Originally Posted by
cogiditopapa
You are right European games are won in midfield battles...Barca has Busquets & Iniesta in the midfield, now I call that a world class midfield and then you have by very very far the best 3 strikers in the world at front, let me remind you of some of the things these magicians do:
Messi says, "hey Neymar, you take the penalty man pls", Neymar "ok Leo, no problem bro".....Now Suarez tell Messi hey pass me the ball back and I will send a cross and you score brother, let's make it pretty!...sure Suarez says Leo and so on....
All I am saying is that if you ever played yourself a team sport, when you have such a good vibe with your teams mates and you know they are as good as you are...you start doing magical things, you don't think on self glory anymore...you already know that is coming because you know you and your teammates are just so good, that is what is so dangerous about this trio, they know they are the best. No defense in this world has what it takes to battle this 3 as soon as they connect.
And I agree laying the juice on Barcelona is not smart neither is too juice for such a big game, but odds don't lie (at least in this one), bookies know who the best team is. Again I think the +0.5 play is the more suitable based on value hoping Juve executes their plan to perfection and take this to extra-time ....but calling this game a 1-0 on Juves favor is very ambitious. and for sure there are other markets in this game that can be very profitable, like the live market, that will probably be good if this goes 0-0 to half time which I doubt but Italians are in full "I want to win something mode" and they are freaking good when they think that way.
I love your input because this develops arguments and makes all of us think, I appreciate your postings very much, I don't tail but for sure are a great point of discussion in my mind to see why you or any others may think a certain way.
One question, who did you pick to win in the Euro 2012 final between Spain - Italy?, I picked Italy for the very same reasons you are picking Juve today.