Champions League - Valencia Pick'em and Plus 1/2 over Manchester Utd -1.27 (2 units) Wednesday, 11:45 AM Pacific
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Valencia has emerged as a legitimate contender to Barca, Real Madrid, and even Atletico Madrid for the La Liga title. Despite the losses of David Silva and David Villa, the flying orange Spaniards are deservedly perched a top of La Liga and are playing the part. Their open and attacking style combined with a concept of "total team" helped them crush Bursaspor in their opening Champions League Fixture, and their only dropped points in League play was vs. Atletico Madrid this past weekend in a 1-1 draw. They outshot Atletico (team with Diego Forlan, World Cup Golden Ball winner) 17-6, controlled possession 65% of the time and had every right to claim all 3 points.
Man United is moving in the other direction with their road form and back line in question. United is winless so far in League play and squandered a 2-0 lead at home to Liverpool last week before the miraculous play of Dmitri Berbatov hit a late winner. The return of Rio Ferdinand at the back and long time staples like Vidic have left United Supporters asking more questions about the back four continuity. This last weekend against Bolton, the Wanderers played at United going ahead of them twice before the Red Devils equalized both times to ultimately earn a draw.
With Manchester United, there is a team with a great deal of legacy overlay b/c of their long time success, which has contributed to the value in this line...
I have seen this set up taking place for some time and started working into this about 10 days ago with my most recent play yesterday following what I am speculating is Wayne Rooney having issues with his ankle again. He was pulled off the pitch against Bolton in the 62nd minute and was icing his ankle down. The last time Rooney was ruled out of a match was against his return trip to Everton 3 weeks ago and we got a 35 cent line move against United.
I couldn't wait to post this play anymore as I only see this line moving in one direction. There is value on this play until -1.50 on Valencia at Pick'em and +1/2 goal.
