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Re: Serie A > 17th November - 19th November
Inter has serious problem in defense' date=' Ranocchia and Samuel are out however Sneijder will sit on the bench. Cassano is not brilliant.[/quote'] Ranocchia is back on Sunday, but latest news still suggest Stramaccioni still has bit of confidence for Silvestre and use him as a starter in 3 man defense Juan-Ranocchia-Silvestre. If anyone saw Atalanta game then Silvestre was the main star in guiding Atalanta to a home win. Cagliari however has all players available. -
Re: Serie A > Nov 3-4 It should be noted that Cagliari is without Ariado, Conti and Naingollan today against Fiorentina. Very important members for Pulga. Viola has not conceded in Firenze since at the end of August. A win would take them to 4th in the standings if Lazio cannot win in Sicily vs Catania. Fiorentina -1 > 2.5 @ Triobet. 2pts
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Re: Group H > 4 October (Inter Milan, Neftchi, Partizan Belgrade, Rubin Kazan)
Inter squad for Neftchi 1 Handanovic, 12 Castellazzi, 27 Belec; 6 Silvestre, 23 Ranocchia, 40 Juan Jesus, 42 Jonathan, 44 Bianchetti, 55 Nagatomo; 14 Guarin, 16 Mudingayi, 19 Cambiasso, 20 Obi, 21 Gargano, 24 Benassi, 31 Pereira; 7 Coutinho, 49 Terrani, 88 Livaja, 61 Garritano. As you can see, Alvarez, Cassano, Milito, Zanetti, Stankovic, Palacio, Sneijder, Samuel, Chivu are left behind. Derby`d Milano is too important for Stramaccioni.Can anyone tell me if that is a reasonably strong line up for Inter or is it much weakened. For example how many missing from their regular Serie A line up Thanks -
Re: Italy - Serie A - 20-21 December
Lol, Ultra, what kind of sites are you checking for lineups? Poli was called, but not match listed, Stankovic has been injured long for some time now.Wow. Ranieri has actually gone and started 4 CM's in the midfield. Poli-Cambiasso-Stankovic-Zanetti. You wouldn't think that they are about to play Lecce. -
Re: Euro 2012 Playoffs > Tuesday 15th November Agree with guys above, Ireland-Estonia Ireland: Shay Given; John O’Shea, Sean St Ledger, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ward; Stephen Hunt, Glenn Whelan, Keith Andrews, Damien Duff; Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane © Estonia: Londak; Jääger,Klavan, Rähn, Kruglov; Lindpere, Vunk, Vassiljev, Teniste; Saag, Voskoboinikov As you can see from expected lineups, Ireland is even stronger than the last game in Estonia imo, replacing Walters with Doyle, McGready with Hunt and Kelly with O'Shea. While its opposite for Estonia. Without their best gk Pareiko and captain Piiroja, cd who are suspended because of the cards. Rähn and Klavan are going to play in centre defense, how they will manage Keane-Doyle frustrates my brain to be honest. Lindpere comes to the starting lineup, but he trained first time with the team before the Tallinn game, so that might be a problem. Anyhow there will be lots of changes in Estonia lineup and less for Ireland, its to be seen how we approach the game, if we go for qualification (from 4-0 down, ok then) then we will be killed even before HT, but even with a defensive approach, this Ireland will be too much for us and still win comfortably. They are superstrong never lost in ages , dont remember when was the last time they picked the ball out of their net, while we simply are not yet ready for Euro groups, maybe we learn from our mistakes from Tallinn and it will happen in World Cup qualification , well see. Henry's show will be forgotten tonight and theres gonna be even bigger party after 90 mins. Ireland -1.5 @ Pinnacle @ 1.98 , 5 pts
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Re: Italy - Serie A - 20-22 September
Gasperini is gone! Ranieri is favourite to take over so Inter's woes should continue to some degree. It really is crazy that two seasons ago they had Mou' date=' and now they are back to their farcical ways.[/quote'] True. Inter is back on Pre-Calciopoli it seems, changing coaches faster than people changing socks. :wall Ranieri sadly will offer only bit better than Gasperini did. I set myself already with no champions league next season.:drums -
Re: Italy - Serie A - 20-22 September Milan - Udinese Milan are hungry now. After Cavani humiliation they are on their toes. They are still looking for the first win and Udinese are another speedy opponent stepping on their way. They did hold the possession well against Napoli scored a goal through Aquilani, but their weakness has always been good counter attacking, wich Udinese are known specialists for. Last season they played out a thrilling 4-4 draw, Milan are still without many key players, while Udinese sold very important members too, but still are top of the table. This should be very entertaining with few goals too. Over 2.5 goals 1.85 @ Pinnacle 3pts 2-2 FT 17.0 @ Triobet 0.5pts
