{"id":5513,"date":"2026-06-25T14:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:45:57","slug":"the-friendly-wager-back-pulisic-ronaldo-to-go-big-in-group-finales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5513","title":{"rendered":"The Friendly Wager: Back Pulisic, Ronaldo To Go Big In Group Finales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>We\u2019re two weeks into the Friendly Wager and one night away from Mexico officially winning Group A (-140) and cashing another ticket. Because the World Cup\u2019s primary tiebreaker is head-to-head record, it\u2019s impossible for South Korea to leap over <i>El Tri.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Rejoice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>In case you missed it, there was <i>another <\/i>opportunity to bet Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi to all score multiple goals earlier this week and they delivered again. We touched on that angle last week and surprise,\u00a0surprise, history repeated itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>If only I pulled the trigger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Reminder, FOX Sports is your home for all things World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Without further ado \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><i>This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <\/i><i><u>Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/u><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Friendly Wager Record:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>1-3, +0.8<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>United States vs. T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Will Christian Pulisic score Thursday against T\u00fcrkiye (Getty Images)?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Maybe you\u2019ve heard the USA doesn\u2019t have much to play for on Thursday night against the Turks, but it sounds like star player Christian Pulisic will be available. The Americans\u2019 marquee man missed the second game of group play with a calf injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>FOX Sports\u2019 Jenny Taft caught up with Pulisic on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;I\u2019m feeling great,&#8221; Pulisic said. &#8220;The team is feeling great, and I\u2019ve been able to join the team in the last few days. I\u2019m feeling healthy and ready to go for this game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;I would say [I\u2019m 100 percent].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Eyeballs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Look, I have no idea how much run Pulisic will get in the group finale, but even if he\u2019s out there for a half, it\u2019s enough to score against T\u00fcrkiye. That team has looked absolutely punchless in its first two matches and the U.S. has the depth to win its third straight match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Colombia vs. Portugal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Sammy P is backing Cristiano Ronaldo to have another outstanding World Cup performance (Getty Images).<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>After a quiet opening match against DR Congo, Portugal mega-star Cristiano Ronaldo exploded into the spotlight against Uzbekistan with a brace and seven shots on goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>That\u2019s the type of effort and stick-to-itiveness Ronaldo needs against Colombia to win Group K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>It\u2019s obviously not a hot take to say Ronaldo needs to be at his best to accomplish that mission this Saturday, but if you bet on lightning to strike twice, you\u2019ll be rewarded for boldness. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>From a price standpoint, BetMGM is dealing Ronaldo at +550 to score at least twice, while DraftKings has +700 and FanDuel has the market-best number at +750.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Always be shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:var(-color-text-primary);font-family:inherit;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.028em;line-height:1.11;margin:0;width:auto\">Ronaldo to Score Multiple Goals (+750)<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY We\u2019re two weeks into the Friendly Wager and one night away from Mexico officially winning Group A (-140) and cashing another ticket. Because the World Cup\u2019s primary tiebreaker is head-to-head record, it\u2019s impossible for South Korea to leap over El Tri. Rejoice. In case you missed it, there was another opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}