Football season ends on a High

The Football season finally ended on Wednesday night with Brazil beating Argentina in the final of the Confederations Cup in Frankfurt Wednesday evening. It is the second Confederations Cup crown for the five-time World Cup champions, who saw very little resistance from the South American neighbours. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />In just the 11th minute, Brazil took the lead through an excellent piece of skill by Adriano. The Inter Milan striker ran hard into the middle from the right, and fired a powerful shot into the goal. Just five minutes later, Kaka doubled the lead, and then just two minutes after the interval the game was done and dusted, as Ronaldinho tapped in from close range.The final score would finish 4-1 but it was the third goal from the Barcelona midfielder that would have been met with most joy by those following the bettinchoice.com advice. Over 2.5 goals at even money was recommended on the basis of an anticipated open game, and that previous to the final over 65% of matches had seen three goals or more. It was also noted that previous meetings between the two finalists had consistently produced high scoring games. Looking ahead to twelve months time, and Brazil (9/2) are the favourites to lift the World Cup, with Argentina (13/2) second in the betting. Should either of these countries triumph at Germany 2006, it would be the first time since 1958 that a non European nation has won on a World Cup on European soil.Hosts Germany are generally available at 7/1, as are England despite not yet qualifying for the finals.