Wednesday CL

szlem · Aug 10, 2005

Any thoughts on Champions League qualifiers?

I like Anderlecht -1 vs Slavia (-114 available at 5d, -1/2 at -175 that is also a nice line IMO) very good team, favs to win the Belgian title this year, good results in recent games (6-0 against La Louviere in the firts game of the season)
Second best choice is Liverpool at CSKA -1/2 (-137 at 5d). I'm not certain yet about this game, but at this odds I'll probbly try them? CSKA is not a high quality team, missing top central defender Iliev.

AFLGuru · Aug 10, 2005

Remember with Liverpool that this is the first leg of this qualfier and it really doesn't mean much, even if they lose 1-0 or 2-1... something of the sorts that they can make up with the home leg. Benitez might be more concerned with his club's start in the EPL this weekend than this particular match. I think 0-0 would suit Liverpool just fine... They've also sleep-walked their way to this point of the competition, so maybe they'll be asleep for this one too... Also, CSKA is a hell of a long trip from Anfield, and if memory serves, HFA kept CSKA in until the group stage last year. Best of luck regardless.