[Football] UEFA Champions League Betting & Discussion Thread

[pawel7777]

The referee just blew the final whistle. Inter is through to the final. Barcelona is out.
Not the result many hoped for (myself included), but such is life. At least it was a good show with 7-6 on aggregate, which doesn't happen very often.

Barcelona was the dominant side in both games, but at the end of the day, goals are the only statistic that matters.

[salad daging]

It's really hard to separate these two teams even after 12 goals! What a great game to witness. What I find unfortunate for the neutral audience is that this game has to end at some point I still want to win some cash here and made a bet on Inter but I honestly don't really care who wins now.

Inter are now ahead in extra time with the score at 4-3. It's actually crazy how many goals the match has been raining down, I feel like it should be in the final for a match like this.
How about the people who chose the over 5.5 bet, maybe the odds offered by the bookies were bigger before the match started.

I'm pretty sure those bets for goals over 5.5 made good money too. I don't know the odds on that one because I only look at over 3.5 in most cases.

I believe history was repeated in this match in terms of total goals scored in a SF CL tie. It would be great if it becomes 14 but maybe too much to ask now

The problem is that many do not expect that the goal will be more than 5.5, but this is the testimony that they bet with the over then their profits are greater.
History remembers if I'm not mistaken in 2010 Inter Milan beat Barcelona when Mourinho was still in charge and now they are proving it again.

[Lillominato89]

Heroic!! Absolutely heroic!! There’s no other word to describe Inter tonight… Bloody hell, what a match, what a semi-final!!
I wouldn’t have bet a single euro on there being 7 goals tonight.
First half, pure football perfection from Inter. Then in the second, a brilliant Barcelona turned it around and were heading to the final till the 93rd minute!
But Acerbi dragged us back from the dead and took it to extra time, and then Frattesi—my god, Frattesi!—pulls off a miracle and sends us to the final…
Sorry lads, I’m a die-hard Inter fan… just had to let it all out!

[Zed0X]

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And thank you to Barcelona who gave a very tight and enjoyable match this time. Unfortunately they have not managed to do it until the end

Surely they are broken after this thrilling game. They were so close to winning it after coming from two goals down but it's probably fate telling them it's not their time yet. I'm confident that guys like Rapinha will win CL in the next three years.

I'm glad Inter won.

[debra]

The referee just blew the final whistle. Inter is through to the final. Barcelona is out.
Not the result many hoped for (myself included), but such is life. At least it was a good show with 7-6 on aggregate, which doesn't happen very often.

Extra time is over. Inter Milan finally defeated Barcelona with a very narrow score. But I'm surprised we have many goals in this match. Before the match started, I guessed we only will see total 2-3 goals but we have 7 goals today. It was amazing that Inter Milan had a very effective attacking when they played against Barcelona.

Barcelona was the dominant side in both games, but at the end of the day, goals are the only statistic that matters.

Even if Barcelona really dominated the match but they couldn't play effectively.

[pawel7777]

Match highlights, for those who couldn't watch the whole thing:

Barcelona were just two minutes away from the final, leading 6-5 on aggregate after Raphinha's 87-minute goal, but they let Acrbi score the equaliser in the 3rd minute of the stoppage time and we all know what happened next.

[Hyphen(-)]

Heroic!! Absolutely heroic!! There’s no other word to describe Inter tonight… Bloody hell, what a match, what a semi-final!!
I wouldn’t have bet a single euro on there being 7 goals tonight.
First half, pure football perfection from Inter. Then in the second, a brilliant Barcelona turned it around and were heading to the final till the 93rd minute!
But Acerbi dragged us back from the dead and took it to extra time, and then Frattesi—my god, Frattesi!—pulls off a miracle and sends us to the final…
Sorry lads, I’m a die-hard Inter fan… just had to let it all out!

Inter Milan showed class tonight, they were been played and dominated overall in both legs, but they stood still and make sure they achieved their aim even though they concealed a goal few minutes before the end of the 90 minute, but they are very luck and were strong defensively to be able to finished above Barcelona as they qualified to the final.

Inter Milan will now be waiting for either Arsenal or PSG, and any of these they will meet will be an interesting final because one these two teams never won the Champions League before, so the final will be between a team that have won the Champions League before and a team that never won the Champions League before.

[Salahmu]

The referee just blew the final whistle. Inter is through to the final. Barcelona is out.
Not the result many hoped for (myself included), but such is life. At least it was a good show with 7-6 on aggregate, which doesn't happen very often.

Barcelona was the dominant side in both games, but at the end of the day, goals are the only statistic that matters.

Is a sad day for Barcelona after all the hope they had to carry the champions League trophy, they have now become the club that would stand and be watching Inter Milan playing the finals, Barcelona did not try honestly because those two goals was not supposed to come at all because if those two goals was averted since before the second half all those things they go through wouldn't have because it would have come very clean for Barcelona but is unfortunate those players i had in mind did not try apart from just few and yamal was not at befor.

