Euro 2008

On Thursday June 8th 2006, I posted a blog with my predictions for the World Cup which was about to commence.

http://equinoxxx.blogspot.com/2006/06/germany-2006.html

I did well having predicted the final would be contested between France and Italy.

I'm going to do the same with the Euro 2008 tournament that kicks off this weekend. Let's hope I am just as fortunate as I was two years ago.

The other day, I predicted the outcome of the tournament using one of those charts you find in the paper with all the match lists. My prediction for the final ended up being Germany vs. France.

So, bearing this in mind, I have done the following bets on the tournament.

OUTRIGHT FINALISTS

£1 on Germany vs France at 11/1

OUTRIGHT WINNER

£5 on Germany at 4/1

TOP GOALSCORER

£1 on Mario Gomez (Germany) at 16/1

GROUP STRAIGHT FORECAST

I did a Lucky 15 for £3.75 on these combinations:
Group A - 1st) Portugal 2nd) Switzerland 5/1
Group B - 1st) Germany 2nd) Croatia 8/5
Group C - 1st) France 2nd) Italy 9/2
Group D - 1st) Spain 2nd) Sweden 9/2

TOP TEAM GOALSCORER

Another Lucky 15 that totalled £3.75. This time I picked:

Germany's top scorer - Mario Gomez 3/1
Portugal's top scorer - Christiano Ronaldo 11/10
Holland's top scorer - Ruud Van Nistelrooy 9/4
Sweden's top scorer - Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5/2

STAGE OF ELIMINATION

50p on Portugal to lose in the semi-finals at 10/3

I'll be back tomorrow evening with a look at my fantasy football team (I can't have anyone else knowing which players I have picked before the deadline!)