EURO 2008 Squads, Fixtures, and Picks !!!

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Group A:


SWISS SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg), Pascal Zuberbuehler (Neuchatel Xamax), Eldin Jakupovic (Grasshoppers Zurich)

Defenders: Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), Patrick Mueller (Olympique Lyon), Johan Djourou (Arsenal), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lille), Valon Behrami (Lazio)

Midfielders: Gokhan Inler (Udinese), Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City), Benjamin Huggel (Basel), Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Hakan Yakin (Young Boys Berne), Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshoppers Zurich), Daniel Gygax (Metz)

Forwards: Alex Frei (Borussia Dortmund), Marco Streller (Basel), Eren Derdiyok (Basel), Johan Vonlanthen (Red Bull Salzburg)


CZECH SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Chelsea), Jaromir Blazek (Nuremberg), Daniel Zitka (Anderlecht)

Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Juventus), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prague), Zdenek Pospech (FC Copenhagen), David Rozehnal (Lazio), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina, joining Atletico Madrid after EURO 2008)

Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Nuremberg), David Jarolim (Hamburg), Marek Matejovsky (Reading), Jaroslav Plasil (Osasuna), Jan Polak (Anderlecht), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Tomas Sivok (Sparta Prague, joining Besiktas after EURO 2008), Rudi Skacel (Hertha Berlin)

Forwards: Milan Baros (Portsmouth), Martin Fenin (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jan Koller (Nuremberg), Vaclav Sverkos (Banik Ostrava), Libor Sionko (FC Copenhagen), Stanislav Vlcek (Anderlecht).


PORTUGUESE SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira (Real Betis), Quim Silva (Benfica), Rui Patricio (Sporting)

Defenders: Miguel Monteiro (Valencia), Jose Bosingwa (Porto, joining Chelsea after EURO 2008), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart), Bruno Alves (Porto), Pepe (Real Madrid), Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista)

Midfielders: Raul Meireles (Porto), Joao Moutinho (Sporting), Deco (Barcelona), Armando Petit (Benfica), Miguel Veloso (Sporting)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Simao Sabrosa (Atletico Madrid), Ricardo Quaresma (Porto), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), Nani (Manchester United), Helder Postiga (Panathinaikos, joining Sporting after EURO 2008).


TURKISH SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce), Rustu Recber (Besiktas), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor)

Defenders: Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), Sabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray), Emre Asik (Ankaraspor), Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), Emre Gungor (Galatasaray), Ugur Boral (Fenerbahce), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray)

Midfielders: Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahce), Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray), Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray), Emre Belozoglu (Newcastle), Tumer Metin (Larissa), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kazan)

Forwards: Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal), Semih Senturk (Fenerbahce), Mevlut Erdinc (Sochaux), Colin Kazim-Richards (Fenerbahce)

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Group B:


AUSTRIAN SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Alex Manninger (AC Siena), Juergen Macho (AEK Athens), Ramazan Ozcan (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)

Defenders: Gyorgy Garics (Napoli), Ronald Gercaliu (Austria Vienna), Martin Hiden (Kaernten), Markus Katzer (Rapid Vienna), Juergen Patocka (Rapid Vienna), Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough), Sebastian Proedl (Sturm Graz), Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moscow)

Midfielders: Rene Aufhauser (Red Bull Salzburg), Christian Fuchs (Mattersburg), Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos), Umit Korkmaz (Rapid Vienna), Christoph Leitgeb (Red Bull Salzburg), Juergen Saumel (Sturm Graz), Joachim Standfest (Austria Vienna), Ivica Vastic (LASK Linz)

Forwards: Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen), Erwin Hoffer (Rapid Vienna), Roman Kienast (Ham-Kam), Roland Linz (Braga)


CROATIAN SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Vedran Runje (Lens), Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos)

Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Dario Knezevic (Livorno), Hrvoje Vejic (Tom Tomsk)

