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Group C:

Moldova (+0/+0.5) 1.84

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Group G:

Romania (+0/+0.5) 1.80

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Group C:

Moldova (+0/+0.5) 1.84

Moldova won 3-0
Moldova (+0/+0.5) 1.84 (WON)

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Group G:

Romania (+0/+0.5) 1.80

Romania lost 0-1
Romania (+0/+0.5) 1.80 (LOST)

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GROUP B:

Italy v Faroe Islands

Pick: Italy (-3/-3.5) 1.79

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GROUP C:

Hungary v Greece

Pick: Greece (+0) 1.74

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GROUP F:

Spain v Northern Ireland

Pick: Spain (-1/-1.5) 1.86


Sweden v Latvia

Pick: Sweden (-1.5) 1.70


Denmark v Iceland

Pick: Denmark (-1.5) 1.79

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GROUP D:

Germany v Wales

Pick: Germany (-1.5) 1.69

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GROUP A:

Portugal v Finland

Pick: Portugal (-1) 1.68

[icemantbi]

Hey Nasdaq, what do you think about the Checz only laying 0.5 goal to Cyprus tomorrow? It seems like a "too good to be true" line. The czechs are obviously in the Finals, but a win would get them a better seed for the Finals.

Laying off until I find the lineups, but for me the Czech game seems like a no brainer.

[icemantbi]

GROUP B:

Italy v Faroe Islands

Pick: Italy (-3/-3.5) 1.79

Being of Italian descent, I follow the Azzuri very closely, and they always play their best against good opposition, and play down to lower opponents. They may rest some players tomorrow as well. Asking them to win by 4 goals is pushing it a little I think. Just a heads up to you, be careful with this line.

[pavyracer]

Hey Nasdaq, what do you think about the Checz only laying 0.5 goal to Cyprus tomorrow? It seems like a "too good to be true" line. The czechs are obviously in the Finals, but a win would get them a better seed for the Finals.

Laying off until I find the lineups, but for me the Czech game seems like a no brainer.

I speak greek and local papers have Cyprus going for the win to get 3rd place which will be a major accomplishment for Cyprus. Play the over instead because Cyprus will open up to score goals and their defense is suspect.

[pavyracer]

GROUP C:

Hungary v Greece

Pick: Greece (+0) 1.74

Greece will play with many backups for this game because they have already qualified. Noone is serious about this game from Greek team and players didn't even practiced before the game. Over maybe the best bet here.

[nasdaq888]

Hey Nasdaq, what do you think about the Checz only laying 0.5 goal to Cyprus tomorrow? It seems like a "too good to be true" line. The czechs are obviously in the Finals, but a win would get them a better seed for the Finals.

Laying off until I find the lineups, but for me the Czech game seems like a no brainer.

Cyprus are pretty strong at home (EURO 2008 Home Results):

Cyprus 5 - 2 Ireland
Cyprus 1 - 1 Germany
Cyprus 1 - 3 Slovakia
Cyprus 3 - 0 San Marino
Cyprus 3 - 1 Wales

Judging from the scores above, you can see that Cyprus lost just once at home in the EURO 2008 Qualifiers to Slovakia 1-3. Their results at home were quite impressive....beating Ireland 5-2 and Wales 3-1. They even managed to hold the mighty Germans to a 1-1 draw at home.

EURO 2008 Away Results:

Slovakia 0 - 3 Czech Republic
Ireland 1 - 1 Czech Republic
Wales 0 - 0 Czech Republic
San Marino 0 - 3 Czech Republic
Germany 0 - 3 Czech Republic

Czech Republic results away from home have been quite impressive as well.....having beaten the likes of Germany and Slovakia with 3-0 scoreline.

When the Czechs played Cyprus at home on March 28 this year, they struggled to beat Cyprus 1-0.

