Balance
Loss €36.25
Result Marseille 2 (Rodriquez 52,Cana 70) Monaco 0
Well the draw never happened and now I was briefly back with a loss after ex Rangers player Julien Rodriguez and Albanian captain Lorik Cana scored two second half goals.I write briefly because I decided to back against Rodriquez's old club Rangers,against Lyon in the Champions League on Wednesday. My bet was a €50 asian handicap bet on Lyon 0 & -0.5 at odds of 1.99.I'm a busy man these days so never got to preview my decision and to prove I'm not a spoofer here's the bet!
Fixtures 12 December / Rangers v Lyon / Asian Handicap
Lyon 0 & -0.5
Back
10-Dec-0722:59 1.99 50.00
1.99 49.50
No more aftertimers I hope.The reason I backed against Rangers- the french connection,bad one at that and because they're Rangers in europe.
Rangers love affair with France hasn't really worked out with quite a few flops,none more so than Paul le Guen who had a disasterous spell in charge of the club.There was also the not so prolific World Cup winner Stéphene Guivarc'h(he is not alone Djimi won a Champions league medal in 2005),rubbish.Boumsong was promising but went too soon .Vignal scored in an Auld Firm then disappeared.Others like last weekends goalscorer Rodriquez,Letizi and Fanfan made little or no impact.
Then you had Basile Boli with a massive reputation and wage packet who just didn't do it and once said of his team's approach to a defeat against AEK Athens "You cannot go about winning such an important game when you are having a laugh in the dressing room half an hour before kick-off."They were probably having a laugh over this Basile,priceless video.Diamond Lights hasn't got a patch on it!
After nearly making the Champions League final the year Boli won it for Marseille, Rangers have done nothing in Europe with Smith who only took Rangers twice past Christmas in eight seasons and at the same time spending buckets of cash.
So has Smith learned anything from Europe from all those years ago.Well to be in the driving seat in this group and to throw it all away against a French club obviously not and once again a French man plays his part.Claude Darcheville the villain - missing the sitter of the season and then stamping on a player to earn a red card.
Alex Mc Leish was hounded out of the club the season he got Rangers to the last 16;a mistake?
STATS
Rangers in Europe
P 280 W125 D62 L93 F442 A 346
TRIVIA
Lyon retired the number 17 jersey in recognition of who?
Last weeks answer Basile Boli
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