Brazil - Brazil

2024 OLYMPIC GAMES - QUALIFYING ROUND, Riga

In my opinion, Brazil is definitely underestimated here and I'm trying to go with them. The odds are really good, as I see a 50/50 chance for them in the final against Latvia. Brazil seems better to me on paper and in friendly matches. They had 3 friendly matches and I could clearly see their problems - MISTAKES (15,16,21) - but even with those mistakes, they were able to win against Poland and suffered 2 losses against Croatia and Slovenia with Doncic.
Brazil's group consists of Montenegro and Cameroon, so I can't see any problems for them to win both matches and improve their game to have fewer mistakes, as they have a really good team. They have a mix of experienced veterans and young players from the NBA, which I really like and, as I said, on paper they seem better to me than Latvia.
Latvia surprised in the World Cup, but I don't think they are as good as their results show. They are the favorites in this qualifying round because they are playing for a spot in Riga, but so far no team has won in the qualifying round when playing in their own country.
Zagars will not be the same as in the World Cup where he was half of the Latvia team. Latvia is very dependent on their coaches, as shown in their friendly match against Finland where they didn't have their coaches and were penalized.

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