Recap

Lorient vs. Saint Etienne

Sunday, May 12th 2013, 05:00 CET

Saint-Etienne lost 3-1 at Lorient in the French League on Sunday. This way they put an end to their chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. Also, I lost the bet I placed on Saint-Etienne last week, with the odds from William Hill.

Lorient managed to take the lead five minutes after halftime, when defender Lamine Gassama raced down the right flank before crossing to the far post to allow Kevin Monnet-Paquet to head in. In the 68^th minute, Fabien Robert doubled Lorient’s advantage when he headed in an accurate ball received from Benjamin Corgnet.

Saint Etienne’s central defender Kurt Zouma reduced the deficit on the scoring table 10 minutes from the end of the game, when he headed in Romain Hamouma’s corner. The guests thought they would be able to reduce the difference shortly afterwards but unfortunately for them, the effort of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang proved to be in vain; because the ball was flagged offside. That was the moment when Yann Jouffre sealed the result in stoppage time.

After this disappointing result suffered in front of Lorient, Saint-Etienne is currently situated sixth in the Ligue 1 standings, four points behind Lyon which will soon have to host Paris Saint-Germain, with the visitors urging to get a win to clinch the title.

Result:-6 units, bet lost

Recap

Borussia Dortmund vs. Wolfsburg

Sunday, May 11th 2013, 14:30 CET

Volkswagen Arena was sold out for the game between the reigning champions and the local team. Wolfsburg proved that it’s possible to be the underdog and still manage to show a good game, forcing Dortmund to come from behind and end this game in a draw, when it could have ended so much worse.

Wolfsburg started off better, but Dortmund was the one to score first on the 5^th minute through Bender, who finished off a free kick from Nuri Sahin. The Wolves regrouped and started the attack only to restore the draw 10 minutes later, through a player that just transferred from Dortmund to Wolfsburg during the winter. Perisic scored twice in the span of 10 minutes to bring advantage to his team, and was assisted by Olic. Naldo delighted the fans 4 minutes later to scare a beautiful goal in the 26^th minute, and they never stopped attacking even though the goals on their part never came.

Dortmund found a Lewandowski who hesitated in some crucial moments during the game, and it took upon Marco Reus to score two late goals and level Borussia Dortmund with their opponents. The defense of the reigning champions was on the floor, and they could easily say that the draw was lucky, and they managed to secure the second place in the Bundesliga ahead of Bayer Leverkusen.

With this point, Dortmund realized they still have some areas to work on to make the team better, and I lost the bet I placed on them with odds from bwin.

Result:-7 units, bet lost