Soccer, Champions League, Pick on 26.9.2006: Arsenal vs. FC Porto
Arsenal to restart the european competition after the disappointed end of last final match lost from Barcelona, just near the end of the match.
The Gunners started so good in the first day of CHL, while they struggled so much to have points from their perfomances, in Premier league, at new home ground, till the last sunday match that has given the necessary confidence to face tonight an hostic opponent.
They are surely on fire: they won in Germany ground against Hamburg (by 1-2), so another away won at Old Trafford (over United by 1-0), to end with the comfortable home win against Sheffield (by 3-0), the first win at Emirates Stadium.
By the other side Porto seems to be less dangerous than precedent years: they changed some key pieces in the middle and in attack front, I guess that we cannot compare their perfomances watching for the results in Portuguese league, anyway they played an unlucky match against CSKA Moskva, at the debut in CHL, reaching an home draw by 0-0, showing to have the control of the game.
Porto is not a team to understimate for sure, but I see big value in Arsenal power also for the new season and the confirmed of Thierry Henry (tonight available) is the passport to believe that they will search for a long permanence in CHL road.
Arsenal to win and to close any surprise for the future in CHL, that's my feeling.
26.9.2006 20:45 Arsenal - FC Porto, Arsenal @ 1.48 at Unibet
source: www.sports-punter.com







