In terms of getting English teams through, it looks as if we have got two in the bag already. Uniteds two away goals with a clean sheet in Rome looks to have put them through and are now as low as 1/66 to go through. And as much as Arsenal and Liverpool love to draw at present, one of them are going to have to go through, although Liverpool seem to have the edge at 4/6 to go through with most bookies.
Chelsea, however, had their work cut out in Turkey. Last Tuesday during half time at the Emirates, due to there being no possibility of a half time pint thanks to ridiculous UEFA ruling, I took to watching the highlights of the Chelsea game on the big screen. It was no surprise to me that Chelsea had secured a comfortable away goal and I assumed they would snatch another one or two in the second half and confirm their spot in the semis. On leaving the Emirates, the revelation that Chelsea had given the game away was almost as shocking to me as Pieter Vink’s decision not to award Hleb that penalty. Let’s just hope that tomorrow evening, Arsenal get that penalty and Chelsea manage to turn things around at the Bridge. Unfortunately for me the odds predict the latter to be a little more likely than the former with Chelsea 1/3 to beat Fernerbache whilst Arsenal stand at 9/4 to win at Anfield.
United’s chance’s meanwhile look fairly solid; they have had an extremely successful run of results against Roma this season and despite the glitch on Tyneside yesterday there seems no reason to suggest that they will not produce the goods against Roma tomorrow. In fact Ronaldo is on such good form, the bookies have him marked up at 4/6 to score (the same price you’d get for a United win). In my opinion, it’s not great value as United are likely to sit very firmly with ten men behind the ball, especially as the Red Devil’s defence has received a bit of end of season bruising lately. Barcelona meanwhile have picked up their away goal and look set to make the semis with ease and are odds on to take the game at the Nou Camp.
In terms of having a punt, I’ll probably be staying well clear. There is far too much odds on betting for my liking and when bookies price a player up at odds on to score you know their making life difficult for you. I think the value is in the Arsenal game and 9/4 for an Arsenal win does seem fair, although I can’t deny a hint of bias in that selection.
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