Euro 2012 Predictions

UEFA Euro 2010 is set to be a very exciting competition, with nine qualifying groups (a total of 51 teams) all competing for 16 places in the final. The host countries Poland and Ukraine and guaranteed automatic qualification so this leaves only 14 spots to play for! 

The spots are awarded automatically to the winning team of each of the nine groups and the highest ranked second place team (taking goal difference into account if equal points are achieved by more than one team). The remaining eight second placed teams compete in a two legged playoff for the four remaining spots in the final. 

Current European Champions and winner of the World Cup 2010, Spain, are favourites to walk away from Euro 2012 victorious. Although following their success in South Africa 2010, finishing in 3rd place, and having reached the finals of Euro 2008 Germany come a close second to the favourites to win the final of UEFA Euro 2012. 

Also in the running for a spot in the final playoff are the Netherlands, as runners up in this year World Cup final they will feel they are in with a good chance of reaching the final again in 2012. 

As for the top scorer in this competition the clear choice would be David Villa for Spain, he is on top form at present and as long as he keeps it up throughout the competition there are very few who can compete! If you’re a fan of outsider bets the next best options I can offer you are Ozil and Muller, based purely on their performances for Germany during the World Cup these two could offer some exciting goals – lets just hope the quantity matches the quality! 

26th August 2010 

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As Spain were crowned World Champions in Johannesburg, the curtain fell on the first World Cup Tournament to be staged in Africa. European sides obtained a 1-2-3 with Spain beating Netherlands in the final in addition to Germany getting 3rd place with a 3-2 victory over Uruguay.

This just reinforces the argument that European football is the most effective globally and that the European Championships are a superb tournament. Qualifiers for the Euro 2012 finals starts out in Sept and although finishing 3rd, Germany are likely to be amongst the favourites to lift the trophy. Their young squad provided some amazing football through the World Cup Tournament with Thomas Muller winning lifting the Golden Boot with 5 goals and 3 assists. With additional young stars like Ozil, Boateng and Kediera, Germany will be without doubt one of the ones to look out for.

As current World and European champions, Spain will undoubtedly be yet another really difficult adversary. Almost all of their players will still be young enough in 2012 to give tough opposition and they should be eager to defend their title.At last the Netherlands was able to leave their personal egos behind at the World Cup tournament and as a result, they got to their third World Cup final conquering a lot of peoples favourite, Brazil, on the way. With better finishing from Robben, Holland might possibly have won the match as opposed to Spain and they will hope to keep going in the same vein throughout Euro 2012.

The typically strong teams of France, England and Italy all failed miserably in South Africa and thus, the curtain will certainly come down on a good number of of the older footballers careers. England have quite a few exceptional young players to bring to the international stage and if they can copy Germany, there will be considerable hopes among the English fans.

The Euro 2012 host nations of Poland and Ukraine will both have great support but in due course, they most probably accomplish not have the quality to seriously challenge for the title.

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The World Cup by FIFA is an international competition between the National football teams of men, member countries of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

The event is held every four years since 1930, except 42 and 46. The current structure includes 32 World Cup teams. They compete for the world Cup in the country’s stadiums which hosts the event every time.

The organization runs a total of one month, with qualifying games throughout the three years preceding the year of the final phase.

During the 18 competitions that have preceded, seven countries have won the title . Brazil has won five times and is the only team that has played all the time. Italy (former winner) has won four times and the German three. The other is Uruguay and Argentina (two times) and England and France one.

World Cup 2010 betting odds are hotter than hot after so many surprises in past tournaments. The greatest surprise happened in 2004 where Greece arrived as 150-1 outsiders who had never won a single match at a major tournament and in the end Greece became European Champions after beating Portugal in the final match.

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The seventh group is probably the toughest World Cup group taking part in it. Excluding the apparently weak North Korea, the othrer teams (Côte d’Ivoire, Brazil and Portugal) to assert claims not only to qualify to the next stage  but also to take a very good position to the World Cup 2010. Things of course would be much better for the Ivory Coast. It surely ranks of one of the best strikers in the world, Didier Drogba.

Drogba, was injured in the final stage of preparing the team and despite the initial negative assessments, makes a race to catch the games of the World Cup. Even without the heavy artillery in the attack, the team from Africa it is a very a good team with some great players and remains to be seen in terain if will manage to become the surprise of the tournament.

On the other hand, Portugal is still a great team, but has failed in the last matches to get an excess and claim a significant distinction. The two teams face up to the premiere of the seventh group and have never played rival in the past.

Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire has scored the most goals (29) of all groups that participated in the African qualifiers.
 At the 2006 World Cup joined at least three goals per game in Côte d’Ivoire. 
 Key Player: Guy Demelo (Didier Drogba)

Portugal

Ronaldo not achieved to score in the last seven qualifiers.
The Portuguese have reached the semifinals in three major tournaments in the last 10 years.
 They hold the 0 to 7 from the last eight games.
 Key Player: Cristiano Ronaldo.

