UEFA Cup 9th March 2006

[christo85efc]

ok now then..

Udinese vs Levski cries out a home victory to me. Udinese at home look a good outfit in Europe and i think they should ease past Levski!

Udinese @ 4/7
CS 2-0 @ 11/2

Also fancy Schalke away to Palermo, think they can take a result back to germany with them, will put the draw saver on too!

Schalke @ 17/10
Draw saver @ 11/5
Under 2.5 @ 8/13

Lille vs Seville could be a low scoring affair, i think Seville will travel for a draw in france, and i think both tems will keep it tight, Lille are not the best offensive team in the world so im going for:

Under 2.5 @ 8/15

[archaeus]

im going for a double tonight, steaua to win and rapid under 2.5 goals , see previews on the previous page

[DAC]

My selections:

Basle v Strasbourg @ 2.00

Steaua Bucuresti v Betis Sevillia @ 2.15

Rapid Bucuresti v Hamburg @ 2.50

Quick Summary;

Basle have been great at home in the UEFA cup so far and have pulled off some great results - Strasbourg on the other hand are struggling in France, had a easy qualification group which they just snuck and have an abomination of an away record. I'll also take unders @ 2.00. My only worry is that there won't be any pressure on Strasbourg tonight but we shall see.

Steau again have had great home form and have done well in the comp. However, Sevillia have a grand total of 7 injuries to contend tonight with facing a fit and flying Steaua team in front of 50,000 mental Romanians!!. It's a nice price.

Just found out that the midfield maestro of Rapid is out of tonights game, he really is a lynchpin... hopefully Hamburg's hiding of Bayern form will continue tonight and 6/4 is just to good a price to not to go for it.

I'm also going to back Lille's great home form @ 6/5. The spanish have shipped 12 goals in their last 5 away games.

[archaeus]

Originally Posted by DAC

Steaua Bucuresti v Betis Sevillia @ 2.15


Steau again have had great home form and have done well in the comp. However, Sevillia have a grand total of 7 injuries to contend tonight with facing a fit and flying Steaua team in front of 50,000 mental Hungarians. It's a nice price.

Since when bucharest is from hungary? I guess you haven't spent much time at school learning geography. Shame on you!!

[DAC]

Can I really apologise for that - i've just been playing poker with a load of Hungarians.



Steaua are from Romania, a fine country.

[christo85efc]

Zenit failing to score looks a decent price to me against Marseille @ evens, Marseille keep it tight at the back and especially at home are pretty solid.

Zenit not to score @ evens

A draw no bet on Steaua looks decent as well, i dont see them losing this game against Betis at home in front of an intimidating crowd.

Draw no bet for Steaua @ 8/15

[Billy_Nic]

Rapid Bucharest 1 Hamburg 0 at half time.

[archaeus]

Awesome goal scored by niculae, a marvelous shot from 35 meters.

[archaeus]

Originally Posted by DAC

Can I really apologise for that - i've just been playing poker with a load of Hungarians.

Steaua are from Romania, a fine country.

This is most common mistake ppl makes on bucharest ... can't fukcin understand why BUDAPEST IS FROM HUNGARY, NOT BUCHAREST!!!!!


I forgive you, buy me a beer some time

[archaeus]

hamburg down to 10 men, de jong eliminated for 2nd yellow card ... doesn't look good for HSV

[Lazy Line Painter Jamie]

Originally Posted by archaeus

sure they do ... Betis Sevilla travels to bucharest and Sevilla FC travels to lille .. in case you didn't know, the city of Sevilla has 2 teams, the ones mentioned above ( among other obscure ones ofcourse )

Yeah, I knew that. Sorry, had my pedantic hat on last night. They've always been referred to as Real Betis and never as Sevilla as far as I've known. It's just a bit like calling Lazio, Roma that's all!

[archaeus]

2-0 rapid .. another great goal scored with the heel by buga ... hamburg is check mate

[DAC]

hamburg is check mate

No, they are German.

[archaeus]

Originally Posted by archaeus

Rapid Bucuresti v Hamburg

Rapid meets the strongest team so far in their UEFA cup season this year. They beat on the way here some realy strong squads, just to mention Feyenoord and Hertha, Sahtior and PAOK, they even managed to keep a clean sheet in all the games played at home. Morale is high in Rapid squad for this game, 17.000 spectators will be tonight in the Giulesti stadium in Bucharest. The most important midfielder for Rapid, Maldarasanu is not available for this game as he got an injury in the game vs Hertha. I can't say much about Hamburg just that they impressed me in their last game in Bundesliga away to Bayern. Very strong squad, a multinational team with only 2 german players in the 1st eleven. This is a realy tough match to call, i'll be betting only small - medium stakes on this and that will be on the unders.

Bet under 2.5 goals 1.64 @ Betfair 5/10

FT rapid - hamburg 2-0

[archaeus]

Originally Posted by DAC

No, they are German.

Fkucing right mate, but "check mate" = a position in a sport named chess where one player wins by puttin the other player's king in this position.

[Stellar]

Sport	Football ( Euro - Cups)
Event	UEFA Basle v Strasbourg
Selection	Basle
Strength	10/10
Date	09/03/2006
Bookmaker/Price	Betfair @ 2.00 (Back)
Reasoning	With Strasbourg struggling in the French League this won't be the ultimate goal for them. I've watched them in UEFA match and they play very defensive football. It's high time for their luck to desert them and with Basle having a very good home record in the league , home win on the cards.

[Stellar]

Sport	Football (Euro Cups)
Event	UEFA Marseille v Zenit
Selection	Over Goals (2)
Strength	10/10
Date	09/03/2006
Bookmaker/Price	Betdaq @ 1.88 (Back)
Reasoning	After all the turbolence last week and with second team making a 0:0 vs PSG, the Marseille concentration for this UEFA match may suffer a bit. Zenit play good counter-attacking football and I fully expect them to score. Afterwards it may provoke strong home attacking activity, so OVER (2) goals looks the appropiate bet for me here with exactly 2 goals voiding the bet.

[Stellar]

Sport	Football (Euro Cups)
Event	UEFA Udinese v Levski
Selection	Udinese (Lay)
Strength	10/10
Date	09/03/2006
Bookmaker/Price	Betfair @ 1.79 (Lay)
Reasoning	Udinese may rest some players because Serie A performance is much more important for them. Main goalscorer Jakiunta is injured. Levski have their best team for the last several years and 2000 fans made the travel to Italy amd will support the team in the stadium. LAY Udinese

[archaeus]

FT steaua - betis sevilla 0-0
A good game played by both formations with steaua having the better chances to score. They fcuk me up again after heerenveen.

[christo85efc]

i'm going to try my luck at a treble with low stakes as i am not too confident about the outcome but here goes:

Middlesborough
Marseille
Udinese

All home wins

4pts staked.