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Live Premiership Soccer – Arsenal v Chelsea
Arsenal v Chelsea
LAST week’s interminable Champions League draw provided a
superb example of how something that should be simple and
exciting can be made over complicated and utterly boring.
A cloth sack full of numbered balls isn’t good enough for
Uefa, so we were treated to the sight of Paolo Maldini
handing the sort of plastic eggs my children usually find
cheap and nasty plastic toys in, to a man whose job it was
to open the eggs and read out the teams, while another pair
of Uefa bureaucrats drew for the groups.
It was possibly the most long-winded draw in history and
went on for what seemed like days.
What made it even worse from a punting perspective is that
the draw itself didn’t throw up too many opportunities for
an upset. Having said that, however, Villarreal should give
Man United a run for their money in Group D.
Both finished third in. th9it
respective league competitions last season and by similar
margins, United 18 points behind Chelsea and the Spanish
side 19 behind Barcelona.
However, the Yellows compete in the strongest league in the
European football heirarchy and their Index rating is
actually higher than United’s with a very positive Trend
figure of +8.
So far, the media spotlight cast on this aspect of last
week’s draw has appeared to focus on the reunion of Sir Alex
Ferguson’s side with Diego Forlan - an expensive flop during
his time at Old Trafford - who has found his feet at
Villarreal and matched Arsenal’s Thierry Henry goal-for-goal
in the race for last term’s European Golden Boot. Villarreal
might have been a little lucky to avoid extra time against
Everton in the second leg of their qualification tie after
referee Pierlu Collina disallowed
Duncan Ferguson strike at the Madrigal Stadium but make no
mistake, Villarreal are a good side who will give United
problems and their true ability is not reflected in the
betting which has the Premiership side a best-priced 4-6 and
the Spaniards
3-1.
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