By switters - 22 Jun 2014 3:31 PM
Late Messi goal saves punter a fortune
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June 22, 2014, 2:51 pm
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Late Messi goal saves punter a fortune
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Lionel Messi came to the rescue of Argentina when he whipped an arching effort into the net to beat a stubborn Iran side 1-0 on Saturday.
He has been rightly lauded for scoring a second consecutive match-winning goal for his side.
However, unbeknownst to Messi, his strike will have been met with a huge sigh of relief from one punter in America.
With Argentina overwhelming favourites to beat the Iranians, one confident gambler in Las Vegas put down two bets which totalled US$350,000 that the Argentines would prevail against their Persian opposition.
The stake secured the punter US$30,000 but it looked for a very long time that they could have been looking at a substantial loss.
Imagine the stress of looking at those slips as the clock ticked to 90 minutes.
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/24291686/late-messi-goal-saves-punter-a-fortune/
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By paladisious - 23 Jun 2014 10:41 AM
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Edited by paladisious: 23/6/2014 10:42:16 AM
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