Being away in my hotel this evening, I went down the pub to watch the Barcelona v Chelsea match - and what a corker it was. A stonewall sending-off, a missed penalty by Messi no less, a goal nearly scored by Drogba from the halfway line, and a late goal by the man who couldn't find his own arse with both hands, Mr Torres. And throughout all this, the most fantastic bravura, sterling defensive performance against all the odds by Chelsea against the best team in the world, with their backs to the wall and down to ten men for fifty minutes.
I was a good boy this evening and didn't have any "fun" bets while watching the game. I did, however, have a little look at the markets on my phone, and saw that Barcelona were 1.01 at half-time to win the match. Unfortunately I didn't lay them at 1.02 but any of those speculators out there who did so would have done very well for themselves.
I'll do a proper update on what I've been doing tomorrow.
Gutted I didn't spot that 1.01 on Barca, utterly ridiculous price! Sounds like you may have had a few too many down the pub though Eddie - Drogba almost scoring from the halfway line?! Don't remember seeing that but I vaguely recall a half-hearted effort from an annoying Ivorian, which bounced in the penalty box and was going well wide until the keeper dived theatrically like a salmon on top of it. Think you might need to take the beer goggles off and have another peek ;)
ReplyDeleteI left home for my weekly hour of badminton expecting to find a cricket score at 10 when we finished. Greatly surprised and pleased to see that the Blues had prevailed and hope some got on a 1.01 / 02 lay - as Sultan says - crazy odds.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I'll admit that I was up at the bar at the time, and that I was probably influenced by the chorus of "ooohhs!" in the pub. Not as close as I made out. :)
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