I do believe there's money to be made on the upcoming international competition.
Germany are favourites for the cup (4/1) but the outsider (20/1) to look out for, for me, is the Czech Republic. Greece, who won the competition last time round are at 29/1.
Germany are reliable tournament performers. I wouldn't back them to lift the cup but backing them to the final returns 3.15 and last four 1.7.
Spain, Italy and Portugal follow up with reasonable odds for tournamet progression but a partisan home crowd should not be overlooked. Keep an eye out on Austria and Switzerland - the hosts:
Switzerland are 2.3 to qualify from Group A (a tough group featuring Portugal and the Czechs). Austria are 5.9 to qualify from group B.
Group D is the most interesting for the investor. Greece, Spain, Sweden and Russia is a close group. Sweden are a bloody difficult team to play against, ever the bogey side for England they're 2.26 to qualify for the knock-out stage. Greece fair even better at 2.5, despite winning the tournament previously with a steadfast defence and 5.9 to win the group.
2008-05-22 @ 14:09