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Re: Italia Serie A second round Napoli - Milan 2 very even teams fight out in San Paolo, there are some injury scares for both sides, Napoli are without Britos and Lavezzi is doubtful though last reports say he will start the game! For Milan its more bad news, alot of first 11 are out and Allegri has to cope with only 3 strikers Pato, Cassano, El Shaarawy. Other absents are Flamini, Mexes, Gattuso, Ibrahimovic, Ambrosini, Boateng. Napoli president has invested heavily on the team in the last years and it starts to succeed. They played a strong 1-1 in Manchester on the midweek while Milan showed a remarkable team defending in Camp Nou and escaped with a point thanks to a last minute Silva's header. I believe tonights game between 2 scudetto contenders starts rather cautiously and the real action gets going in the 2nd half. These are expected lineups tonight : Napoli (3-4-2-1): De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica, Maggio, Inler, Gargano, Dossena, Hamsik, Lavezzi, Cavani Milan (4-3-1-2): Abbiati; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini, Nocerino, Van Bommel, Aquilani, Seedorf, Pato, Cassano Time of 1st goal (28 min or later) 1.8 @ Triobet 5pts Cavani first goalscorer 6.0 @ Triobet 1pt :hope
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Re: UEFA Champions League > 13 September Barcelona - Milan Van Bommel the dutch muscle needs no introducing, guy is reckless on his tackles and he is going to mark Messi tonight. He is old, slow and he will have problems. Going for cards market. Van Bommel to get booked @ Triobet 2.02 3pts:hope
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Re: Spain - La Liga - 10-12 September These days you gotta dig hard to see some value in Barca's superior game, Barca as usual pins them back on thier half , new boys Sanchez and Cesc has started pretty decent, especially long lost son Cesc, against Villarreal they just brilliantly put up a response to Madrid winning 5-0 with corner count being 12-0. Sociedad had a 1-2 away win against SPorting losing heavily on 9-2 on corners. Since even a 1.0 hc doesnt look impressive 1.50ish so Im going on corners -3.5 hc line for Barca. Tehnical superiority is massive between these clubs. Most corners Barca -3,5 2.0 @ Triobet 5pts:hope
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Re: Italy - Coppa Italia - 10-11 May I will definitely wait until the lineups are up..and uv, why would Roma rest Vuci and Pizzarro? And Juan was a beast against Milan couple of days ago.. All I know is that Brighi is out for the season, Totti and Taddei are suspended and thats all..For Inter Sneijder is out, but Stankovic and Nagatomo are back in the squad. The Cup final is in Rome and Roma should put their best lineup possible. A 1-0 for Inter with 90 minutes still on the clock is nothing really.
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Re: Italy - Serie A - 7-9 May INTER: Julio Cesar 1, 13 Maicon, 15 Ranocchia, 23 Materazzi, 26 Chivu, 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 14 Kharja; 29 Coutinho, Pazzini 7, 9 Eto'o. FIORENTINA: 84 Boruc, 29 De Silvestri, 5 Gamberini, 14 Natali, 23 Pasqual, 85 Behrami, 21 D'Agostino, 18 Montolivo; 24 Cerci, 11 Gilardino, Vargas 6. Materazzi for Lucio, Chivu for Nagatomo, Coutinho for Sneijder..Clearly weakened..It will be interesting to see Inter today when Milan is celebrating the scudetto already, Inter playing for 2nd place..Fiorentina is on a good run, only one loss in the last 10 games..Beat Udinese 5-2 in the last game Fiorentina +0.5 2.14 @ Pinnacle (5pts) :hope
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Re: UEFA Champions League > Real Madrid v Barcelona > Wednesday 27 April Messi has never scored in his 6 Champions League semifinal games (ManU, Chelsea, Inter) Barcelona don't have a great semi-final record, having won five and lost six of their previous 11 visits to this stage. Pep Guardiola’s side have only won two of their five away matches in the competition, but Real Madrid thus far have a flawless home record. Real has not conceded a goal in Bernabeu in Champions League this year
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Re: UEFA Champions League > Real Madrid v Barcelona > Wednesday 27 April Real having so many key players on yellow card with a danger of not playing in Camp Nou , DiMaria, Ronaldo , Ramos with Albiol the least important element, but still..makes me not wanting to bet on Real to qualify. But youll never know Mourinho. He has proved to be a real Pep's nightmare in the last week.
