Wednesday, March 09, 2005

CL 2nd Round. 2nd Leg. Part II

Last night's picks FT Scoreline Conclusion
Man U +1/4 AC Milan, 1-0 LOSS
Chelsea -1/2 Chelsea, 4-2 WIN
Lyon -1/2 Lyon, 7-2 WIN

Coming Up,
ARSENAL vs BAYERN MUNICH
JUVENTUS vs REAL MADRID
LEVERKUSEN vs LIVERPOOL
MONACO vs PSV

JUVENTUS vs REAL MADRID (First Leg Aggregate:0-1)
Like I have mentioned, AC Milan and Juventus, are VERY strong on home ground. One of my yet-to-be-proven theory is that on Asian Handicap every season, each time AC or Jtus play home, you throw an equal amount of dough on them, and you should end up with profit at end of the season. Used to be Man Utd, home and away, but not sure if that still holds now.
Anyway, Real Madrid is an eccentric team with all the Galaticos, they can seem mediocre(most of the times) and yet most times, perform when it matter most. Bring a one-goal advantage into this game, you bet they will trying to do what they do best to the classic Italian defence. Nevertheless, I see Juventus holding out with a win. Probably a 2-1 win for Jtus whereby Real Madrid processes onto next round automatically.

ARSENAL vs BAYERN MUNICH (FLA:1-3)
Arsenal on Highbury, its home ground which is small, plus an offensive Arsenal, prepare to see goals. I expect Arsenal to edge for a minimum of 2-0 scoreline, just so that they can go through automatically on away goal rules. They will seize home-ground advantage and attack from the first second, try to secure an early goal, pressurize the Germans, before finishing up with second or third. Arsenal, as you have known, defence has been very shaky lately. The only side-back could be that Bayern manages to sneak one or two in during their counter-attack but I can see the Gunners cover the whole of the tiny pitch tonight with their tireless runs at home. Arsenal has been deprived of European success for long time. Trust them to put everything into it.

LEVERKUSEN vs LIVERPOOL (FLA: 1-3)
Liverpool comes into this game with a 2 goal edge and I expect them to try to defend the lead. They do not have good away record in Europe, to start with, they aien't solid at home. Liverpool stands a very high chance of qualifying for next round though but I wouldn't count on them not to lose this match. I would definitely go for the Leverkusen win by at least a goal here, Liverpool to concede.

My picks:
JUVENTUS -1/2
ARSENAL -1/2
LEVERKUSEN -1/2

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