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Aug 7, 2008, 10:40 am
Sunday, August 10
Russia vs Iran 9:00 Local Time 2:00 GMT
Lithuania vs Argentina 16:45 Local Time 9:45 GMT
Australia vs Croatia 20:00 Local Time 13:00 GMT
I think the winner is clear only in the first game. Russians shouldn't have too much troubles defeating Iran.
The second game which potentially be group winner decider is much more difficult to predict. Argentina are defending champions but they didn't show any good signs in their preparation games. Neither did Lithuania. But we defeated them by around 20 points in Spain last month. Argentina looked very poor then and were behind by 30 at some points. Last two games for Lithuania (against USA and Turkey) were far from good. I have faith in my team so I predict Lithuania to win this one.
I wasn't considering Australia so high but their recent games showed how much this team can do. They lost to Argentina only in the end. Aussies had a comfortable lead early in the game before Bogut got injured. They also had a good game against USA. On the other hand Croatia have been together for a longer time this summer and they will surely try to do as good as possible to mark their return to the Olympic Games. This is a tough one but I will go with Croatia.
Russia vs Iran 9:00 Local Time 2:00 GMT
Lithuania vs Argentina 16:45 Local Time 9:45 GMT
Australia vs Croatia 20:00 Local Time 13:00 GMT
I think the winner is clear only in the first game. Russians shouldn't have too much troubles defeating Iran.
The second game which potentially be group winner decider is much more difficult to predict. Argentina are defending champions but they didn't show any good signs in their preparation games. Neither did Lithuania. But we defeated them by around 20 points in Spain last month. Argentina looked very poor then and were behind by 30 at some points. Last two games for Lithuania (against USA and Turkey) were far from good. I have faith in my team so I predict Lithuania to win this one.
I wasn't considering Australia so high but their recent games showed how much this team can do. They lost to Argentina only in the end. Aussies had a comfortable lead early in the game before Bogut got injured. They also had a good game against USA. On the other hand Croatia have been together for a longer time this summer and they will surely try to do as good as possible to mark their return to the Olympic Games. This is a tough one but I will go with Croatia.