Bet on Argentina - get a refund if they lose
Many supporters find it very difficult to get excited about international friendlies no matter who's in action but if there's ever a match that could drastically alter outlooks it's the one taking place in Qatar on Wednesday afternoon as Argentina face Brazil.
Neither of the great South American rivals performed as well as they expected at the World Cup and both responded by changing coach, Brazil bringing in Mano Menezes for Dunga and Argentina replacing Diego Maradona with Sergio Batista, leading to an instant improvement.
Argentina delivered the most impressive result anywhere in international football since, thumping world champions Spain 4-1, yet followed that with a 1-0 loss in Japan, while Brazil are 100 per cent and yet to concede under Menezes, having faced USA, Iran and Ukraine.
Despite Brazil having shown the greater consistency, it's Argentina who are [2.64] favourites to triumph in Doha, and though they haven't won any of the last five meetings between the sides, we fancy them to achieve a significant victory.
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Both have mixed things up and put faith in youngsters since returning from South Africa, however while several of the Brazilian new guard, such as Inter Milan's Philippe Coutinho aren't really sparkling at club level, Argentine forward Ezequiel Lavezzi is in the best form of his career at Napoli and Javier Pastore has just netted his first career hat-trick in the Sicilian derby for Palermo.
Argentina v Brazil
Kick-off: 5pm
Live on ESPN
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Published: 17 Nov 2010
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