Dynamo Kiev seeks counter strike final presentation at home
Match Day 6 in North East Europe and the Ukrainian Football Club Dynamo Kiev has only one point earned from five matches played in the group stage. Unless they can snag a win at home and take all three points against Real Madrid. With a win Dynamo would finish with a statistically better effort then the 1994/95 season, when they finished the group stage with one win and five losses.
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For Madrid, a road victory in Kiev, Ukrania would leave them with four wins in the group stage for the first time since 2003/04 coincidentally the last season they got as far as the quarter-finals.
Real Madrid tied at home with Lyon 2-2 on Matchday 5. This placed the French side out of reach in the group standings. Although Madrid could yet climb level with Lyon on 13 points, the French champions have the edge in the head to head record.
Fabio Capello's side actually trailed Lyon 2-0 during the game but the Spaniards fought back through goals from former Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Mahamadou Diarra and Ruud van Nistelrooy. Ruud later had a last minute penalty saved by goalkeeper Grégory Coupet.
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Dynamo was well beaten by Real at the Santiago Bernabéu on Matchday 2, going down 5-1. Van Nistelrooy and Raúl González scored 2 while José Antonio Reyes scored one for Madrid, with Artim Milevskiy getting Dynamo's honor goal.
Real Madrid started out the group phase with a 2-0 loss to Lyon. The upset sparked a three match winning streak for the Merengues who went on to defeat Steaua 4-1 and 1-0 (home and away). Dynamo, on the other hand, never recovered from a 4-1 home defeat by Romanian Steaua on Matchday 1 and successive losses to Lyon followed their defeat in Madrid.
On Matchday 5 Steaue Bucuresti earned a 1-1 tie that confirmed Dynamo’s elimination to the next round. Florin Cernat gave them a lead taken soon after in the second half by Nicolae Dica in the 69th minute.
Real Madrid has fared better in the two teams' previous encounters, collecting four wins, four draws and one defeat. Their overall record against Ukrainian opposition is strong with just one loss in eleven matches. Madrid fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 the last time the teams met in Kiev in November 2004, with Maris Verpakovskis and Raúl among the scorers.
Including his double on Matchday 2, Raúl has scored in four of Madrid's last five encounters against Dynamo. He also struck three goals for Spain against Ukraine in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying.
Bodog.com’s soccer lines got my eye on this game. Real Madrid is playing for pride and cannot go on to the next phase unconvincingly. They must at least draw. Dynamo needs a face wash win, which they will not get easily against Real.
The line is Real Madrid +140 and its all I need to put a nice bet on in the hopes of watching money grow.