Uruguay and the Netherlands will meet on Tuesday in the World Cup betting on the semifinals with Holland favored to advance to the final. Holland upset Brazil in the quarterfinals and now must avoid overconfidence as they take on Uruguay on Tuesday. Head coach Bert van Marwijk is warning his team not to ignore Uruguay, despite the fact that Holland has yet to lose a game in the World Cup online betting. The largest issue for Holland may be a letdown. They’ve got to avoid overlooking a Uruguay squad without two of their best competitors after arriving from a quite emotional win over Brazil.

World Cup betting probabilities list the Netherlands at -160, Uruguay at +490 and the Draw at +255. The total on the game is 2 with the over at -130.

Van Marwijk is reminding his squad of what occurred 2 years ago when Holland was liked to become European champions and then lost in the quarterfinals. He doesn’t want Uruguay to be overlooked by his team. On paper, it seems like Holland should win this game without too much difficulty. Holland won all 8 of their qualifying games and now they’ve won all 5 of their World Cup wagering matches.

Uruguay lasted on a missed penalty kick after Luis Suarez was red-carded for a handball in the course of their game with Ghana, which they were pretty lucky to get past. The handball was worth the cost nonetheless as Ghana missed their penalty kick at the conclusion of overtime sending the game to penalty kicks where Uruguay won 4-2. Uruguay will be lacking Suarez in this semifinal game vs Holland as he was suspended. Uruguay will also be lacking defender Jorge Ciro Fucile who’s suspended and they may be devoid of injured captain Diego Lugano and midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro. Defender Gregory van der Wiel and midfielder Nigel de Jong, who are suspended, won’t be playing for Holland.

Suarez was really the hero for Uruguay as without his handball the squad would have lost to Ghana. The squads were tied 1-1 after regulation time so they went to extra time. In the last moment, Suarez kept a shot out of the Uruguay goal with his hands and then Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan hit the crossbar with his penalty shot. Uruguay went on to win the competition 4-2 on penalty kicks.

Uruguay is going to need Diego Forlan to score in order for them to win this competition. With Suarez out of the lineup, he’s the 1 true scoring risk. Holland has considerably more scoring depth led by Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder.

The last 7 World Cup finals odds have involved only five teams but that will change this year with the champ of this game between Uruguay and the Netherlands in the final. Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France and Italy are the only five teams since 1982 to have played in the World Cup finals. If the Netherlands wins this semifinal vs Uruguay and Spain defeats Germany on Wednesday, there will be a first-time World Cup winner. Holland competed in the 1974 and 1978 finals but lost each time. Uruguay has collected the World Cup twice.

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The World Cup by FIFA is an international competition between the National football teams of men, member countries of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

The event is held every four years since 1930, except 42 and 46. The current structure includes 32 World Cup teams. They compete for the world Cup in the country’s stadiums which hosts the event every time.

The competition runs a total of one month, with qualifying games throughout the three years preceding the year of the final phase.

  Brazil has won five times and is the only team that has played all the time. Italy (former winner) has won four times and the German three. The other is Uruguay and Argentina (two times) and England and France one.

World Cup 2010 betting odds are hotter than hot after so many surprises in past tournaments. The greatest surprise happened in 2004 where Greece arrived as 150-1 outsiders who had never won a single match at a major tournament and in the end Greece became European Champions after beating Portugal in the final match.

The seventh group is probably the toughest World Cup group taking part in it. Excluding the apparently weak North Korea, the othrer teams (Côte d’Ivoire, Brazil and Portugal) to assert claims not only to qualify to the next stage but also to take a very good position to the World Cup 2010. Things of course would be much better for the Ivory Coast. It surely ranks of one of the best strikers in the world, Didier Drogba.

Drogba, was injured in the final stage of preparing the team and despite the initial negative assessments, makes a race to catch the games of the World Cup. Even without the heavy artillery in the attack, the team from Africa it is a very a good team with some great players and remains to be seen in terain if will manage to become the surprise of the tournament.

On the other hand, Portugal is still a great team, but has failed in the last matches to get an excess and claim a significant distinction. The two teams face up to the premiere of the seventh group and have never played rival in the past.

Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire has scored the most goals (29) of all groups that participated in the African qualifiers.
At the 2006 World Cup joined at least three goals per game in Côte d’Ivoire.
Key Player: Guy Demelo (Didier Drogba)

Portugal

Ronaldo not achieved to score in the last seven qualifiers.
The Portuguese have reached the semifinals in three major tournaments in the last 10 years.
They hold the 0 to 7 from the last eight games.
Key Player: Cristiano Ronaldo.