Allow me to repeat, one more time and for the record; I suck at betting.My all or nothing bet was to double Chile to beat Colombia and then the mighty Brazil at home to beat the region's minnows, Bolivia. Sure enough Chile obliged in some style (4-0 winners) but greed got the better of me and I just had to add Brazil at 1/9 odds to put a bit of extra pzazz to the winnings. As I wrote Monday;
"The odds (for Brazil) are tiny, of course, but this is as close to an absolute certainty as is possible in futbol."
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Bolivia, playing with just 10 men for most of the second half, put on a magnificent defensive game and the result stayed at 0-0. Otto is now penniless for the October 11th next round, so I might just do myself a helicopter Ben and award myself another $100 of play money. Or i might not. For sure I'm better at stocks than futbol. But a deserved round of applause for the Bolivian team...great result, guys. Kudos.