BARCELONA VS INTER MILAN 2ND HALF LIVE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING TIPS
What an opening 45 minutes that was! Despite the referee’s seeming taste for giving Barcelona every single possible call- including sending off Thiago Motta for tapping Busquets in the face. Busquets hit the ground like he’s been shot in the face and if you paid any attention you saw him glancing up to see if he got the call. Needless to say, he got everything he was looking for.
Barcelona have left a very bad taste in my mouth during the opening 45 and they have not been a proper advertisement for football. If them and their fans claim that they are the best team on the planet with the best players who play the best football- then you have to wonder why cheating and simulation are carted out less than 10 minutes into a match.
Anyways, things haven’t shifted around a huge amount in the betting markets with Ladbrokes pricing Barcelona at 1.33 to win this match- an understandable price considering that Inter are down to 10 men. The draw is priced at 3.75 while Inter Milan are available at a 10.0 price. I don’t see them scoring in open play, but a set-piece could prove to be the decisive chapter for Inter Milan.
In regards of outright qualification, you’ll find that Inter’s odds have shortened and they are now priced at 1.57 to go through. Barcelona are listed at 2.25 to make their way to the Champions League final.
Barcelona are heavily-favoured to score the next goal with a 1.3 price against Inter’s 6.5. No goals pays out at 5.5.
Lionel Messi is the shortest odds to be the next goalscorer with a price of 3.5 while Ibrahimovic is priced at 5.0. Pedro is trading at 6.5 while Seydou Keita trades at 13.0. Xavi is listed at the same price.
The over/under on total goals is at 1.5 with the over being favoured at 1.61. The under is trading at 2.2.
I think that Inter still hold the cards here and I am also confident that Barcelona will conspire to get another Inter player sent off. Look for anybody going near Messi to be carded regardless of whether the tackle was clean or not. Josep Guardiola can see that the refs are playing to the crowd and he will look to exploit that.
However, I’m confident that even with Barcelona ready to produce one of the most classless displays you’ve ever seen, Jose Mourinho’s tactics will win the day. Hopefully a victory for proper football.