Champions League Betting: 1.05 humiliation for Chelsea whilst Juventus crash out

Champions League / Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 08 December 2009 / Leave a Comment

Didier Drogba will have been frustrated by tonight's result despite scoring yet another goal.

"One team they certainly won’t be facing in the knock-out stages is Juventus after the Turin giants were thrashed 4-1 at home at the hands of Bayern Munich and consequently eliminated. "

All the in-running prices from an action-packed night of Champions League football including a shock draw for Chelsea, an unlikely win for Manchester United and Juventus crashing out of the competition.

Chelsea were held to one of the most humiliating draws of their recent history as they drew 2-2 with Apoel Nicosia, having traded as low as [1.05] in-running on Betfair. The draw was matched as high as [20.0] when Chelsea were ahead with just 3 minutes on the clock after goals from Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. Despite this minor irritation for Carlo Ancelotti, his team are still the [4.8] favourites to win the competition.

One team they certainly won't be facing in the knock-out stages is Juventus after the Turin giants were thrashed 4-1 at home at the hands of Bayern Munich and consequently eliminated. The home side went 1-0 ahead through David Trezeguet but Bayern came storming back at them after being backed at [9.6] to win the match. Louis Van Gaal's side had been backed at a high of [9.8] to qualify when looking dead and buried.

Over in Wolfsburg, a makeshift Manchester United side featuring three midfielders in defence still proved too strong for the home side and they ended up winning 3-1 after being backed at an in-running high of [7.4], with Michael Owen scoring a hat-trick.

Elsewhere there were straightforward wins by Porto over Atletico Madrid (high of [5.8]) and Real Madrid ([2.84]) over Marseille, with two-goal man Cristiano Ronaldo back to something like his best. Real trade at [7.2] for the Champions League, just behind the aforementioned Chelsea and compatriots Barcelona, who are [5.1]. Ronaldo's goals tonight have now seen him installed as the [2.12] favourite for top goalscorer in the competition whilst another all-English final, as happened in 2008, trades at [3.7].