Having said that, the Czechs might still want to win this game because by doing so they will be able to top the group. I am not too sure though that by topping the group they would be able to obtain a better seeding for the Finals...I came across this news article yesterday which published the possible seeding pots for the EURO 2008 Finals draw:

(Note that teams in bold are those who have not qualified yet, but are likely to)

Pot 1: Austria (as co-hosts), Switzerland (as co-hosts), Greece (as holders), Holland

Pot 2: Italy, Germany, Croatia, Czech Republic

Pot 3: England, Sweden, Portugal, Romania

Pot 4: Spain, France, Turkey, Poland


As for Cyprus, I believe they want to win this game because by doing so they might be able to obtain 3rd place in this group hence they would be able to obtain a better seeding for the upcoming World Cup 2010 Qualifiers draw and also for future EURO Qualifiers.

I have not decided if I want to play this game. Like you said, the minus half goal does also look quite tempting to me. You are right...It is a good idea to wait for the final team lineups before deciding if this match is worth a punt.

Cheers.

[nasdaq888]

Being of Italian descent, I follow the Azzuri very closely, and they always play their best against good opposition, and play down to lower opponents. They may rest some players tomorrow as well. Asking them to win by 4 goals is pushing it a little I think. Just a heads up to you, be careful with this line.

Well I believe Italy might want to put on a show for their home fans at Modena by winning convincingly against minnows the Faroe Islands. Besides, the Faroe Islands don't have a proud record away from home in their Euro 2008 Qualifiers either.

Scotland 6 - 0 Faroe Islands
France 5 - 0 Faroe Islands
Georgia 3 - 1 Faroe Islands
Lithuania 2 - 1 Faroe Islands
Ukraine 5 - 0 Faroe Islands

It's true Italy will be resting many of their regular starters but I still have a feeling that their replacements will use this opportunity to impress and state their claim here.

Possible Italian lineup:

Italy: Marco Amelia; Fabio Grosso, Fabio Cannavaro, Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini; Andrea Pirlo, Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta; Rafaelle Palladino, Alberto Gilardino, Fabio Quagliarella

[nasdaq888]

Greece will play with many backups for this game because they have already qualified. Noone is serious about this game from Greek team and players didn't even practiced before the game. Over maybe the best bet here.

It might be true Greece might not take this game too seriously but I believe they will still want to keep their momentum going leading up to the Finals next year. Greece have performed pretty well so far and I don't think they will want to throw away a game (though meaningless) to a very weak Hungary team who even lost to Moldova 0-3 last Saturday.

Cheers.

[nasdaq888]

Hey Nasdaq, what do you think about the Checz only laying 0.5 goal to Cyprus tomorrow? It seems like a "too good to be true" line. The czechs are obviously in the Finals, but a win would get them a better seed for the Finals.

Laying off until I find the lineups, but for me the Czech game seems like a no brainer.

GROUP D:

Cyprus v Czech Republic

My Pick: Czech Republic (-0/-0.5) 1.68

Although the winning odds are lower, at least if the match ends in a draw, I will lose only half my stake.

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Group G:

Belarus v Netherlands

My Pick: Netherlands (-0/-0.5) 1.70

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GROUP B:

Ukraine v France

My Pick: France (+0) 1.65

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GROUP B:

Italy v Faroe Islands

Pick: Italy (-3/-3.5) 1.79

Italy won 3-1
Pick: Italy (-3/-3.5) 1.79 (LOST)

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GROUP C:

Hungary v Greece

Pick: Greece (+0) 1.74

Greece won 2-1
Pick: Greece (+0) 1.74 (WON)

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GROUP F:

Spain v Northern Ireland

Pick: Spain (-1/-1.5) 1.86


Sweden v Latvia

Pick: Sweden (-1.5) 1.70


Denmark v Iceland

Pick: Denmark (-1.5) 1.79

Spain won 1-0
Pick: Spain (-1/-1.5) 1.86 (LOST HALF)

Sweden won 2-1
Pick: Sweden (-1.5) 1.70 (LOST)

Denmark won 3-0
Pick: Denmark (-1.5) 1.79 (WON)

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GROUP D:

Germany v Wales

Pick: Germany (-1.5) 1.69

Germany drew 0-0
Pick: Germany (-1.5) 1.69 (LOST)

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GROUP A:

Portugal v Finland

Pick: Portugal (-1) 1.68

Portugal drew 0-0
Pick: Portugal (-1) 1.68 (LOST)

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GROUP D:

Cyprus v Czech Republic

My Pick: Czech Republic (-0/-0.5) 1.68

Although the winning odds are lower, at least if the match ends in a draw, I will lose only half my stake.