Midfielders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Niko Kovac (Red Bull Salzburg), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb, joining Tottenham after EURO 2008), Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth), Jerko Leko (AS Monaco), Ivan Rakitic (Schalke 04), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb, joining Dynamo Kiev after EURO 2008), Danijel Pranjic (Heerenveen), Nikola Pokrivac (AS Monaco)

Forwards: Mladen Petric (Borussia Dortmund), Ivica Olic (Hamburger SV), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Igor Budan (Parma), Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split)


GERMAN SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, joining Stuttgart after EURO 2008), Robert Enke (Hanover 96), Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen)

Defenders: Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Marcell Jansen (Bayern Munich), Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), Simon Rolfes (Bayer Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg SV), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen, joining Bayern Munich after EURO 2008), David Odonkor (Real Betis)

Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich), Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Kevin Kuranyi (Schalke 04), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Moenchengladbach)


POLISH SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United), Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal)

Defenders: Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht), Pawel Golanski (Steaua Bucharest), Mariusz Jop (FC Moscow), Jacek Bak (Austria Vienna), Michal Zewlakow (Olympiakos), Adam Kokoszka (Wisla Krakow), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warsaw)

Midfielders: Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk), Rafal Murawski (Lech Poznan), Lukasz Gargula (GKS Belchatow), Jacek Krzynowek (VfL Wolfsburg), Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warsaw), Wojciech Lobodzinski (Wisla Krakow), Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Krakow), Michal Pazdan (Gornik Zabrze), Lukasz Piszczek (Hertha Berlin)

Forwards: Euzebiusz Smolarek (Racing Santander), Maciej Zurawski (Larissa), Marek Saganowski (Southampton), Tomasz Zahorski (Gornik Zabrze)

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Group C:


DUTCH SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax Amsterdam), Henk Timmer (Feyenoord)

Defenders: Wilfred Bouma (Aston Villa), Tim de Cler (Feyenoord), John Heitinga (Ajax Amsterdam, joining Atletico Madrid after EURO 2008), Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg SV), Mario Melchiot (Wigan Athletic), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), Khalid Boulahrouz (Sevilla)

Midfielders: Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven), Orlando Engelaar (Twente Enschede), Nigel de Jong (Hamburg SV), Wesley Sneijder (Real Madrid), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg SV), Demy de Zeeuw (AZ Alkmaar), Arjen Robben (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Ajax Amsterdam), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Celtic).


ITALIAN SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Livorno, joining Palermo after EURO 2008), Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla)

Defenders: Christian Panucci (Roma), Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona, joining AC Milan after EURO 2008), Andrea Barzagli (Palermo, joining Wolfsburg after EURO 2008), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina)

Midfielders: Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Simone Perrotta (Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Alberto Aquilani (Roma)

Forwards: Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Marco Borriello (Genoa, joining AC Milan after EURO 2008), Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria)


ROMANIAN SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Bogdan Lobont (Dinamo Bucharest), Eduard Stanciou (CFR 1907 Cluj), Marius Popa (FCU Politehnica Timisoara)

Defenders: Cosmin Contra (Getafe), Gabriel Tamas (Auxerre), Stefan Radu (Lazio), Razvan Rat (Shakhtar Donetsk), Cristian Chivu (Inter Milan), Cristian Sapunaru (Rapid Bucharest), Dorin Goian (Steaua Bucharest), Sorin Ghionea (Steaua Bucharest), Mirel Radoi (Steaua Bucharest), Cosmin Moti (Dinamo Bucharest)

Midfielders: Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia), Paul Codrea (Siena), Razvan Cocis (Lokomotiv Moscow), Banel Nicolita (Steaua Bucharest), Adrian Cristea (Dinamo Bucharest), Nicolae Dica (Steaua Bucharest)

Forwards: Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina), Ciprian Marica (Stuttgart), Daniel Niculae (Auxerre), Marius Niculae (Inverness)


FRENCH SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Marseille)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon)

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Sidney Govou (Lyon)

Strikers: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona)

