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I will also jump the bandwagon of people saying NO, and if I could swap them for another team then I would have gladly use it to bring back Italy. Furthermore do you’ll think that it’ll be a nice opportunity to make some quick bucks while wagering against them, and even though I’m expecting super low odds I yet feel that we can earn some good bucks on their matches if we get lucky.
That's an interesting point.
But I'm not sure if the payout would be great in that bet. I'm sure the local advantage is taken into consideration when calculating the odds of Qatar, so I don't think it would be a crazy bet.
You never know though, maybe the other teams are not having a great day, etc, and Qatar being the host is full of luck and gets to the next round. We'll have to wait and see...