Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Manchester City vs Real Madrid

This match-up will feature some of the best talent in the football world, which should mean great entertainment for those of you watching. The Spanish giants defeated Mancini's men in the reverse encounter and are travelling to England in order to secure their progress to the knock-out stage of the competition.
This should be special for Mourinho, as he will be on the bench for the 100th time in UCL - a feat that no one managed at such a young age.
City are last in the group with just two draws from four games which means that it will take a miracle for them to qualify.
Do expect free flowing football tonight and counterattack masterclass, in a game that will easily see 3+ goals.
http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/667788/Preview/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2012-2013-Manchester-City-Real-Madrid

Thursday, November 08, 2012

Anzhi vs Liverpool

Anzhi are the new force in Rusia, having got enough financial muscle to name Guus Hiddink as manager and bring in big-names such as Samuel Etoó, Lass Diarra or Christopher Samba. They are top of the domestic league and have managed 14 wins out of 15 at home.
Liverpool on the other hand do have a rather mediocre start of the season. They just can't put up together 2-3 consecutive wins. That is a result of the numerous moves in and out of the club and the bad management that has hindered the legendary team in the last seasons.
Even though Liverpool did win 1-0 at home in a quite tight game, I will put my money on Anzhi today because of the sheer passion that this team is putting in the game of football. And Hiddink is no stranger to this approach.

Manchester City 2:2 Ajax

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Manchester City vs Ajax Amsterdam


Manchester City entertains Dutch champ pups Ajax in the fourth day of the 2012-2013 UCL season. The English champions seem to be already ousted of the competition as their only hope relies on winning 3 from 3 of the remaining matches.  Even though that could be not enough.
Mancini's troops were among the favourites at the start of the competition, but after a string of bad luck, poor concentration and even ignorance at some point, they find themselves with only a point after 3 games.  It's true that they've travelled to Madrid for the first game, but then they were outplayed at home by Dortmund and only equalised in the last few minutes of the encounter.  At Ajax they took the lead but them came half an hour of disastrous defending which saw them conceding three times without scoring. And as many journalists reckon this was the end of the road for the Citizens in this year's UCL.
The Dutch find themselves in a good position before tonight's game. A probable win will bring them in contention for qualifying with Dortmund coming to the Netherlands in the coming weeks. Coach Frank de Boer dos a good job last term and Ajax is doing well this season too. But it will be as difficult as it gets for them tonight in front of one hurt "animal", like the Sky Blues.
I do tp the home side to nick it, at odds around 5/11.
You can also find a preview of the game at www.whoscored.com/Matches/667783/Preview/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2012-2013-Manchester-City-Ajax