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Group D:


GREEK SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Antonis Nikopolidis (Olympiacos), Costas Chalkias (PAOK), Alexandros Tzorvas (OFI)

Defenders: Giourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiacos), Nikos Spyropoulos (Panathinaikos), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens), Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos), Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiacos), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Giannis Goumas (Panathinaikos), Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiacos)

Midfielders: Angelos Basinas (Real Mallorca), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers), Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Costas Katsouranis (Benfica), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos)

Forwards: Giorgios Samaras (Celtic), Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg), Dimitris Salpigidis (Panathinaikos), Fanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen), Giannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)


SWEDISH SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (Manchester City), Rami Shaaban (Hammarby), Johan Wiland (Elfsborg)

Defenders: Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa, joining Juventus after EURO 2008), Petter Hansson (Rennes), Fredrik Stoor (Rosenborg), Daniel Majstorovic (Basel, joining AEK Athens after EURO 2008), Mikael Dorsin (CFR Cluj), Andreas Granqvist (Wigan)

Midfielders: Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Tobias Linderoth (Galatasaray), Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Kim Kallstrom (Lyon), Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham), Daniel Andersson (Malmo), Christian Wilhelmsson (Deportivo de la Coruna)

Forwards: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan), Johan Elmander (Toulouse), Henrik Larsson (Helsingborg), Marcus Allback (FC Copenhagen), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen)


SPANISH SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Andres Palop (Sevilla)

Defenders: Raul Albiol (Valencia), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Juanito Gutierrez (Real Betis), Fernando Navarro (Mallorca), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool)

Midfielders: Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), David Silva (Valencia), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Ruben De La Red (Getafe, joining Real Madrid after EURO 2008), Marcos Senna (Villarreal), Santi Cazorla (Villarreal)

Forwards: Fernando Torres (Liverpool), David Villa (Valencia), Daniel Guiza (Mallorca), Sergio Garcia (Zaragoza).


RUSSIAN SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Vladimir Gabulov (Amkar Perm)

Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow), Aleksei Berezutski (CSKA Moscow), Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow), Renat Yanbayev (Lokomotiv Moscow), Roman Shirokov (Zenit St Petersburg)

Midfielders: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow), Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitri Torbinsky (Lokomotiv Moscow), Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergei Semak (Rubin Kazan), Ivan Saenko (Nuremberg)

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow), Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow), Roman Adamov (FK Moscow)

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EURO 2008 GROUP STAGE FIXTURES -


Group A:

Switzerland - Czech Rep. - June 7, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Portugal - Turkey - June 7, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Czech Rep. - Portugal - June 11, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Switzerland - Turkey - June 11, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Switzerland - Portugal - June 15, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Turkey - Czech Rep. - June 15, 2008 (20:45 CET)


Group B:

Austria - Croatia - June 8, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Germany - Poland - June 8, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Croatia - Germany - June 12, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Austria - Poland - June 12, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Austria - Germany - June 16, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Poland - Croatia - June 16, 2008 (20:45 CET)


Group C:

Romania - France - June 9, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Netherlands - Italy - June 9, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Italy - Romania - June 13, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Netherlands - France - June 13, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Netherlands - Romania - June 17, 2008 (20:45 CET)
France - Italy - June 17, 2008 (20:45 CET)


Group D:

Spain - Russia - June 10, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Greece - Sweden - June 10, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Sweden - Spain - June 14, 2008 (18:00 CET)
Greece - Russia - June 14, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Greece - Spain - June 18, 2008 (20:45 CET)
Russia - Sweden - June 18, 2008 (20:45 CET)

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June 7, 2008

Group A

Switzerland v Czech Republic
My Pick: Czech Republic (+0/+0.5) 1.71

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June 7, 2008

Group A

Portugal v Turkey
My Pick: Portugal (-0.5) 1.83

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June 7, 2008

Group A

Switzerland v Czech Republic
My Pick: Czech Republic (+0/+0.5) 1.71

Czech Republic won 1-0
Czech Republic (+0/+0.5) 1.71 (WON)