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Re: UEFA Champions League > Wednesday 13 April
Bit worried at half-time' date=' as Inter had zero motivation to score in the second-half, but well done, Schalke, who deserve their semi-final spot. Even though they're obviously going out :lol[/quote'] Sir Alex has a bit of more steel in him than Leo I agree:dude Inter was always going to be undermotivated because of the 2-5 result, but this sentece doesnt add anything really. -
Re: UEFA Champions League > Wednesday 13 April
Inter has world class players ofcourse, but as a team they are miles behind even from this 9th Bundesliga team. If you watched Milan-Inter and Inter-Schalke then I think you noticed how they just ridiculously gave up. In 2 most important games in the season. The whole year of work was just flushed down the toilet. The team was tired and a lot of blame went to Chivu in these 4 days, I have never seen a player doing so much damage to a club in such short time. Even Muntari was proud. There are ofcourse still some chances , but they are very slim. In CL and in Italy for the title. Inter HAS to score 4 goals tonight and concede 0. Lucio is back and Chivu, thank god , is not, but Inter will enter Schalke arena , with almost the same players and the same tactical setup as in the first game. 4-3-1-2. It was pretty sad to see the team making the same mistakes in Schalke game as they did in the derby. Leonardo is still a rookie and nothing changes that. Inter knows that when Schalke scores first, then its officially over, its a Mount-Everest climb already, but im betting if home team scores first, then we will see angry Sneijder and Inter totally giving up the game as it happened already in 2 games prior to Chievo game. And thats when were gonna see a goal fest. And tbh, Schalke being 2-0 before HT would not surprise me at all since Inter needs a result and they are gonna attack leaving again, that huge space for the home team. Over 2.5 1.813 (5pts) Pinnacle.Schalke 04-Inter 2 @2.60 bet365 stake 3/10 too big a difference between these to teams to not even try jumping on those odds.Inter milan is one of the best teams in Europe and I am sure that the defeat in the first leg struck the players as men before than as players.Nobody likes to loose and I am pretty sure the players haven't taken off towards germany with the intention of a trip. -
Re: UEFA Champions League > Wednesday 13 April Goal.com Schalke have won their last four Champions League matches at the Veltins Arena. Schalke have never lost a European tie after winning the first leg on the road. Schalke have scored nine goals in their last three home matches in the competition. Inter have conceded eight goals in their last three Champions League matches.
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Re: UEFA Champions League > Tuesday 12 April Sport.es confirms that weather forecast is far from perfect for Barca players. They left Barcelona in 20+ and in Donetsk there was close to zero yesterday..And it should stay around zero tonight aswell..That will surely affect visitors somehow imo.
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Re: UEFA Europa League > Thursday 7 April
These are my picks too tonight. I see home teams clear favorites. Porto is having a stellar season, Liga title bagged they just won in Benfica, their spirits cant be better right now. Spartak is shaky under Karpin. Kiev eliminated Man City full of big names, they are very strong home. Braga last games have been wins but not against strong teams .. Porto -1.5 1.893 X Kiev 1.64 3.1 @ Pinnacle (4pts):hopeDynamo Kiev - Braga Kiev have been really impressive in this years Europa League, and in the last round they knocked out ManCity. One of the biggest reasons for their success is their strength at home. In the league their home stat read 9-2-1, and in the EL they are still undefeated at home. Last time out they won 2-0 vs Man City. So it is no easy task for any team to come to Ukraine and face Dynamo Kiev at their home turf. In my opinion Braga is easily the weakest team left in the competition, and I think their main focus here will be to defend well and avoid a big loss, so they are still in the tie when they face Kiev at home. Im going for the home win here! (Another option could be Kiev to win to nil, as they only have conceded goals in one home-game so far (2-2 vs BATE) ) Pick: Dynamo Kiev Odds: 1.65 Bookie: Unibet Units: 6 Porto - Spartak Moscow Porto are my favourites to win the Europa League. They have been really strong all season, and last weekend they secured the league title with an away win at rivals Benfica. So now they can fully focus on the Europa League. In the Portuguese league, their home stats are 13 played, 13 won. Goal difference: 37-6. They did lose 1-0 to Sevilla at home earlier in the EL, but in that game Hulk wasted an amazing amount of chances (I know this very well, because I had a bet on him to score). Spartak Moscow surprised a lot of people when they knocked out Ajax, but I can't see them doing the same with Porto. They lost their last league game 3-1 away to Kuban Krasnodar, and also lost their only other away game in the league so far, 4-0 to Rostov. Moscow are not good on the road, and I expect Porto to be too strong for them. Im going with Porto! Pick: Porto -1 (AH) Odds: 1.6 Bookie: B365 Units: 6 -
