Lineker’s son banks thousands of pounds with sensational World Cup final bet
Gary Lineker's son George banked £4,276 pounds after winning big on an incredibly-specific bet during Sunday's insane World Cup final.
Argentina emerged victorious at the Duhail Stadium against France to lift their third World Cup after Lionel Messi led them to victory. In a pulsating match that swung one way than the other, it needed penalties to separate the two sides after finishing 3-3.
The South American side raced into a two-goal lead before Kylian Mbappe turned on the style when he struck twice within 100 seconds to send the match to extra-time. Messi scored his second before Mbappe completed his hat-trick but France missed two penalties to hand victory to the Albiceleste.
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It truly was a bonkers clash that could never have been predicted – except George Lineker, it appears, who had a cheeky flutter on the match when he put £20 on a ridiculous seven-fold.
At 170/1, he correctly predicted the following – Messi to score anytime in the match, Mbappe to score any time in the match, Argentina to lift the trophy, full-time score will be 2-2, Argentina to win on penalties, over one card in the match, over five corners in the match.
With a 25 per cent winnings boost, it took the total returns to £4,276.60 – a lovely little boost over Christmas for George. Reacting on Twitter, the 31-year-old said: "If anyone deserves to win a bet, I think it’s me. Thank you all."
Dad Gary replied, saying: "You may have destroyed your reputation as the world's worst gambler". Even Piers Morgan chimed in, saying: "Haha.. you were due one. Congrats mate."
Argentina had plenty of neutral fans but it would be fair to say that the Lineker household had more reason to cheer when Gonzalo Montiel netted the winning penalty in the shootout. And the Mbappe double must have felt like a gift from God after a shoddy first opening 45 minutes from the French.
Didier Deschamps was so furious that he even gave an interview midway through the break while it appeared that he must have lost his cool as he emerged for the second-half bandaged up.
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