the game, but are now in to [80.0].

Later in the day Slovenia and USA battled to a 2-2 draw in a topsy-turvy game.

Slovenia leapt into a 1-0 lead and made it 2-0 by half-time. At that point they hit at a low of [1.15] on the exchange but in a sensational comeback USA scored two unanswered goals to reward backers of the draw at [10.0]. The 2-2 final score was backed at [34.0].

Tags: Germany, Slovenia, USA, World Cup