Confederations Cup Football : Brazil v Japan kicks off tournament as punters eye live streaming offer from firm
Its the Confederations Cup with Bet365 offering live streaming and a new free bets offer with Brazil v Japan odds available from the firm.
It should be a pulsating tournament as two of the World leaders in football come face to face in Brazil, as the firm offers plenty of markets and in play offers to keep punters happy.
The Confederations Cup gets underway and the opening game sees host nation Brazil lock horns with Japan.
This tournament sees two groups of four lock horns, with the top two in each making it through to the final four.
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Brazil are one of the front-runners for the Confederations Cup, but Japan know a result here gives them a great chance of reaching the semi-finals, so it should be an interesting encounter.
Luis Felipe Scolari will be glad that his men have a few competitive matches coming up as they have played a lot of friendlies recently due to not needing to qualify for the World Cup.
The Brazilians have lost just one of their last 15 matches and come into this game on the back of a 3-0 win over France, which would have given the squad plenty of confidence.
Scolari knows there is big pressure on him to deliver success in the next twelve months or so and someone like Neymar has to have a very good tournament in the Confederations Cup in order for Brazil to come out on top.
Barcelona’s new signing has plenty of quality and now is the time for him to shine on the big stage. Unsurprisingly, he is the favourite to break the deadlock in this one with odds of 4/1.
With matches against Italy and Mexico to come after this one, Brazil know it is going to be a tough group to get out of and starting with a win is vital. The home team are being tipped as the favourites to take all three points as they are at 3/10.
Fans are sure to make an electric atmosphere on Saturday evening and they will expect the hosts to claim a comfortable victory here. They should take the spoils, but need to be at their best.
As for Japan, they know this is going to be an extremely tough encounter as Brazil are not easy to beat at the best of times, let alone on their own turf.
The Japanese are going to have to play some very good football in order to reach the knockout stages, but they do have quality in their squad, which they proved when beating France back in October 2012.
Alberto Zaccheroni is the man in charge of this national side and he has a big job on his hands in the Confederations Cup. The Italian’s team are out at 10/1 to claim all three points on Saturday.
Japan’s big-name players need to put in a big performance against Brazil and Shinji Kagawa might prove to be the key man for the visitors. Kagawa is a 6/1 shot to score at anytime in this one and that could be good value is he is a man that knows where the back of the net is.
We should be in for an entertaining encounter here and the host nation will be looking to put on a show. All the action gets underway from 8pm on Saturday evening.
