Line up the Prosecco Bruce…the Old Lady’s on the Way!

Line up the Prosecco Bruce…the Old Lady’s on the Way!

The home of cricket, racing and rugby league welcomes one of the giants of football on Saturday as the International Champions Cup gets underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Football games of this stature are few and far between down here but the sport loving Aussies will be sparking up the BBQ in keen anticipation.

Melbourne Victory vs Juventus

You can scour through expert opinions and betting tips all you like, I doubt you’ll find too much enthusiasm for a home win, but fear not; there’s more to go at with Asian Handicap Betting. And, in any case, sport is sport in Melbourne and they’ll be well up for it.

Melbourne skipper Carl Valeri is an unusual animal in the Antipodes, having spent a decade playing in Italy before he arrived at Victory, and he witnessed the prowess of Juve first hand while on the bench for Serie A outfit Sassuolo. If the Old Lady need any insight, she could learn from Victory’s domestic rivals Brisbane who beat Kevin Muscat’s team twice in the spring, scoring seven times in the process.

In Juventus’ last outing, Alvaro Morata scored an extra-time winner for the champions as they beat AC Milan 1-0 to clinch the Coppa Italia. And the sheer power of Massimiliano Allegri’s squad becomes clear when we see that Manchester United have reportedly had an £87m bid for Paul Pogba rejected by Juventus.

Celtic vs Leicester City

Two managers with mild headaches meet on the other side of the world. Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic have recently suffered an embarrassing (to say the least) 1-0 defeat to Gibraltarian semi-professional side Lincoln Red Imps in a Champions League qualifying round first leg. At the time of writing, he expects his flops to make amends in the second leg. Let’s assume they’ve done that and Brendan is still on the job!

In contrast, the Foxes’ last outing was a 1-1 draw at Chelsea where they received a guard of honour, the preserve of English Champions. But with Champions League and higher expectations to contend with, Claudio Ranieri wants to keep his tight squad together. He’s already lost influential midfielder N’Golo Kante to Chelsea. That’ll teach him for showing them up last season!.

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