We arrived hopefully in the middle of July, and although the season refers to the sea and general relaxation, the racing action never stops, so we at the infopetto are always in the ramparts. This week, therefore, undoubtedly the repetitive matches of the first phase of the clubs in the Champions League and Euroleague respectively will stand out, which will be our main reservoir of choosing. As far as the Euro Cup is concerned on Thursday, we will see them in the next few days and in a new column, so for the moment we are staying in today and tomorrow, where at first reading we picked out three interesting cases that we think can be played in a relaxed weekend system.
This is the first game to be held tonight in Malta, where Valletta hosts the (now known to us) Dudelange. The 2-2 of the first game has clearly left open the accounts for the rematch, but our feeling is that the team from Luxembourg has clearly better chances than the odds that may be suggesting. Obviously it is not a behemoth, however, we consider that it excels as a whole as a team of Valletta, while to the scales we must add the important experiences it gained from last year, where, among other things, it played for the first time in its history in a group stage. The fact that Valletta was able to bring the game to 2-2 while it was early back in the score with 2-0 is perhaps an element that influenced the betting companies, however in our humble opinion the set should have been upside down, something which in our eyes means a value at 2,81 of goalbet for the possibility of the guests' dominance.
Going forward, Wednesday night we first have the match between Riga and Dundalk. The first - quite balanced, the truth - game in Ireland is a goalless draw and although the differences between the two teams did not seem to be many, we have the impression that overall the Irish team excels in quality, which pushes us to support it for possible victory-qualification in Latvia. On a competitive level, Dundalk is in particularly good shape, and now the motivation of the team's players has been further enhanced by the sudden death of a team legend, Jimmy Dade, who passed away yesterday at the age of 65. Victory-qualification for him too, they say to the team, with them and us at the remarkable 3,35 of betshop.
We end our walk in Europe's stadiums with Kluge's confrontation with Astana, where 1-0 has given an initial, even lean, lead to the Kazaks. One of Astana's key strengths is of course its racing readiness, with the Kazakhstan Championship in full swing, while Romania has only begun last weekend, with Kluz even being forced into a home draw at 1-1. In addition, we can not fail to mention the experience, with Astana counting a lot of appearances in the Champions League groupings in recent years, and although in this game we do not even have the win to qualify, we think prices such as the 4,75 offered by stoixman is far too exaggerated. Kluez is the one who chases and who probably has to risk the time and finds no goal, and Astaana has clearly the potential to do ... damage to the offensive attack.
Briefly our choices:
Tuesday 16/7 (21:00): Valletta - Dudelange 2 @ 2,81 (goalbet)
Wednesday 17/7 (19:30): Riga - Dundalk 2 @ 3,35 (betshop)
Wednesday 17/7 (21:00): Cluj - Astana 2 2 4,75 (stoiximan)