[Harkorede]

Barcelona were just two minutes away from the final, leading 6-5 on aggregate after Raphinha's 87-minute goal, but they let Acrbi score the equaliser in the 3rd minute of the stoppage time and we all know what happened next.

Lamine Yamal was very close to scoring the 4 goal to end the tie, but I think Barcelona at that point should tried to actually retain possession rather than going all out for the 4th goal.

Regardless of the game ended, I mean Lamine Yamal, take a bow, that kid is phenomena at just age 17, he's got the world at his feet.

[rby]

Match highlights, for those who couldn't watch the whole thing:

Barcelona were just two minutes away from the final, leading 6-5 on aggregate after Raphinha's 87-minute goal, but they let Acrbi score the equaliser in the 3rd minute of the stoppage time and we all know what happened next.

Football doesn't get better than what we experienced tonight if you ask me. A UEFA Champions League semi final game that produced 7 goals I think will go down in history as the most thrilling game of the stage in the competition. Another interesting thing about tonight's game of you ask me is that at the end, Barcelona didn't win the tie. The last time I enjoyed a UCL game like this was last season semi final game between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich when Joselu scored two late goals to send Real Madrid to the final.

[Woodie]

At this stage of the Champions league, stakes are high and any can win...but to be honest, from the two teams of Inter Milan and Barcelona, not once did I think Barca would be the team to suffer defeat at the hands of underdog Inter..but it should be said, they proved themselves that they aren't no pushovers.

You know what, these have me convinced that they can win it

[Uruhara]

At this stage of the Champions league, stakes are high and any can win...but to be honest, from the two teams of Inter Milan and Barcelona, not once did I think Barca would be the team to suffer defeat at the hands of underdog Inter..but it should be said, they proved themselves that they aren't no pushovers.

You know what, these have me convinced that they can win it

I personally expect Inter Milan to win this match. But I didn't expect it to actually happen. And maybe I'm a little different from the majority here who expect Barcelona to win. Because from the start I was hoping for Inter Milan to successfully qualify for the final. And it came true. So I congratulate Inter Milan for their persistence in reaching the final.

[Ambatman]

I personally expect Inter Milan to win this match. But I didn't expect it to actually happen. And maybe I'm a little different from the majority here who expect Barcelona to win. Because from the start I was hoping for Inter Milan to successfully qualify for the final. And it came true. So I congratulate Inter Milan for their persistence in reaching the final.

Well before the first leg I felt Inter Milan would be a hard nut to crack but Barcelona would qualify. After the first leg match I knew that Barcelona may not make it and inter Milan became the favorite in my head. I placed a bet on them winning which I lost since it ended on a draw but the match was worth it. I don't see the final beating this.

[20Bet]

I personally expect Inter Milan to win this match. But I didn't expect it to actually happen. And maybe I'm a little different from the majority here who expect Barcelona to win. Because from the start I was hoping for Inter Milan to successfully qualify for the final. And it came true. So I congratulate Inter Milan for their persistence in reaching the final.

Well before the first leg I felt Inter Milan would be a hard nut to crack but Barcelona would qualify. After the first leg match I knew that Barcelona may not make it and inter Milan became the favorite in my head. I placed a bet on them winning which I lost since it ended on a draw but the match was worth it. I don't see the final beating this.

I had the same feeling, Inter was going to make it. Yesterday’s Inter vs. Barcelona clash was one of the best I’ve seen in the Champions League so far. It was EPIC. So much adrenaline, so much pure fun. Inter’s grinta really made the difference in the end.
And Tbh this wasn’t about whether the ref was right or wrong. That’s just soccer. The CL isn’t La Liga (there is no gifts); it’s a different level, with a stronger emphasis on duels.

[ajiz138]

In fact, in this case, I think Inter Milan is more advantaged, because when they are not made the favorites of many people, then morally there is no pressure that burdens them, on the contrary it can be a motivation for them to show their quality.

Well, in the first leg they have done that, we just have to see whether they will be able to do the same thing again in the second leg or not, they should be able to show it because they will be playing at home too.

Barcelona isn't much of a favorite for the game tonight, it's a very close one compared to the first leg, but if any team is capable of winning this game even away from home it would be Barcelona.

It's going to be a really difficult game for both teams and since there is no longer the away goal rule in play, the game is a completely neutral one.

And Yes Barcelona must be eliminated from the Champions League after they lost 4-3 to Inter Milan with an aggregate score of 7-6 for Inter Milan's victory.

2 matches 13 goals scored is something interesting especially this happened in the semifinals. Inter Milan has a good mentality in this match because they can turn things around after they almost lost in 90 minutes of normal time.