Sports Betting Blog

May 26, 2009 by Ben Filed under: Football 

Would the final of the Champions League be the same without some crazy special bets from the world famous bookmaker, Paddypower. These bets are mainly for fun but the really shrewd punter could probably profit from this.

PADDY POWER SPECIALS
11/5 Match to go to Extra-time
11/2 Match to go to penalty shootout

Paddy Power’s Commentary Clichés
Clive “Man Utd” Tyldesley may just have been waiting ten years for this. Having famously referred to “that night in Barcelona” ever since 1999, United now play the very team in this year’s Champions League Final. But what will be Clive’s first cliché from Paddy Power’s famous betting list and will he be able to resist uttering his well worn 10/1 shot?

ITV’s 1st Commentary Cliché during the match
6/1 Darren Fletcher
7/1 1999
7/1 The defending champions
10/1 That night in Barcelona
12/1 Gladiators
14/1 What a goal!
12/1 100 goals
16/1 He’s missed it!
14/1 He’ll be disappointed with that
14/1 One of his stepovers
16/1 Nervous moments
16/1 There’s danger here
16/1 United always score
16/1 End to end stuff
16/1 Fizzed just wide
16/1 Two footballing giants
16/1 The neutrals final
16/1 The greatest manager in the history of British football
20/1 He’s gone down a little easily there
20/1 Stuff of dreams
20/1 The best player in the world
20/1 That night against Barcelona
20/1 Squeaky bum time
20/1 Emperor of Rome
25/1 Hero of the night
25/1 Villain of the piece
25/1 He is human after all
25/1 At the end of the day
25/1 First to retain the trophy in the Champions League era
25/1 Total football
28/1 Roman coliseum
33/1 A clumsy challenge by Scholes
40/1 Balmy, balmy night
40/1 Off their perch
50/1 Fergie’s looking at his watch
66/1 There’s Sir Bobby
66/1 Football, bloody hell

First Premier League Team mentioned by the ITV commentators during the match
2/1 Chelsea
2/1 Arsenal
7/2 Liverpool
4/1 Hull
7/1 Manchester City
18/1 Everton
18/1 Newcastle
18/1 Sunderland
18/1 Middlesbrough
Others on request
Ronaldo v Messi
World Player of the Year
1/3 Messi
4/1 Ronaldo
20/1 Iniesta
25/1 Rooney
66/1 Vidic

First to shoot on target
8/15 Ronaldo
11/8 Messi

First to score
4/5 Ronaldo
10/11 Messi

First to be fouled
5/6 Ronaldo
5/6 Messi

To be fouled the most
5/6 Ronaldo
5/6 Messi

He’s gone down a little easily there – First player to receive physio’s attention on the pitch
10/1 Messi
12/1 Iniesta
12/1 Xavi
14/1 Henry
16/1 Eto’o
16/1 Toure
16/1 Keita
16/1 Pique
16/1 Sylvinho
8/1 Ronaldo
16/1 Berbatov
16/1 Vidic
16/1 Ferdinand
16/1 Tevez
16/1 Scholes
16/1 Rooney
Others available

Penalty Shootouts – Hero or Villain?
Ronaldo and John Terry both missed their shootout penalties last year at 11/4 and 2/1, respectively. If it goes to penalties again, who will be the fall guy this time?

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