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June 7, 2008

Group A

Portugal v Turkey
My Pick: Portugal (-0.5) 1.83

Portugal won 2-0
Portugal (-0.5) 1.83 (WON)

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June 8, 2008

Group B

Austria v Croatia
My Pick: Austria (+0.5/+1) 1.82

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June 8, 2008

Group B

Austria v Croatia
My Pick: Austria (+0.5/+1) 1.82

Austria lost 0-1
Austria (+0.5/+1) 1.82 (LOST HALF)

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June 8, 2008

Group B

Germany v Poland
My Pick: Germany (-0.5/-1) 1.67

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June 8, 2008

Group B

Germany v Poland
My Pick: Germany (-0.5/-1) 1.67

Germany won 2-0
Germany (-0.5/-1) 1.67 (WON)

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June 9, 2008

Group C

Italy v Holland
My Pick: Italy (+0) 1.74

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June 9, 2008

Group C

Italy v Holland
My Pick: Italy (+0) 1.74

Italy lost 0-3
Italy (+0) 1.74 (LOST)

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June 10, 2008

Group D

Spain v Russia
My Pick: Russia (+1) 1.78

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June 10, 2008

Group D

Spain v Russia
My Pick: Russia (+1) 1.78

Russia lost 1-4
Russia (+1) 1.78 (LOST)

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June 10, 2008

Group D

Greece v Sweden
My Pick: Greece (+0.5) 1.60

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June 10, 2008

Group D

Greece v Sweden
My Pick: Greece (+0.5) 1.60

Greece lost 0-2
Greece (+0.5) 1.60 (LOST)

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June 13, 2008

Group C

Italy v Romania
My Pick: Italy (-0.5) 1.83

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June 13, 2008

Group C

Holland v France
My Pick: Holland (+0/+0.5) 1.70

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June 13, 2008

Group C

Italy v Romania
My Pick: Italy (-0.5) 1.83

Italy drew 1-1
Italy (-0.5) 1.83 (LOST)

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June 13, 2008

Group C

Holland v France
My Pick: Holland (+0/+0.5) 1.70

Holland won 4-1
Holland (+0/+0.5) 1.70 (WON)

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June 14, 2008

Group D

Russia v Sweden
My Pick: Russia (+0) 1.67

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June 14, 2008

Group D

Russia v Sweden
My Pick: Russia (+0) 1.67

Russia won 1-0
Russia (+0) 1.67 (WON)

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June 15, 2008

Group A

Czech Republic v Turkey
My Pick: Czech Republic (+0) 1.70

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June 15, 2008

Group A

Switzerland v Portugal
My Pick: Portugal (+0/+0.5) 1.62

If the bet ends in a draw and I will still win half the stake.

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June 15, 2008

Group A

Czech Republic v Turkey
My Pick: Czech Republic (+0) 1.70

Czech Republic lost 2-3
Czech Republic (+0) 1.70 (LOST)

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June 15, 2008

Group A

Switzerland v Portugal
My Pick: Portugal (+0/+0.5) 1.62

If the bet ends in a draw and I will still win half the stake.

Portugal lost 0-2
Portugal (+0/+0.5) 1.62 (LOST)

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June 17, 2008

Group C

Italy v France
My Pick: Italy (+0) 1.91

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June 17, 2008

Group C

Holland v Romania
My Pick: Holland (+0.5) 1.80

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June 17, 2008

Group C

Italy v France
My Pick: Italy (+0) 1.91

Italy won 2-0
Italy (+0) 1.91 (WON)

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June 17, 2008

Group C

Holland v Romania
My Pick: Holland (+0.5) 1.80

Holland won 2-0
Holland (+0.5) 1.80 (WON)

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nice job

Thanks gizmo2431. I won some money and I'd also wanted to see Italy and Holland play in the Quarterfinals.