Spanish La Liga
2008-12-13 - Barcelona F.C vs Real Madrid
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Analysis:Match of the week as Barcelona who are currently unbeaten in the league since the opening day of the season welcome Real Madrid who after sacking German Coach Schuster, brought in former Tottenham coach in Juande Ramos and after their midweek triumph in the Champions League, it will be interesting to see how they play in this enounter with the La Liga leader.
Pep Guardiola's Barcelona thus far have conceded only 9 goals in 14 games, while the free-scoring attack has netted 44 goals already. They are doing well at the moment and even managed to beat Sevilla 3-0, thrashed Valencia 4-0 and considering Valencia conceded just three league goals this season that shows that Barcelona are in a fiery mood.
Thierry Henry has also found his goalscoring boots with a hat-trick recently. Now they will be looking to take the title away from Real Madrid who won are the current La Liga Champions after they had to do a guard of honour at the Bernabeu last season.
But it would be wrong to under-estimate Real Madrid as they will be like a wounded tiger with their pride to play here. They will be fighting for their lives and also under new coach Ramos will be motivated to give their best here.
For the home side Barcelona, the player to watch will be Lionel Messi who has been in devastating form in recent weeks. On the other hand there's the factor of Juande Ramos to consider as he was brought in to replaced the axed Bernd Schuster at Santiago Bernabeu.
Schuster's final words before leaving was that Real had no chance of triumphing at the home of the league leaders in this 'El Classico' encounter.
Ramos came in and already Real Madrid managed a 3-0 win over Zenit St. Petersburg. Ramos impressed fans when he went on to state that he is going for the win at the Nou Camp as the word draw is not in his vocabulary!
As it stands now, Barcelona holds a nine-point advantage over the reigning champions and would extend that advantage to a seemingly-unassailable 12 if they triumph on Saturday night.
Interestingly for Pep Guardiola, who featured in 10 'El Clasico' meetings as a player for the Catalans and will take charge of his first game as a Manager in this match.
He was quick to point out that Real Madrid deserves respect as they are the current La Liga Champions still and are coming to defend their title.
Take Real Madrid not to lose this match and accept the 1 ball here.
Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser
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The Pick :
Real Madrid to win 2-1
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take Real Madrid to win this match.
Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet
Take Real Madrid and accept the 1 ball here.
