juventus at 3/1 it must be christmas
ranieries job was on the line against real a few weeks ago and he knows it basically still is, they just lost to inter so for the manager on a personal level there is no way juve can afford to back off, not if the players actually like the manager cos they werent showing it before the madrid games, and that has been proven wrong lately because of their performances.
the bookies i assume are pricing this up as they always do when champions league teams have already qualified, wrongly imo.
they are not going to lose at home to bate, just the same as real are not going to lose to zenit in the final group games both at home if they lose this game they know there safe anyways so they are not going to exert too much energy in this game id imagine ranieri will try and get an early goal then just defend for the rest of the game trying to catch em on the break all the best teams do this why run around for 90 mins when you only have to for 10 there are too many games in the season, and the players theyve got are good enuf to control games like this.
zenits season finished this week with them only finishing 5th just a uefa cup place for them next year
, zenits defence makes mistakes they played well against juve in the first game where they only conceded one goal to a free kick but then juve werent in form then and they still won,and then against real their defense werent too clever they couldnt even beat bate at home 1-1 more surprisingly they even lost to real at home, real hadnt won away in the champions league for ages
juve are shit hot (didnt see the inter game)at the mo so my brave predictions for this game regardless of team news unless they play 5 kids that is,
juve win. 16/5 with
betfair lads will hill & skybet are 3/1 odds are too big
juve win ht ft
juve win 1-0
maybe theyll get a 2nd but zenit will be fighting hard i think