{"id":4496,"date":"2009-05-26T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/champions-league-betting-united-barca-odds-too-close-to-call\/"},"modified":"2009-05-26T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T21:08:00","slug":"champions-league-betting-united-barca-odds-too-close-to-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/champions-league-betting-united-barca-odds-too-close-to-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League Betting – United-Barca Odds Too Close To Call"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before making your boxing betting<\/a>  picks for this weekend, the biggest soccer club competition in <\/span><\/font>Europe<\/st1:place> will crown their champion on Wednesday. Manchester United will try to defend their title against the offensively-gifted side from Barcelona<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Champions League odds have the two in a dead heat ahead of their epic showdown.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Manchester Barcelona Odds<\/a>  – Wednesday, May 27, <\/span><\/font>2:45 PM ET<\/st1:time><\/o:p><\/p>\n

United rolled to the final with a 4-1 aggregate win over English rival Arsenal, and Cristiano<\/span> Ronaldo<\/span> sealed the Gunners’ fate with two goals in the second leg. Ronaldo<\/span> has four goals in the competition, along with Wayne Rooney and Dimitar<\/span> Berbatov<\/span> in a balanced attack, but the Portuguese winger has the ability to take over a game. United also got some great news as Rio Ferdinand should be returning from injury. Ferdinand and Nemanja<\/span> Vidic<\/span> have formed the best defensive duo in <\/span><\/font>England<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> all season, and with Edwin Van Der<\/span> Sar<\/span><\/span> in goal, United are very tough to score on.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Barca<\/span><\/font><\/span> snatched a victory out of a certain loss as a 1-1 draw at Chelsea<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was enough to put them through. Andres Iniesta’s<\/span> injury-time goal saved the Spanish league champions, and they also received some good news as Iniesta<\/span>, as well as Thierry Henry, trained on Monday and could be available for the final. Still, with Lionel Messi<\/span> in the lineup, Barca<\/span> will feel confident against anyone. The young Argentinian<\/span> leads the competition with eight goals, and he’s also added five assists as he challenges Ronaldo<\/span> for the title of “best player” in the world.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Champions League odds<\/a>  have both teams at +150 to win this contest, but Barca<\/span> have issues at the back. Fullbacks Dani<\/span> Alves<\/span> and Eric Abidal<\/span> are suspended, while central defender Rafa<\/span> Marquez is out with a knee injury. This means Barca<\/span> is without \u00be of their starting back four, and this bodes well for United’s<\/span> attacking intent. Ferdinand’s return also boosts United’s<\/span> chances. Barca<\/span> would love to avenge last year’s semifinal loss to United, and Messi<\/span> will have to have a much better game as he was shackled by United’s<\/span> Patrice Evra<\/span>. While they can score at will, can Barca<\/span> keep a clean sheet against United?<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Bet Online soccer<\/span><\/b><\/a>  pick: Manchester United<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Before making your boxing betting  picks for this weekend, the biggest soccer club competition in Europe will crown their champion on Wednesday. Manchester United will try to defend their title against the offensively-gifted side from Barcelona, and Champions League odds have the two in a dead heat ahead of their epic showdown. Manchester Barcelona Odds  … Continue reading Champions League Betting – United-Barca Odds Too Close To Call<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}