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We will have some international friendly matches starting tomorrow, on FIFA dates, in addition to the European World Cup qualifiers

Is anyone here going to watch or bet?
There are some interesting matches tomorrow

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Source (https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/league/fifa.friendly)

Of course I'll be watching Brazil's game  :D
The odds for a win are 1.51

It might also be interesting to watch the US game to see if they're playing well against stronger teams

I could have gambling on them, I mean I could have love to place some bet but I have already reached max expense of gambling for the week, although after this week then I may map out funds to continue gambling. You know as a responsible gambler it's always good to set limits to gamble and not gambling out of allocated funds to gamble. Gambling is fun and of course some people often take loan to gamble when they don't have any funds available for them, so if there were to be available fund then I wouldn't be that hesitant to place bet on few countries here.

I usually see and place bet from time to time in international friendly matches but not all the time. Though I do follow Japan for quite some time now and based on the adds against Paraguay I'm pretty sure Japan would take over considering that Paraguay doesn't score at least 1 on their 5 previous matches. The 1.70 odds for me for 1x2 is pretty low, I'll probably do a custom bet/combo bet and add a total score of under 2.5 though since it's not an official league for me the players were sometimes experimenting or doing things to improve their strategy resulting in unpredictable results, that's why I'm keeping my bet at a minimum.

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I'm totally surprised to see Brazil humiliated South Korea at South Korea's home. I mean, take a look with their history, Brazil are inconsistent, sometime they win, sometime draw and sometime lose. While South Korea are more consistent, they rarely lose.

But, in this match it goes opposite, South Korea really can't do anything.

Rodrygo play as an attacking midfield in this match and all the forwards perform well.

I'm not surprised at all. I guess Carlo Ancelotti has been holding on to this particular tactics the entire time the players were away, busy representing their clubs across Europe and other regions. South Korea are actually one of the best, if not the best as far as Asian football is concerned. But playing against one of the top sides in South America, with so many stars, was certainly going to be a tough one for them.

Brazil will meet another Asian side(Japan) next, while South Korea will face another South America side (Paraguay). Seems their plan is to play each during this international break.

There's indeed a reason why they were given such odd against south Korea. Even though south Korea are also formidable and they have home advantage they are were still no match for Brazil. The game was not really interesting to watch because it south Korea didn't make that game challenging at all, losing 5 nil is quite embarrassing. This was a good win for Brazil they seem to be in a good form

Well you have a very different perception of Brazil away from me because firstly, after reading throught the thread first thing that came into my mind was, Brazil was going to win regardless of the home. I knew Brazil as a very strong football based country and they have much of skilleb players so wining South Korea is not something that hits as a surprise to me.

Perhaps OP, its weekend people will be home watching so definitely most of us will be watching and not just watching we will be placing some bets too.

If I have time, I might make time to watch this friendly match --- because it's a little less interesting.

To bet? No... better to wait for the league to start.

Sometimes these friendly matches are difficult to predict because they are only for fun or charity so no one takes them seriously, and the odds may change or be different from usual.

I forgot I had rdluffy and his LatAm threads going on, but friendlies, no, I have to put my foot down when it comes to casual watching haha. I mean, I even detest Nations League, so much so I might even dislike friendlies more than before.

That said, show me a friendly with some weird 20/1 underdog that is normally 5/1 on a competitive match and you just might find me throwing a few coins at it ;)

(yes, for real, show me if you guys find it!)

I was expecting them to win but since it was in their home country I was expecting a easier result. I think this was a bit too much for a friendly match, but who knows maybe 5-0 was Brazil holding out on them because it was a friendly game.  :o

I think it can be nice if you have some time to kill and need to rest. It is more relaxing to watch these games because the stakes are low and since we are more likely not to be betting on them anyway we don't really care who wins. It is entertaining to see what happens and even more so if something very unexpected happens.

What is the particular reason why you don't watch them? I understand not wanting to bet with them but why have such a strong stance?  :o

There is no point of comparison. Brazil is on the most difficult continent in terms of World Cup qualifiers or national club events. It is incomparable with South Korea. On paper, it may seem that South Korea is more consistent, but it is who they are measured against that gives you that illusion. On the other hand, Brazil is always measuring itself against strong teams, which makes its history a more or less irregular path.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting this game to turn out this way, south Korea didn't make an attempt to score, brazil dominated the game all through even though they haven't really been in their best form...rodrygo, vinicus  and estevao really did well, their performance today made it possible for brazil to win south Korea proudly on their home ground...I hope that they will keep on improving in performance

For me I expected more goals in the match but I was sure that Brazil was going to win the match and I expected them to make more than 5 goals in the end, let say they score 7 goals and the South Korean team  make like 1 goal records, so that their will at least have one goal record in the match.

