Fan predicts Liverppol 7-0 win on BBC site before the match
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4832776.stmA user on the BBC 606 message boards predicted Liverpool's stunning 7-0 win over Birmingham in the FA Cup.
The mystery punter, with the username "Messi better than cesc", posted their forecast at 1905 GMT on Tuesday - a full 40 minutes before the match started.
He or she not only got the score right but they also claimed:
There would be a goal in the first minute.
Three goals in the first half.
Four goals in the second half.
The sixth would be an own goal.
Djibril Cisse would score very late on.
They suggested the deadlock would be broken by Xabi Alonso with a 40-yard strike after 38 seconds.
In reality, Sami Hyypia opened the scoring with a header 17 seconds later.
The prediction that Birmingham would trail 2-0 inside 10 minutes was also correct, as was the claim that Cisse would score late on.
The user thought Cisse would out-run the Blues defence before slotting home.
In fact, Cisse's shot should have been saved by Maik Taylor, but the goalkeeper allowed the ball to squirm under his body.
Report: Birmingham 0-7 Liverpool
Still, not a bad prediction, especially when you consider that "Messi better than cesc" only missed out on the time of the own goal by two minutes.
Oliver Tebily put the ball in his own net after 77 minutes - and not 79 minutes by Emile Heskey as he or she had suggested.
Had "Messi better than cesc" done their research better, they would have known that Heskey had an ankle injury and was not fit to play.
Nevertheless, the 7-0 prediction would have netted odds of 100-1 from bookmaker William Hill.
"Oddly enough, although we took a few bets of a fiver or less at 100/1 for the 7-0 result prior to kick-off, the biggest bets we took for the scoreline were placed during game via the internet," said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
"One customer from Manchester staked £25 at 66/1 when the score was 3-0, and won £1650, while another from Cleveland picked up a profit of £1320 after betting £20. Overall, we lost a five figure sum on the outcome."
It is not known whether "Messi better than cesc" placed a bet on their forecast - but it certainly got the boards talking.
"Heskey" wanted to know what his or her lottery numbers were, while others requested racing tips.
Some even dared to chide the user for failing to predict the scorers in their correct order.
For those interested, the sequence of goals is shown below:
PREDICTION
38 secs: Alonso 40-yard strike
10 mins: Alonso again
22 mins: Crouch with a 40-yard header
46 mins: Reina scores from goal kick
77 mins: Carragher gets his first goal in three years
79 mins: Emile Heskey og
90 mins: Cisse out runs every Brum player to finish
REALITY
55 secs: Hyypia nods in the opener
5 mins: Crouch heads in
38 mins: The England striker makes it two with neat finish
59 mins: Morientes scores three minutes after coming on
70 mins: Riise smashes in from outside the area
77 mins: Olivier Tebily og
89 mins: Cisse's goal completes the rout
:icon063: :icon124: :icon101:勁過X神:eek2::icon030: 玩野都咁準:icon101:
連拿入波:icon101: 神:icon101: "Messi better than cesc"..個名點解?:icon111::icon101: 原帖由 逍遙 於 2006-3-2412:30 AM 發表
玩野都咁準:icon101:
連拿入波:icon101:
睇到話reina score from goad kick後我覺得佢係玩野多:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101: 原帖由 木狼Szczerbiak 於 2006-3-2401:49 AM 發表
"Messi better than cesc"..個名點解?:icon111::icon101:
美斯好過施斯:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101: 原帖由 henrytam 於 2006-3-2402:18 AM 發表
美斯好過施斯:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101:
No, no. Cecs is Fabregsa. Francesc Fabregas. 原帖由 henrytam 於 2006-3-2402:18 AM 發表
美斯好過施斯:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101: :icon101: 原帖由 henrytam 於 2006-3-2402:18 AM 發表
美斯好過施斯:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101:
你覺得施斯差，都唔駛夾硬來架 :icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101: 90 mins: Cisse out runs every Brum player to finish
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佢得咩 !? :icon124: 連入波時間都估到差唔多...:eek2: 原帖由 henrytam 於 2006-3-2402:18 AM 發表
睇到話reina score from goad kick後我覺得佢係玩野多:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101:
有冇力踼過去:confused: 原帖由 沙9 於 2006-3-2411:24 AM 發表
有冇力踼過去:confused:
如果咁都入,對手龍門真係要搵窿捐.:icon124: 原帖由 henrytam 於 2006-3-2402:18 AM 發表
睇到話reina score from goad kick後我覺得佢係玩野多:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101:
Crouch with a 40-yard header
都夠玩野啦:icon101: 原帖由 沙9 於 2006-3-2411:24 AM 發表
有冇力踼過去:confused:
連拿的腳力係入到禁區咖~! 原帖由 中場指揮官 於 2006-3-2411:27 AM 發表
如果咁都入,對手龍門真係要搵窿捐.:icon124:
你說簡尼嗎~!:icon082: 原帖由 平仔 於 2006-3-2411:45 AM 發表
Crouch with a 40-yard header
都夠玩野啦:icon101:
:icon101: 鐵頭功都唔得啦 .... 原帖由 henrytam 於 2006-3-2402:18 AM 發表
美斯好過施斯:icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101::icon101:
Cesc:icon101::o 原帖由 平仔 於 2006-3-2411:45 AM 發表
Crouch with a 40-yard header
都夠玩野啦:icon101:
一睇呢句我都覺得係玩野:icon101:
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