Olympic - Soccer

Who Will Get the Gold Medal (Men Category)??
The favorite will be Brazil and Argentina.

In this Olympic game, the champion will likely be between Brazil and Argentina. They indeed send some great and world-class players such as Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Juan Riquelme (Boca Junior), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Ronaldinho (AC Milan), Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Diego (Werder Bremen) and Lucas (Liverpool). All these players play for Top Europe Clubs. Hopefully the final will be between Brazil and Argentina and then it will be more interesting.

Meanwhile, between Brazil and Argentina, who will be the champion, my bet will be on Argentina, it is due to the players are more experienced and key players at their respective teams such as Lionel Messi and Juan Riquelme. Although Brazil still hasn't concede any goals and score total of 9 goals, this is because they still haven't meet other strong teams.

Match Prediction (13 August 2008):
Argentina vs Serbia - Argentina Win : Correct [2-0]
Ivory Coast vs Australia - Ivory Coast Win : Correct [1-0]
Holland vs Japan - Draw : Wrong [1-0]
Nigeria vs United States - Draw : Wrong [2-1]
China vs Brazil - China Win : Wrong [0-3]
New Zealand vs Belgium - Draw : Wrong [0-1]
Cameroon vs Italy - Draw : Correct [0-0]
Korea Republic vs Honduras - Korea Win : Correct [1-0]

Latest Result (12 August 2008):
Brazil vs Cameroon [2-0]
Italy vs Belgium [2-3]
Argentina vs Holland [2-1]
Nigeria vs Ivory Coast [2-0]

It is sad not to watch the match between Brazil and Argentina in the final for gold medal. I will bet on Argentina to win the match. Both team experienced difficulties in qualifying to the semi-final by facing physical strength (Cameroon) and skillful and organizing (Holland). The underdog will be Belgium that surprised everyone by qualified for the semi-final.

Match Result (Third Place):
Belgium vs Brazil [0-3]

Match Result (First Place):
Nigeria vs Argentina [0-1]

As predicted earlier, Argentina win the Gold medal. They truly deserve to win the Gold medal because of player quality in their team.

Who Will Get the Gold Medal (Women Category)??
The favorite will be China and Norway.

Match Prediction (12 August 2008):
China vs Argentina - China Win : Correct [2-0]
Sweden vs Canada - Draw : Wrong [2-1]
Nigeria vs Brazil - Brazil Win : Correct [1-3]
North Korea vs Germany - Germany Win : Correct [0-1]
Norway vs Japan - Norway Win : Wrong [1-5]
United States vs New Zealand - US Win : Correct [4-0]

Latest Result (15 August 2008):
Brazil vs Norway [2-1]
United States vs Canada [2-1]
China vs Japan [0-2]
Sweden vs Germany [0-2]

I quite disappoint that China loss the match to Japan. Then it seems like the favorite to win the gold medal will be Brazil or United States. I will bet on the final will be between United States and Brazil and I will bet on United States on that match.

Latest Result (18 August 2008):

Brazil vs Germany [4-1]

Japan vs United States [2-4]

Latest Result (21 August 2008):

Brazil vs United States [0-1]

It seems like Brazil women team also unable to win a gold medal for the Brazil after the man had failed. United States truly deserves to win the gold as predicted.