Re: UEFA Champions League > Wednesday 6 April Barcelona-Shaktar Barca, strong favorites this year with better squad than last year, against Shaktar, never been this far before..Barca is still without Puyol, but Busquets have been really good in his position and they have Masche covering his midfield spot. When Shaktar has the 2nd game in their stadium where they have never lost since it opened in 2009 means Barcelona has to secure a good win tonight, with a couple of goals probably. Im thinking they want to avoid the 2nd half nervousness and attack from the start to have a slight edge already in the 1st half. Valdes-Alves,Pique,Busq,Adriano-Xavi,Masche,Iniesta-Pedro,Messi,Villa is predicted lineup. Chelsea-ManU Very close match, really hard to predict, both teams know eachothers strengths and weaknesses from the players to coaches, but ManU having the edge in current form, but Carletto owning Ferguson in h2h. For Ferguson is important not to concede and finish the game in OT, will lineup 4-5-1 wich is his preferred lineup in CL anyway.. I took a combo bet with Barca leading and Chelsea-ManU being a draw in HT. HT : Barca 1.575 & Chelsea-ManU X 2.09 = 3.29 @ Pinnacle (5pts) :hope
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Re: UEFA Champions League > Tuesday 5 April
I would have said the exact opposite of this. I don't think they're the best defensively' date=' and are no where near as hard to break down as a host of other European sides. A lot of their defending is kamikazee at times.[/quote'] Rangnick as the new Schalke boss is not the worst choice. Inter suffers against good organised sides. They will set up defensively and Im pretty sure Eto'o and Sneijder will have a very hard time tonight. But lets see how the game folds. -
Re: UEFA Champions League > Tuesday 5 April Schalke news as much I have read them , they are set for a counter attack. Even their coach told they want a draw tonight. And germans usually are very good tactically, they are hard to break down. It will be to see wich tactic Leonardo chooses, but Im siding with ultravires here. With 3cm's with more cover and a little bit safer and trying avoid to make the same mistakes wich happened in the derby. Robinho-Pato countless times 2 vs 2 (Rano& Chivu). Farfan and Raul can exploit it the same way. Inter lineup will be pretty much the same some changes in midfield + Milito added now. But he just came back from long injury and he is not in the best shape. Inter usually struggles with defensive teams, latest was Lecce with 4-5-1 and Pazzini scored the only goal. Im thinking the game is a draw and even goalless @ HT. Schalke +0.5 HT 1.787 @ Pinnacle. (5pts)
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Re: UEFA Champions League > Tuesday 5 April
Add there a fact that Inter will be without Lucio in this game its more than obvious that Schalke can score. Inter home wins in CL this year has been strong apart Bayern result. Raul the CL legend and especially speedy Farfan can score. They had a very good results against Valencia. Both to score markets are value here imo.Although Inter are usually very organised, they were poor against AC Milan at the weekend and, again, I'm not really impressed with many of their performances - still, this is a results business!! Inter lost to Bayern at home in the last round, and Schalke got a decent result against Valencia at the Mestaja (sp?), so I'm teetering towards both away teams at the moment. -
Re: EURO 2012 Qualifiers - Tuesday 29 March
Estonia will lineup very defensively 4-5-1, with only one aim: to hold back Serbian attacks and try to counter. Many visiting teams have had hard times in Tallinn and especially now in late March since the club season just started and the pitches in Baltic countries are horrible. Spain NT Vincente Del Bosque criticised Lithuanian pitch for example, but the conditions are bad for everyone. But in Estonia it will be a bonus for home team due to playing styles and last experience from Uruguay match. Since Estonia has made many errors here against other qualifying hopefuls(Italy, Slovenia) I think Serbia will be too strong this time too. They took us lightly in the last game and Im sure we are going to see tougher, more focused Serbia side. Expecting Estonia to hold out until HT and then Serbia will score. My picks are: Under 1.5 2.85 @Unibet HT/FT X/2 5.25 @Unibetagree with you and another suprise could be Estonia - Serbia game , so doublechance on Estonia is somwhere about 1.95 and i think it is worth trying because they are playing at home on awful pitch and serbia are without their main stars.
Serie A > Nov 24-27
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Re: Serie A > Nov 24-27
Cassano is undoubtedly the most important player right now for Inter for holding all the attacking on his shoulders + assisting ability. His absence will be felt much tomorrow imo. Sneijder wont play 100%, he's almost breaking with the club because of the contract dispute and won't play until he's signed new deal. Coutinho just came back from injury so has Guarin , Mariga could be playing instead. Ennio Tardini is traditionally a touch place for Internazionale, last time they've won there was in 2008. Since then, 2 defeats and a draw. Offer for Inter might be quite big, but they are so unpredictable right now.