One punter at Paddy Power was left celebrating before the close of the World Cup 2018 quarter finals. The punter had managed to correctly predict the correct score of each of the four matches over 90 minutes. They had selected their options in a £20 four-fold with the bookmaker.
The punter, who is based in Surrey and who is in their 60’s had started with the 7/1 selection on France beating Uruguay in the opening quarter-final. France were so comfortable in that game and the bet was completed when France striker Antoine Griezmann saw his routine effort blundered by Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera to give Les Bleus the 2-0 win.
Next up was the most impressive result in the bet. That was Belgium’s 2-1 success over Brazil which was backed at a price of 11/1. Fernandinho put through his own net to give the Red Devils the lead before Kevin De Bruyne struck a sweet second for Belgium. The desperate Brazil did get one back in the second half but it wasn’t enough as the Europeans closed out for the final quarter of an hour.
So with the first day of quarter final action down, it was bated breath until Saturday. England produced that composed 2-0 win over Sweden in Samara to make it three from three for the punter. The 2-0 option on the Three Lions was at 7/1 odds. That left everything hinging on the game between Russia and Croatia playing out to a 1-1 draw at 90 minutes for 11/2 odds. Croatia had been favourites for that game, but they had to come from behind to equalise. It meant that the punter had to sit through 51 agonising minutes of that game before the final whistle was blown.
So the punter really wouldn’t have cared what happened in the extra time in the game between Croatia and Russia (which ended 2-2 and Croatia winning the penalty shoot-out) because they had collected £99,840 return from their £20 stake.
Visit Paddy Power
