Portugal is ready for the Confederations Cup and they are coming to this tournament with their best squad. Portugal’s captain and Real Madrid’s star Cristiano Ronaldo is really confident and ready for another trophy after an incredible season – EURO 2016 winner, La Liga winner, Champions League winner. It’s the 1st time Portugal are fighting for the Confederations Cup trophy are they are amongst the favourites on winning the tournament. But let me tell you a secret: Cristiano Ronaldo is not the only good player from Portugal’s squad. We have AC Milan’s Andre Silva, Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva, Barcelona’s Andre Gomes, Dortmund’s Raphael Guerreiro, Real Madrid’s Pepe. Portugal has scored 22 goals and conceded just one in their last six matches. So we have all the reasons to believe that Portugal can perform at their highest level and win the trophy. Portugal is playing in Group A against Mexico, Russia, and New Zealand. On paper, Portugal has the best squad in all the fields and they should win all three matches and qualify in the semi-finals from the 1st place.
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Portugal vs. Mexico kicks-off on Sunday being the 2nd fixture of the competition. Mexico will be no pushovers but Portugal is highly motivated and determined to start with a victory. Mexico has lost only one of their last 13 international fixtures and they are one step away from World Cup 2018 in Russia. Mexico qualified for the Confederations Cup by winning a playoff against team USA. They are coming in Russia with their best squad. Players like Leverkusen’s top scorer Javier Hernandez (Chicharito), La Galaxy’s Giovani dos Santos and Real Sociedad’s Carlos Vela can always make the difference and solve Mexico’s games. Mexico won the Confederations Cup on their turf in 1999 and they always are a team to watch.
Portugal has won each of their last two mutual encounters against Mexico and has lost just two of their last 17 international fixtures. Both teams are capable and have the necessary skills to find the back of the net and contribute on the scoreboard so the “both teams to score” in the match priced at 1.85 with BetVictor is a great bet. We all like Cristiano Ronaldo’s chances of scoring in Sunday’s game and he is priced at 2.05 to be anytime goalscorer.
We expect a thrilling match with a great performance from both teams but we believe that Portugal’s should have too much for Mexico, keep their momentum from last summer and win the three points. We also expect goals so one of our picks is coming from the goals market.
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