UEFA Champions League Play: Manchester United @ Otelul Galati

OTELUL GALATI VS  MANCHESTER UNITED

SOCCER PLAY - UEFA Champions League: Manchester United @ Otelul Galati

In this contest I’m riding the Manchester United to win for at least two goals against the Romanian Champions Otelul Galati.

Man Utd didn’t start well the Champions League this season. They started with a draw (1-1) on the road against Portuguese team SL Benfica (which was understandable because on the paper, the Portuguese team is the second best team in the group) but then they draw at home against Basel 2-2 after being up 2-0 in the first half. They didn’t bring their best effort to the field and the outcome was a disaster. They are now 3rd in the group, with just two points, so they really need to start picking up points quickly!

So far in the CL, Head Coach Sir Alex Ferguson has been rotating their best players to make them fresh mainly for the English Premiership but this won’t happen in this contest. Last Saturday against Liverpool, Sir Ferguson took his chances by sitting Rooney, Nani, Anderson and Chicarito Hernandez from the starting lineup. His idea in my opinion is pretty simple: make them ready (and fresh) to play this contest! We can expect Man Utd to be ready physically and most importantly mentally for tomorrow…

Regarding the Romanian team… I saw their game against SL Benfica in the last round of the Champions League and they were completely outplayed at home. They lost 0-1 but the Portuguese dominance was pretty evident! They had 65% of ball possession, 8-1 edge in corners and 7-2 on shots attempts on target.  Even though Galati’s gameplan was basically to lay back and try to score on a fast break or a set pieces chance, they conceded several chances to SL Benfica while several holes on the back were exposed. Against world class strikers like Rooney or Hernandez, I expect them to be pounded.

Finally, they are not playing on their own stadium. Instead, this game will be played in Bucharest far away from Otelul in a large field that will benefit more Man Utd than the “home team”.

I’m taking Manchester United in here to win by 2 or more goals. 

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on Manchester United AH -1.5 @ -146 / 1.68 on 5 Dimes

***PLAY UPGRADED***

***DOUBLE DIME PLAY***

NOTE: there was a major line movement towards Galati so suddenly we have an extra value with Man Utd. I've just confirmed some late news regarding this contest: Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that Wayne Rooney will play today and the weather in Bucharest will be clear so there is no other reason that just pure value to not upgrade this play into a Double Dime Play.

Pick: 3 units on Manchester United AH -1.5 @ -146 / 1.68 on 5 DimesPick: 1 unit on Manchester United AH -1.5 @ -114 / 1.88 on 5 Dimes