World Cup Results: Tournament favourites Brazil bite the dust

Betfacts / Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 02 July 2010 / Leave a comment Free £25 Bet

High as a Kuyt. The Dutch players' confidence will be at an all-time high after knocking out Brazil

Wesley Sneijder engineered a superb comeback for the Netherlands that caused Brazil to crash out at the quarter-final stage....

"An uncharacteristic mistake from the normally reliable Brazilian keeper Julio Cesar gifted the Orange an equaliser before a Wesley Sneijder header from a corner shocked football fans and punters alike and proved enough to see the outsiders through..."

The Betfair World Cup winner market has lost its favourite as Brazil crashed out at the quarter-final stages at the hands of the Netherlands. Robinho opened the scoring after being matched at [10.0] and it all looked like plain sailing for "Sergeant" Dunga's troops who traded at just [1.23] on the match odds market.

An uncharacteristic mistake from the normally reliable Brazilian keeper Julio Cesar gifted the Orange an equaliser before a Wesley Sneijder header from a corner shocked football fans and punters alike and proved enough to see the outsiders through, a task made easier after Juventus midfielder Felipe Melo was sent off for a stamp on Arjen Robben shortly after the second goal.

The Netherlands were matched at [48.0] on the match odds market, at [9.4] on the "to qualify" market and at [55.0] to be behind at the break and winning at 90 minutes; Sneijder was matched at [19.0] to be the match's last scorer.

Dirk Kuyt and co now share favouritism with Spain to go all the way, at odds of [3.4], though backers of Brazil's victors may consider themselves to be in a better position given that Spain still need to beat Paraguay if they are to make the final four. If they do sweep Paraguay aside, Vicente Del Bosque's team will have to play the winner of the eagerly awaited Germany v Argentina clash.

Tags: Brazil lost, Brazil out of World Cup, Dirk Kuyt, Dunga manager, Maicon, Netherlands squad, Wesley Sneijder