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Football: Cup hopes for Inter crushed by rampant Roma

Football news from Gamebookers.comInter Milan’s hopes of lifting the Italian Cup for the third consecutive year were dealt a potentially fatal blow after they were thrashed 6-2 by Roma in the first leg here on Wednesday. Roma, last year’s beaten finalists, were 3-0 up after 16 minutes through Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi and Simone Perrotta – all World Cup winners with Italy last year – before Hernan Crespo pulled one back for the recently-crowned Serie A champions. Further goals from Brazilian winger Mancini and Christian Panucci made it 5-1 before Crespo grabbed his second of the match. Panucci pounced again a minute from time to restore Roma’s four-goal cushion and give Inter a mountain to climb in the second leg at the San Siro next week.

Inter coach Roberto Mancini lamented his side’s woeful start at the Olympic stadium.

“To lose three goals in the first quarter of an hour or so gave us too much to do,” he said. “Roma started superbly and we were awful.”

Roma, the only side to beat Inter in Serie A this season, took the lead with less than a minute on the clock. Panucci fed Rodrigo Taddei down the right and the Brazilian’s cutback found Totti who drilled a low, angled shot past Francesco Toldo. Worse was to follow for Inter as Roma extended their advantage four minutes later. A left-wing corner fell kindly for Phillipe Mexes whose half-volley, which was going wide, was diverted into the net by De Rossi’s outstretched boot. Roma went three up when Christian Chivu’s left-wing cross was prodded home by Perrotta.

Crespo pulled one back in the 20th minute thanks to a woeful error by David Pizarro. The Chilean playmaker tried to pass the ball back to his keeper, Alexander Doni, but Crespo was alert to it and reached the ball first. The Argentina international then rounded Doni before tucking home from a narrow angle. Mancini got in on the goalscoring act on the half hour, gobbling up the loose ball after Toldo had failed to clear Panucci’s right-wing cross.

Panucci’s towering header made it 5-1 before Crespo responded with a close-range header to give Inter some hope. That hope was practically extinguished in the 89th minute when Panucci lashed home the rebound after Toldo had parried Totti’s free-kick. Juventus are the most successful team in the Italian Cup with nine titles, followed by Roma on seven and Fiorentina on six.

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Betting voyerism – or just plain nosey?

I always find it interesting to see where the money is being made and what others are betting on. To help with this ‘punter’s voyerism’ 2 of our top rated European bookies have a special section on their web sites highlighting the top ten bettors from the last week.

Top ten bettors? The punters who’ve made the greatest percentage profit from a single bet (ie not the biggest payouts). These rankings reflect successful long odds bets.
 
Today Betsson Sports congratulate Rafał from Poland who this week won 832,59 PLN with a stake of only 0,4 PLN (about 10 EURO cents) whereas Interwetten’s top punter is Halil from Germany who staked 2 EURO for a 1688.34 EURO return.

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Click to visit Betsson for an easy to read version!

 

 

 

 

 

Click to visit this top Euro bookie

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You can also click through from these Top Ten Tables (above) at each of these bookie sites to see the actual winning bet slip… for example here’s the most profitable Betsson punter’s picks.

Rafal from Polands Accumulator bet slip

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