Spanish sports daily As had a great piece on how that country's national team is favored in any tournament for the first time ever. The excitement is huge in the Iberian peninsula because their team's odds of winning this tournament is higher than Brazil and Italy´s.

Then they hit hard below the belt.

They were talking about who had Spain as the projected favorite and the result is fairly unanimous. One of the only places in the world where that is not the case is in England. There various bookies and betting sites do not accept bets for the Confederations Cup.

¨What do you expect when you have a team that has never even sniffed a title?¨

Ouch.

By the way, here are the current odds being offered by Megabet.com