Even if I have friends who are better than me in football, which I have many of them, they can't decide how I treat my bet. ..
Playing and being an expert in football are two completely different things. There are many people who no longer play football, but still remain good experts, whose forecasts could be listened up to before making a bet. But of course the final decision should be yours.
Being a football expert does not have to be good at playing football because being a football expert must know how the trends and data of football players and several other influences such as strategy and the like.
This is better known as a football manager, or perhaps as a reliable observer of the game of football.
There are many who make predictions before the game to determine the bets, but some of the ones revealed may or may not be appropriate but will depend on our own decisions because in the end it also depends on luck and some facts that happen.