Bayern slips by Fiorentina on away goals
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03/09/2010 -
Florence, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arjen Robben's brilliant goal in the 65th
minute capped a stretch of four combined goals in 11 minutes, as Bayern Munich
slipped into the quarterfinals of the Champions League despite a 3-2 defeat at
Fiorentina on Tuesday.
Stevan Jovetic scored two goals and Juan Vargas added one to put Fiorentina in
position to advance to the last eight on three occasions, but Mark van Bommel
scored Bayern's first and Robben added the deciding away goal.
Bayern won the first leg 2-1 in Munich, and although the final aggregate ended
4-4, advanced because of its two away goals at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Arsenal joined Bayern in the quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over FC Porto at the
Emirates to overcome a first-leg deficit and advance on aggregate 6-2.
Fiorentina didn't look like a club that had lost seven of its last nine in all
competitions, and in the process ended Bayern's 18-game unbeaten streak in all
events but still failed to advance.
Fiorentina's Vargas decided to try and test Bayern goalie Hans-Jorg Butt from
35 yards on the first chance for either side, but his free kick just cleared
the bar and dropped into the top of the net with the goal covered.
Vargas delivered on his next chance in the 27th when he battled Bayern central
defender Daniel van Buyten to win a rebound on the left edge of the six-yard
box and fired inside the far post from a tight angle.
Bastian Schweinsteiger helped create the first of two good chances for Bayern
when he was able to head the ball through traffic to Robben on the right side
of the area. Robben only had Fiorentina goalie Sebastien Frey to beat, but
the French star made a great save to tip the ball wide in the 34th.
Miroslav Klose, who replaced an injured Mario Gomez in the 30th minute, had
the second shot just seconds before half when he ran onto a cross from Thomas
Muller but, despite getting under the ball, headed over from 10 yards.
Fiorentina was handed another great chance five minutes into the second half,
but Butt made his biggest save of the match. Alberto Gilardino ran onto a ball
on the top of the six that magically rolled by two Bayern defenders but didn't
finish from just yards out as Butt deflected the ball wide.
Jovetic didn't waste Fiorentina's next chance, finishing off a back heel from
Gilardino to pick out the bottom corner in the 54th to open the scoring streak
that included two goals for each club.
Van Bommel unleashed a world-class strike from 20 yards that skimmed just off
the inside the left post in the 60th, putting the series level at three goals
apiece and even on away goals at one apiece. Jovetic followed in the 64th off
another Gilardino assist to hand his side the series lead once again, only to
watch Robben equalize shortly after the restart.
Robben delivered another world-class strike just over a minute later, when he
sent a left-footed shot from 28 yards over the outstretched arms of a diving
Frey and into the upper-left corner to send Bayern through to the final eight
for the second straight season.
Fiorentina has not advanced to the last eight since the 1969-70 European event
when it lost to Celtic in the quarterfinals.
In London, Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat trick as Arsenal rolled into the last
eight over Porto.
Bendtner scored his first two goals in the ninth and 25 minutes, and after two
goals from Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Eboue in the second half, finished his hat
trick from the penalty spot in extra time.
Arsenal, which dropped the first leg in Portugal 2-1, advanced despite playing
without Cesc Fabregas. The Gunners are in the last eight for the third time in
a row, and for the fourth time in the last five tournaments.
Porto was eliminated in the knockout stage by and English club for the third
time in the last four tournaments.
On Wednesday, Real Madrid will try to overcome a 1-0 defeat in the first leg
when Lyon visits the Bernabeu, and Manchester United will try to hold onto its
3-2 edge when AC Milan visits Old Trafford.
Inter Milan visits Chelsea, CSKA visits Sevilla, Stuttgart visits Barcelona,
and Olympiacos visits Bordeaux next week to wrap up the Round of 16.
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Betting the NFL preseason
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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