Euro 2008
 

The tournament is not far away, as being a greek god i hope greece win it again after they won it at 150/1 in 2004.

I think its going to be spains year they havent won anything in a while.

there is 20k comp on nsw tab for who ever is intrested

European Championship - Euro 2008 Winner
Winner Online Betting Closes 04:45 Mon 30 Jun 2008
NSW Fixed Odds updated at: 7:08:13 AM
Sportsbet No Selection (default) Price
19904 GERMANY 5.00
19901 ITALY 6.50
19903 SPAIN 6.50
19902 PORTUGAL 8.00
19906 FRANCE 9.00
19912 CROATIA 13.00
19905 HOLLAND 13.00
19910 CZECH REPUBLIC 19.00
19917 GREECE 21.00
19919 RUSSIA 26.00
19909 SWITZERLAND 26.00
19918 ROMANIA 41.00
19908 SWEDEN 41.00
19913 TURKEY 51.00
19920 POLAND 61.00
19915 AUSTRIA 101.00

greece back to back

portugal not bad either at 8.00

Hey Apollo, great value with most of the top teams.
19904 GERMANY 5.00
19901 ITALY 6.50
19903 SPAIN 6.50
19906 FRANCE 9.00
19902 PORTUGAL 8.00
19905 HOLLAND 13.00

france no chnace there too old / spain are pretenders / holland in a tough tough group.

even like a croatia could go far

Definately Germany to win this comp as nothing else really stands out to me.

Portugal are at the best odds IMO.

Febregas and Ronaldo are in great form.

Portugal 'on the right path'
 

June 08, 2008

GROUP A favourites Portugal have made a winning start to Euro 2008, defeating Turkey 2-0 in an entertaining match in Geneva, Switzerland.

Portugal defender Pepe opened the scoring after a fine attacking movement begun by Cristiano Ronaldo on the left. Pepe charged forward, exchanged passes with striker Nuno Gomes and raced into the Turkey penalty area to scuff the ball past goalkeeper Volkan Demirel in the 61st minutes.

The Brazilian-born defender also headed the ball into the net in the first half, only for the goal to be disallowed for offside.

Portugal wrapped up victory three minutes into injury-time, when Joao Moutinho bore down on goal before feeding substitute Raul Meireles, who knocked the ball into the net with the helpless Volkan out of his goal.

"I can hardly describe the emotion I felt (when I scored), especially after the disallowed effort," Pepe said.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said the victory meant his side were halfway towards reaching the quarter-finals.

"We are on the right path," said the Brazilian.

"We won the match and are 50 per cent towards qualification.

"We needed six points so 50 per cent after one match is excellent."

Portugal had the lion's share of chances at Stade de Geneve although Turkey regularly posed a threat to Ricardo's goal.

Nuno Gomes hit the woodwork for the second time in the match when he headed on to the bar minutes after the first goal following a curling cross by Ronaldo.

The dangerous Ronaldo had almost put Portugal in front in the 38th minute when his free-kick from way out on the left skidded off the turf and hit the far post.

Turkey created several half-chances from fast breaks in the early stages.

Tuncay Sanli went down in the Portuguese box as he chased a cross from the right but referee Herbert Fandel was quick to wave play on and admonish the forward.

Early in the second half Turkey had a penalty appeal turned down when Nihat Kahveci went down under a challenge.

In Portugal's next attack Simao Sabrosa was fouled by Gokhan Zan just outside the box, the ball running free for the luckless Nuno Gomes to strike the post with the net at his mercy.

"It would be great if we play really well against Czech Republic (in Geneva on Wednesday) because then we will have advanced to the next phase," added Scolari.

"We wanted a bit of breathing space, a bit of leeway, and that's what we got today."