Euro 2008
Group A
I would consider Switzerland to be very unlucky! They were done in by the injury to Alexander Frei, which put him and effectively them out of the tournament. He was very impressive in the short time he was on the field and the foul against him should have landed the Czech player with a Yellow card atleast. But in that match the Swiss faced the impossible task of having to overcome bias from the Italian referee in addition to their limited abilities. But I think if it was not for the former they could have still given the Czech’s a shock. But with the last minute goal by Turkey, they are out of the tournament probably a little earlier than they should have been.
Portugal are clearly one of the best I have seen in the tournament and look dangerous with C Ronaldo in full flow and others like Deco, Carvalho and others doing well.
The Czech team lacks good goal scorers and appear quite mediocre, they will be lucky to make it to the second round and it will depend on their match with turkey. Both the team have been extremely lucky to win over the Swiss, but then have to fight it out amongst themselves to determine who is best amongst the not so good.
Group B
Germany look set to qualify, but it will be a toss between the Poles and the Croats. Germany have also been impressive and can be dangerous as they can win tournaments even when they are not impressive at all.
Group C
The group of death, I think Italy and Netherlands have a good chance of going through. France have been as dull as they were during their first round world cup exit in 2002. Romania retain the right to upset everyone’s calculations.
Group D
Spain and Sweden look to be good, Russia can be a threat to Sweden, but were completely undone by the Spanish forwards.
The Spanish forwards have looked impressive and they along with Portugal and The Netherlands are the most impressive at this stage.
1 comment:
Good analytical post.Nice to see the depth of analysis rather than shallow predictions. Keep posting.
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