Juventus at Galatasaray

soccerbob · Dec 1, 2003

This match will be played in Dortmund. Juventus is in a real flat spot here. They come off a poor effort against Inter Milan and only need one point from their two remaining Champion's League matches to secure first place in he group. Several first team regulars will be rested and Juventus would be more than happy to settle for a draw here. I'm not sure they'll get it. Galatasaray actually controls their own fate in the group. If they win this match and next week at Real Socieadad, they will finish second in the group and go to the knockout stage. At the very least, they would like to finish third and grab a UEFA Cup spot. I think they come up with a big effort here and at the very least take a point.

Galatasaray EV and +1/2 -138

chriscol · Dec 1, 2003

for those who are not familiar with the location.
To play in Dortmund will create an atmosphere for Galatasaray that will almost be MORE of a home game than playing in Istanbul. The arena will be more than packed with Turkish fans.
When Turkish teams had to play Uefa-cup or Cl in the area of Bochum / Schalke or Dortmund is always has been more of a home game for them than for the German teams.

So if there is any line adjustement of the books for a "neutral site" that should give us an extra value with Galat. It's simply not true.
Besides of that i totally agree with your analyse Bob.

VG789 · Dec 2, 2003

Juventus will rest many players,but from what I ve seen from galata so far I m not tempted to bet on them.

acw · Dec 2, 2003

Sorry guys, but money has been coming in like crazy on Galatasaray. At Indosoccer it is now no handicap Juventus +105. That is too good a price! Having many reserve players in the team for Juventus I consider this a bonus. Actually their coach has no choice as the other guys are all tired of last weekend.