For me things when it comes to sports betting and exclusively football is something different, firstly because it is where I think there are more chances of winning, secondly the bad thing is that if we really like a particular team we are guided a lot by the team of our preference and mistakes are often made there, I do not deny it, I have let myself be carried away by those feelings and I have lost, with Madrid it happened to me when they played against CITY, but I still do not regret it and I would support Madrid again, I also realized that the one who failed here was Ancelotti for putting a strategy out of context of what the game was.
But what do you mean by saying that you would support Madrid again? When it is your favorite team but you believe that they won't win the game against a stronger Manchester City, there is no point in betting on them anyway. It is exactly as you said that when sports betting is supposed to be successful, you actually need to ignore whether you like a team more than others. The only thing that counts is whether you feel confident about choosing the right outcome regardless of personal preferences or sympathy. Sure if the odds are good it can still make sense to choose a team that is an underdog, but this season I think most people would have chosen Manchester City because their performance peaked in the right moment this season.