Great topic, @rdluffy. A lot of people (myself included) are kind of out of touch with the schedule for friendly matches, and those games can offer some good opportunities to bet and make some money. One match I’m keeping an eye on is Argentina versus Venezuela.

Even though there are some interesting matches there, to be honest I would avoid betting on any of the matches here.

It's not without reason, but we all know that when it comes to friendly matches there's bound to be a lot of disappointment if we try to bet on them considering that we all understand that these friendly matches are just used as a testing ground.
In fact these national team friendly matches aren't much different from conference leagues or even preseason matches for some clubs as their purpose is simply to see how ready they are for competition.  And of course we know this situation is created to build chemistry for the biggest events especially for some clubs that are already preparing for the World Cup, which is getting closer and closer.

So I don't want to get my hopes up, let alone bet because I just want to relax and enjoy watching.

I'm having trouble understanding why friendlies are so low-scoring.
For example, Argentina fielded a full squad, but only scored one goal against Venezuela.
Some betting sites didn't even offer odds on over 1.5 goals, but the match ended 1-0.
Messi wasn't in the squad, but Argentina fielded a full squad.

Teams are more comfortable attacking in friendlies and focus more on scoring. I don't know if I'm wrong.

Friendly matches are indeed difficult to predict in terms of the score—or let's just say that Argentina is having trouble scoring many goals despite fielding a great squad. :D

But can you see South Korea vs Brazil scoring a lot of goals? There's nothing wrong with that, but the results are very different, right?

Perhaps the bookmakers already knew that Argentina would win, so they only offered odds of no more than 1.5.

This is a reason why I don't like betting on friendly games. Of course, everybody knew Brazil were the favourite, but South Korea should have at least gotten a goal. Friendly matches are always very unpredictable. Teams don't play like they play in competitive games. Brazil has not been conceding in their previous matches, but they've not been able to score a lot either. South Korea, on the other hand, do concede, but they mostly score, so I placed both teams to score on that game, but South Korea could get a goal.
I usually don't bet on friendly games, and I don't think I would be doing it again.

Bro, this is South Korea who ever beat Germany in 2018.

Everyone know Brazil is a popular country in football, but in this generation they only have the legacy, their squad aren't as strong as expected. They lost against Bolivia and Paraguay which is shame.

Japan is also strong, but they don't have a good history, Brazil high likely will win again.

Chelsea new boy Willam Estevao is having a great week, after scoring the decisive goal for Chelsea against Liverpool he now netted 2 goals for Brazil against South Korea. Chelsea have a gem on their hand, the boy always look very dangerous when he have the ball on his feet.

I really enjoyed the game between Brazil and South Korean, the samba boys really dominated the game, scoring 5 goals. Estevao, Vinicius and rodrygo all were on the score sheet. I think if this 3 play more together they will cause problems in the World Cup.

I think In the coming World Cup Brazil will do great, they are looking very sharp, and always dominating most of the games they played so far.

And these were the results:

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Today there are still:

Grenada vs. Cuba
Mexico vs. Colombia

Tomorrow:
Malta vs. Bosnia

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Obviously, these are friendly matches and may not be of interest to everyone, but they are a good way to follow the teams before the World Cup, as these matches are intended to test the teams that are already in the World Cup, such as Brazil, Colombia, the United States, Canada, etc
But even playing "for real", pretty hard to predict

And these friendly matches also allow national coaches to test some strategies. From what I see in the case of the Brazilian national team, the coach purposely placed Rodrygo in the center and Vinicius Jr. on the left side to show that when Rodrygo plays in the center position, he can get good results. I could be wrong, but it seemed to me that this is a message to the new Real Madrid coach, who has been sitting Rodrygo on the bench and rarely plays at least 45 minutes. I don't know to what extent the Real Madrid coach will take Rodrygo's statements seriously.


https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1976942270982373718

Seeing how the Real Madrid coach acts, I won't be surprised if he puts Rodrygo in the center position in the attack to see if he will really have good results and if he doesn't show good results, he will stay on the bench longer than the current one.

This is my main reason why I often skip betting on friendly matches, as most of them end in disappointment. For example, in Argentina vs Venezuela, even though they won, the narrow score was a surprise.

This was also a surprise. Who would have thought South Korea would lose so badly and not even score a single goal, which shouldn't have happened considering they have players who play in European leagues.

These friendly matches are really hard to predict. Coaches usually like to experiment with different tactics and players, stepping away from the usual pattern we’re used to seeing. But hey, @rdluffy, did you place any bets on these games? Share the results with us :D

We know that Brazil is far ahead of south Korea on papers and even withe their squad depth and strength but I do not think there was a comparison here it was only an expression of how they have felt about  this particular game, because we know if it were to be countries like England it would have been different but here 5-0 is a show of superiority which will call some attention and raise some expressions too.