Czech Republic won 2-0
My Pick: Czech Republic (-0/-0.5) 1.68 (WON)

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Group G:

Belarus v Netherlands

My Pick: Netherlands (-0/-0.5) 1.70

Belarus won 2-1
Pick: Netherlands (-0/-0.5) 1.70 (LOST)

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GROUP B:

Ukraine v France

My Pick: France (+0) 1.65

France drew 2-2
Pick: France (+0) 1.65 (PUSH)

[Dark Horse]

Wow. England out!
A pity, because they're my favorite fade for any big tournament.

Holland lost.
Not too surprising. Dutch were talking about that before the game, because it could give them a much easier draw for the tournament.

[nasdaq888]

Euro 2008 seedings for draw on Dec. 2 in Vienna:

Pot 1: Switzerland (hosts), Austria (hosts), Greece (holders), Netherlands

Pot 2: Croatia, Italy, Czech Republic, Sweden

Pot 3: Germany, Romania, Portugal, Spain

Pot 4: Poland, France, Turkey, Russia

[pjesnik24]

We (Croatia) have destroyed England last night! That was the best performance of Croatia since we won against Germany in WC1998 3:0!

[nasdaq888]

We (Croatia) have destroyed England last night! That was the best performance of Croatia since we won against Germany in WC1998 3:0!

Congrats dude....basically England didn't deserve to go to EURO 2008. They would have been a laughing stock if they did.

[nasdaq888]

Group A
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Portugal
Turkey

Group B
Austria
Croatia
Germany
Poland

Group C
Holland
Italy
Romania
France

Group D
Greece
Sweden
Spain
Russia

Final tournament match schedule 07-29 June 2008

1 07/06 Grp A Switzerland 18:00 Czech Republic Basel
2 07/06 Grp A Portugal 20:45 Turkey Geneva
3 08/06 Grp B Austria 18:00 Croatia Vienna
4 08/06 Grp B Germany 20:45 Poland Klagenfurt
5 09/06 Grp C Romania 18:00 France Zurich
6 09/06 Grp C Netherlands 20:45 Italy Berne
7 10/06 Grp D Spain 18:00 Russia Innsbruck
8 10/06 Grp D Greece 20:45 Sweden Salzburg
9 11/06 Grp A Czech Republic 18:00 Portugal Geneva
10 11/06 Grp A Switzerland 20:45 Turkey Basel
11 12/06 Grp B Croatia 18:00 Germany Klagenfurt
12 12/06 Grp B Austria 20:45 Poland Vienna
13 13/06 Grp C Italy 18:00 Romania Zurich
14 13/06 Grp C Netherlands 20:45 France Berne
15 14/06 Grp D Sweden 18:00 Spain Innsbruck
16 14/06 Grp D Greece 20:45 Russia Salzburg
17 15/06 Grp A Switzerland 20:45 Portugal Basel
18 15/06 Grp A Turkey 20:45 Czech Republic Geneva
19 16/06 Grp B Austria 20:45 Germany Vienna
20 16/06 Grp B Poland 20:45 Croatia Klagenfurt
21 17/06 Grp C Netherlands 20:45 Romania Berne
22 17/06 Grp C France 20:45 Italy Zurich
23 18/06 Grp D Greece 20:45 Spain Salzburg
24 18/06 Grp D Russia 20:45 Sweden Innsbruck

25 19/06 QF Winner Grp A 20:45 Runner-up Grp B Basel
26 20/06 QF Winner Grp B 20:45 Runner-up Grp A Vienna 27 21/06 QF Winner Grp C 20:45 Runner-up Grp D Basel
28 22/06 QF Winner Grp D 20:45 Runner-up Grp C Vienna
29 25/06 SF Winner #25 20:45 Winner #26 Basel
30 26/06 SF Winner #27 20:45 Winner #28 Vienna

31 29/06 F Winner #29 20:45 Winner #30 Vienna