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

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