World Cup 2010 Betting - Eleven Places Booked Twenty One Vacant

Eleven of the thirty two coveted places for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa have now been booked leaving twenty one vacant. Many teams are very close to making qualification a mathematical certainty, but some big names are struggling to make the party. Portugal, led by the world's most expensive player, Cristiano Ronaldo, kept their hopes alive with a win over Hungary in Group 1, but must repeat the result on October 10th in Lisbon, then beat Malta in Guimaraes, and hope Denmark and Sweden slip up in their two remaining fixtures, one of which sees them face each other in a key Scandinavian Derby.

After four defeats from their last five World Cup qualifiers, Argentina are close to the unthinkable - not qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. Diego Maradona's side were lacking in ideas as they lost away to Paraguay, and must now beat both Peru and Uruguay in October, to stand a chance of restoring pride in the famous footballing nation. Brazil and Paraguay are safely through from the South American group, where four teams progress automatically and the fifth place team plays-off against the fourth placed team from North, Central American and Caribbean.