Germany v Spain Euro 2008 Final Betting

After 30 games over 3 weeks, Euro 2008 reaches its climax on Sunday as Germany take on Spain in Vienna at 7:45pm. Despite being labelled a ‘poor’ German team by many pundits, they have, as they did in 2002 and 2006, overcome these criticisms to show you can never write of the Germans. Nothing illustrated this more than their 3-2 semi final win over Turkey on Wednesday, as they scored three goals in ten minutes to break a heroic Turkish side which had just 13 available players. As always Spain entered the competition with great expectations, but this time there was also a real belief amongst both the squad and the fans that this side had the resilience needed to win a major tournament. So far that believe has been…

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Euro 2008 Group Betting – Bet on the Group winners

We’ve now had the chance to see all 16 teams in action across all four Euro 2008 groups, and should have a better idea by now of who is likely to progress through to the Quarter Finals following last night’s Group D games, which saw Spain dominate Russia and Sweden out-class a very, very poor Greece side. With the opening games out of the way, teams start to settle into their stride a little now, and some look to secure their place in the next round, whilst for others it’s time for the nerves to kick in.

In this article, we take a look at the likely winners of each group with two games remaining in the group phase of Euro 2008. Don’t forget there’s still time to get…

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Euro 2008: Holland breeze through, plus previews of Group D games

Monday’s Group C Results

All signs pointed to an easy France victory against a poor Romania side – Indeed the best available odds for France to win were just 5/6 prior to kickoff. However Romania set their stall out early on – After just five minutes, they had all 11 men behind the ball in their own penalty area – They clearly set out to stop France creating anything, and they succeeded, as the two teams played out one of the worst games of football ever witnessed at a major tournament in a real “bore-draw” 0-0 game. Les Blues will have to pull their socks up now with wins against Italy and Holland if they are to progress to the knock-out stages.

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Euro 2008: Sunday’s results and betting news for Monday’s games

Euro 2008: Sunday’s results and previews of Monday’s matches

Sunday’s Results

Day Two of Euro 2008, and it was off to Group B, where co-hosts Austria faced Slaven Bilic’s Croatia, whilst Germany squared off against Poland in the evening game. Austria couldn’t have got off to a worse start falling behind to a Luka Modric penalty after just four minutes which proved to be the decisive goal, as a nervy Croatia held on for the victory against an Austrian side that looked a constant threat.

Germany’s victory over Poland was slightly more comprehensive, as Polish-born Lukas Podolski scored a brace as the Germans ran riot over the Polish defence – The only suprise was that they only managed the two goals, as it could quite easily have been four…

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Euro 2008: Saturday’s results and previews of Sunday’s matches

Saturday’s Results

The opening games of Euro 2008 kicked off with Group A matches for co-hosts Switzerland against the Czech Republic and Portugal facing Turkey. Despite dominating large portions of the match and looking threatening going forward, the Swiss went down to a single goal scored by Czech substitute Vaclav Sverkos. Portugal v Turkey was an interesting game for the neutral, with both teams favouring counter-attacking football. Defender Pepe (a 40/1 shot for first goalscorer) got the Portuguese in front, and finally with the Turks pressing for the equaliser at the end of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo started a breakaway move that led to Raul Meireles slotting home a second to put the tie out of doubt.

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Portugal v Turkey Betting news

Those looking to bet on Portugal v Turkey in Euro 2008 should be in for a cracker as these two teams square off in the second match of the tournament in Geneva (19:45 kickoff, this match will be shown live on ITV1). All signs point to an opening day victory for Scolari’s men, with Portugal having won 5 of the 6 ties between these two sides, including both prior meetings in the European Championships. Turkey have won just the one match, in Istanbul in 1955. They last met at Euro 2000, when Portugal ran out 2-0 winners.

Don’t forget to check out the bookies special offers before betting on this match, including free bet offers from Blue Square, bet365 and VC Bet.

Portugal v Turkey match odds

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Switzerland v Czech Republic Betting news

Euro 2008 kicks off on Saturday teatime with co-hosts Switzerland facing the Czech Republic in Basel (Kickoff is at 17:00 BST, and the game will be shown live on BBC1). the last time these two teams met was in 1999, when the Czech Republic ran out comfortable 3-0 winners. With the Swiss on home soil, it shouldn’t be that easy for them this time, and that is reflected in the bookies odds for this match.

Don’t forget that a number of bookmakers have rolled out some special offers for Euro 2008, including Blue Square’s Million Pound promotion (All you have to do is predict the scores of the matches, and you could win £1,000,000), and Bet365’s huge £200 Free Bet promotion. Expect more special offers as the tournament progresses…

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Who’s going to win Euro 2008?

WHO IS GOING TO WIN EURO 2008?

Cristiano Ronaldo for Golden Boot Euro 2008?
The tournament that all of England has been waiting for with gritted teeth (Thanks once again Steve McClaren for saving us the agony of another Quarter Final exit on penalties) kicks off on Saturday, and having already previewed each team’s individual strengths and weaknesses, we now look at who the likely winners are going to be – And it’s a case of the usual suspects, but there are more than a few dark horses (with tempting odds) circling with intent – Let’s not forget Euro 2004 was won by 100/1 “nobodies” Greece – Surely it can’t happen again…