The Two Robbies Daily: Rice to score and Colombia's false start!
Robbie Earle and Kyle Martino break down England's performance after putting four past Croatia and debate whether Declan Rice can find the back of the net in their upcoming clash against Ghana. Plus, the guys discuss what to expect from Cristiano Ronaldo following Portugal's stuttering start, and analyze if Luis Diaz can still spark a tournament turnaround for Colombia despite their early stumble.
Video Transcript
Welcome to the Two Robbies Daily, where we look forward to some great games coming up in the tournament.
So England/Ghana coming up.
England put four goals past Croatia, but it wasn't a perfect performance, Cal.
Things still to do for, for Thomas Tuchel?
Yeah, I mean, in balance, and obviously you wanna go deep in the tournament, I think clean sheets are gonna be incredibly important.
They're going up against a team in Ghana that against Panama got a clean sheet.
So, you know, Rice, his midfield presence, obviously important to make sure that they, in transition, can't break between the lines, but Rice also bombing forward.
So Rice to score or assist England to win, plus 149.
I mean, if it was the Arsenal, I would say I'll- Yeah I would take this bet, but we'll see if Rice can, get it done this game.
Mr. L, Portugal versus Uzbekistan.
I feel like the tournament has seen GOATs.
Yeah.
It's seen stars.
Mm-hmm.
Is it waiting for Ronaldo?
It is waiting for Ronaldo, and I think the big question is, will he start the game?
There's a lot of pressure on Roberto Martinez, but you'd have to say whether he starts or whether he comes off the bench, he's always good value for goal.
And Ronaldo to get the first goal in the game is plus 230.
If he starts.
Colombia versus Congo.
Interesting game for both teams who really need the win to make sure of getting through to the knockout stages.
Colombia have been a, an interesting watch, I felt, during, during the tournament so far, Cal.
I But for me, a little bit of a false start.
I don't think we've seen the best of Colombia yet.
I remember watching them in qualifiers and leading up to the tournament.
I went to the match when they, played Mexico in Dallas- Yeah in that beautiful stadium.
Yeah.
And I mean, it, it, it is a team for me that I would say is the favorite dark horse- Yeah but just hasn't really kicked into that gear where they're irresistible.
But they say, don't they, you play your way into tournaments, and Colombia could well be doing that.
And here's an interesting one for you.
If you wanna sort of stay around this game, for both teams to score, for Luis Diaz to score for Colombia and Colombia win the game, that's plus 464.
I, I'd go for that.
Yeah, you like that?
Yeah, definitely.
