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Académica vs Rio Ave
Date: 31 aug 08
Time: 00:00 CET

Sport: Football
Pick: Académica
Odds: 1.99
Stake: 9/10
Bookie: Pinnacle

Comment:
Académica cames from a defeat in the first game of the league, and also from one of their worst exhibitions in the last months. They played bad, and even their manager criticized the way their players went into the game. But that bad exhibition had some reasons to happen: Garces and Edson, two of the best Académica players were out, Tiero and Lito didnt played at 100% because they only came from the national team game one day before the match, and also the important captain Nuno Piloto wasnt fully fit. So lots of limitations for Académica team.

For this games all that players will be fully fit, and the team will surely be way better. Also, the players will make all they can to answer to the manager and proof their quality. But it wont be hard feelings, because the manager talked a lot with the players during the week, and they are together in this mission. Rio Ave tied with Benfica, what is an excellent result for them, but my opinion remains the same: Rio Ave is a weak team and they have too many old players to get something in a long league as this.

This players from newcomers consider the game against Benfica always as their life match, as Benfica is the biggest club in Portugal, meaning more supporters. But will they be with so much motivation against Académica, knowing they wont be in the newspappers? Yes, Rio Ave players were in newspapers all week, giving interviews and so, and they must be over confidents, what can be good for Académica. Rio Ave cant get 10 players defending, and playing away, they will suffer for sure.