Barca Well Supported for Wembley Glory

MANCHESTER, England, September 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Barcelona have been well supported for this year's Champions League where Europe's champions will be crowned at Wembley.

It's the first time Wembley has staged the final since 1992 when the Catalan Giants won their first European Cup after 1-0 extra time win over Sampdoria.

"All the punters are backing Barcelona even after their shock defeat at the weekend," explained Betfred.com spokesman Mark Pearson. "It's turning into a case of anyone but Barca for the bookies. Of the English sides Manchester United have been best backed with their supporters hoping they can lift the European Cup at Wembley just like in 1968."

The Champions League starts this week with Chelsea and nine times winners Real Madrid second favourites at 11/2.

With Europe's showpiece being at Wembley and all English final is available at 5/1.

"Arsenal are friendless at the moment but if Arsene Wenger gets it right 12/1 could offer some value. We have seen some optimistic Spurs supporters backing their team at 33/1," said Mark Pearson.

At http://www.betfred.com there are also prices on who will score the most goals in the Champions League. David Villa is available at 11/2 while Lionel Messi who has come out on top for the last two seasons is the second favourite at 6/1.

Meanwhile Wayne Rooney who has been hitting the headlines of late is 12/1 to be Europe's top goalscorer.

    Champions League Winner 2010/11

    Barcelona            5/2
    Chelsea             11/2
    Real Madrid         11/2
    Manchester United    7/1
    Arsenal             12/1
    Inter Milan         14/1
    Bayern Munich       14/1
    Ac Milan            20/1
    Roma                33/1
    Tottenham Hotspur   33/1
    Lyon                40/1
    Valencia            40/1
    Marseille           50/1
    Schalke             50/1
    Werder Bremen       66/1
    Benfica             66/1
    Others              100/1 or above

    Champions League Top Goalscorer

    Villa, David           11/2
    Messi, Lionel           6/1
    Drogba, Didier          8/1
    Ronaldo, Cristiano      8/1
    Higuain, Gonzalo       12/1
    Rooney, Wayne          12/1
    Milito, Diego          16/1
    Eto'O, Samuel          20/1
    Ibrahimovic, Zlatan    20/1
    Berbatov, Dimitar      22/1
    Anelka, Nicolas        25/1
    Chamakh, Marouane      25/1
    Pato, Alexander        25/1
    Van Persie, Robin      25/1
    Pedro,                 33/1
    Robinho,               33/1
    Arshavin, Andrei       40/1
    Benzema, Karim         40/1
    Fabregas, Cesc         40/1
    Klose, Miroslav        40/1
    Lampard, Frank         40/1
    Muller, Thomas         40/1
    Others                 50/1 or above


    Contact - Mark Pearson, [email protected]

SOURCE Betfred.com

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