ENGLAND continued their World Cup warm-up with another underwhelming performance on Wednesday night as they laboured to a 2-2 draw against Ecuador.
The Three Lions’ biggest positive was winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who then got injured and looks set to be out for the foreseeable future with suspected knee ligament damage.
Roy Hodgson’s men face Honduras on Saturday before a seven-day break ahead of their Group D opener against Italy.
If you thought England’s performance and result against Ecuador was below par, the Italians drew 1-1 with minnows Luxembourg in Perugia!
And it’s fair to say that boss Cesare Prandelli is far from an Italian hero at this point, especially with Giuseppe Rossi’s grandfather!
Striker Rossi has been battling back from five months out with injury and played in the recent friendly with Ireland. However, the Fiorentina man couldn’t convince the national boss that he would be fit and raring to go in Brazil and was left out of the squad.
“Prandelli has made the biggest farce of his career, he has betrayed Rossi and did not live to convene a player like my granddson who is in excellent health,” said Giusepper’s granddad Bruno Petrocelli.
“I will not be rooting for Italy, in that there are national traitors.”
The Italians are slight favourites but as we all know, openers at the World Cups can be nervy affairs and with the hot conditions sapping energy quickly, a bore draw could be a savvy bet according to England v Italy World Cup tips.
Daniel Sturridge enjoyed a terrific season with Liverpool and is most appealing to people who enjoy dipping into the first goalscorer market.
Mario Balotelli, of ‘Why Always Me?’ fame looks the best bet to get on the scoresheet for Italy, especially as the former Manchester City man is on penalties.
Placing your bets with a firm which offers bore-draw insurance on losing bets is also recommended for this match.