Mexico's national team suffered a heavy defeat:

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Mexico had 10 shots and only 2 were on target and they didn't score any goals. I know it's a friendly match, but conceding 4 goals was too much. I know the Colombian national team has Luis Diaz, but even so, Mexico could have at least tried harder in this match to have managed to score at least 1 goal. Anyway, from what I'm seeing, this Mexico team won't be able to beat strong opponents from Europe and South America. Any strong opponent that has to play against Mexico will be very happy because they will be guaranteed 3 points.

Mexico is no match for Columbia, there is a huge difference in quality of players and team. I think this is a friendly that is why the scoreline was just four, if it were to be a major match then it might be more.
The Mexican team has lost it down the years, they aren't what they use to be anymore and it may just keep getting worse for then but things are looking very bright for Colombia football team.

It's all about concentration, man. Players can't push themselves too hard because it's a friendly. To avoid injury problems, they just go out there and feel like they've trained hard.
Sometimes managers try players in places they've never played before.
This negatively impacts the football on the pitch.

Brazil is in the Far East for friendly matches.
They scored five goals in the friendly against South Korea.
They face Japan on Tuesday. I expect this match to be a high-scoring one.
Even though it's a friendly, Brazil takes matches seriously and scores as many goals as they can. If you're betting, I recommend the Japan-Brazil match.

Today is another beautiful day for our 2026 UEFA World Cup Qualifier Games, and we have got 7 games in total to be played today, so who do you think will win against this today's game listed below.

Northern Ireland vs Germany
Slovakia vs Luxembourg
Slovenia vs Switzerland
Sweden vs Kosovo
Iceland vs France
Ukraine vs Azerbaijan
North Mecedonia vs Kazakhstan
Wales vs Belgium

Your predictions will be highly appreciated on this list of today's game

I just lost $50 betting on Brazil against Japan  >:( >:( >:(
I bet before the game, Brazil was up 2x0 at halftime
I was already happy that I was going to win the bet

I went to work, and when I got there, I saw that Brazil had lost to Japan 3-2

I don't even know what to say about this team anymore
Not even Ancelotti is managing to do anything.

They beat Korea 5x0, but then they just got beaten by Japan

Sorry about that, mate.
What Japan did in this game is what I expected South Korea to do: Score at least a goal. That was my bet in that game, and I lost. I was very convinced that South Korea would score at least a goal, so I played both teams to score, but I lost. Because of that game, I decided not to bet on friendly matches again, and now Japan has played exactly what I would have predicted if I had placed any bet, making me reconsider my decision of never betting on friendly games.

I never expected Japan to win; I felt it would be a win for Brazil, but I expected Japan to score. Now, not only did they score 3 goals, but they also won the match.
Brazil has not been convincing, and I doubt Ancelotti will return them to the Brazil everybody fears. I don't even feel they have the squad for that.
I might just give friendly matches one more try.

Thanks!
I'm on such a bad losing streak that I think I'm to blame for the defeat because I bet on Brazil, hahaha

Your bet should have worked out, Korea should have scored a goal
The Korean team is good, they had a great World Cup in 2022, but they played very poorly against Brazil

An interesting fact is that it was the first time Brazil lost to Japan in history
On the very day I bet...  ::) ::) ::)

That's the good thing in friendly matches, they don't have much pressure on themselves. So whether they put their best foot forward or not, is not very big deal. But this will be their good playing ground to know where their teammates are, learn more about their strengths and weaknesses and so come with the actual game - they can really work harmoniously inside the field as they know better about their team. So for me, friendly matches are actually good for the audience as well as the team itself. But when it comes to betting, just bet using what you can afford, if you do really want to bet. But for the sake of watching it, you don't need to really place your bet.

i was really surprised watching brasil match today. this team used to be the number 1 in the world but now they lose to smaller teams. in the previous match they beat south korea 5-0, so i thought today they would win just like before. but they lost at the last moment. after neymar left this team has become very weak. i feel bad for you too, losing a match that was almost won. I still can not believe that Japan actually managed to beat brasil. i hope they do not repeat these mistakes in the future and triy to play better. it hurts the most when we lose a match that we should have win. better luck next time bro.

Mexico football team performance was not good in last match as they did only 1 goal against Ecuador national football team and opponent team also did 1 goal in this match and there was no difference between these teams . That was a friendly match but stats of Mexico team was good in this match and shots of that team were more in this match and these 13 and only 4 shots were on target and possession percentage of that team was also brilliant in this match which was 54 percent and opponent team possession was only 46 percent in this match and and passes of Ecuador national team were very low in this match but that team defense was strong and that was the reason they became successful to draw this match.