FIFA World Cup Betting: The "Group of Death" does have one team that isn't so devastating in it, and unfortunately for North Korea, the key to advancement may ultimately be how many goals it gets beaten by against opposing teams. The World Cup odds are stacked higher against this club than any other in the field.

North Korea faced long odds just to reach the World Cup. Many thought that one qualifying session would take care of a Korean team that hadn't reached the World Cup since 1966. However, it just kept on chugging through fixture after fixture, and after 16 matches, it finally made it to the Promised Land.

The fact that this team scored 20 goals for against seven conceded in qualifying was impressive to say the least. Leading scorer F Hong Yong-Jo is probably the most likely candidate to hit the back of the net for the North Koreans at any point in this tournament. He is the only player on this side not to be playing club soccer in either Korea or Japan, as he takes the pitch for FC Rostov in Russia and could become a top flight European club player in the near future.

There is a reason that the World Cup betting lines feature this team at +200000. There's nothing that we see that makes us believe that this club has any chance of competing against either the Ivory Coast, Portugal, or Brazil. This first match against the five-time champs could be an ugly one, and will inevitably only set the stage for more disappointment to come over the following two weeks.