Month: August 2013

Ligue 1 seems to be in the sites of some of football’s richest investors these days and in many ways, it could go the same way as the English Premier League. Monaco and Paris Saint Germain are the currently the two big sides in Ligue 1, with clubs like Marseille and Lyon close behind. Lyon produced a 4-0 win on opening day despite Gomis being unavailable.

They seem to turnover a huge amount of talent at a low cost despite selling star names every season, and as much as a title challenge may be a bit beyond them, they could be a good Coupe de France bet at 9/1.

Lyon can be found at odds of around 25/1 at the online casino and sports betting markets for the title, whereas PSG are odds on at around 1/2. This will leave many people tempted to have a speculative bet on Monaco, who carry odds of up to 3/1. Any team with Falcao, Rodriguez and Moutinho in the ranks is a good bet at these odds. Some punters will prefer the win/lose/draw straight prediction markets, whereas others will prefer things like scores and scorers. New PSG acquisition Cavani could be a good bet to top the scoring charts, at odds of around 7/2 at the online casino. Monaco’s Falcao leads the betting at 7/4.

If this isn’t enough to make you want to place a bet, or you’re just not the betting type why not try football slots games. The online market is now massive and they have games focused solely on specific sports. One of the popular ones to try is Game On! It uses animals in a World Cup tournament so it’s sure to give you a few laugh. What more could any footie fan want? It’s a typical slot machine which is easy to play and sure to lift your spirits.

South Africa were recently knocked out of the Cosafa Cup by Zambia in a penalty shootout. After the match, South Africa manager Gordon Igesund stated that despite the loss his team at the better team in the match.

The match ended as a 0-0 draw after extra time. Hence, it needed penalties to bring out the winner between the two teams. Zambia came out of the lottery as the winners after a 5-3 score. Igesund made some significant changes to the starting line-up.

The team have just come on the back of a victory against Namibia, but the manager decided to freshen things up.
Igesund said after the match that he would like to congratulate Zambia, but he said that it never feels nice when a team is defeated on penalties. South Africa hit the post on two occasions during the match and they could have easily won it had they had more luck.

Despite an intimidating home crowd, South Africa’s problems were more down to finishing their opportunities according to the manager. The focus will now be shifting towards the World Cup qualifying. South Africa have an important World Cup qualifying match against Botswana coming up in September.
They will be preparing solely with the purpose of beating Botswana.

“I think it was a very good game of two teams having a go at each other. I would like to congratulate Zambia for the win, although it is never nice to lose on penalties. I thought we were better tonight and as you saw we hit the post twice. I am just disappointed for the boys because I would have loved to see them in the final because they gave their all. The crowd did not affect us because we stuck to our game plan and took the game to our opposition, it is just unfortunate we could not get the desired result,” said Igesund.