Football is a game of uncertainity. All football tournaments ends with some unexpeceted twists and turns. Euro 2012 is just nine days away and football world is expecting the same fun and thrill to happen again. All the fans across the world will run behind a ball and 22 players. Fans are flowing to Ukraine and Poland to support their favorite teams. Millions of Euors will get dumped in betting markets as a result of soccer fever. We can analyze the strengths, weakness and chances of Greece football team in this Euro Cup.
Euro 2004 champions Greece are ready for a ”Do or Die” game. The black horses of Euro 2004 was over played by football giants in the last Euro Cup and Greece was ruled out in the first round of the tournament. Fernando Santos, the manipulator prince who is the coach of Greece is confident about his side. He has selected a well balanced line up for this tournament. The coach knows that he do not have big names in his team, but have effective players who can turn the game. The team has Georgios Samaras, Giorgos Karagounis and Kostas Katsouranis who were the vital part of Euro 2004 winning team. Greece will follow a much defensive game play this year, and the same tactics was adopted in 2004. The most likely team combination will be 4-5-1 or 4-3-3.
Sotiris Ninis will be the trump card for Greece this year. This attacking mid fielder is a blessed gift of talent. He can dribble ball across both the wings which will make the duties of strikers very easy. He also have the capability to score goals which he have showed in the recent past. opponents will be trying to lock this 22 year old guy who can recreate magic for Greece. Star defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos is another player who will hold the key for Greece. This centre back player is acting like a big wall infront of the opposite strikers. The 20 year young gun also has the ability to move up to mid field and do some tricks which he did for Schalke. Papadopoulos is also an interesting player to watch, but inconsistency often hinders him to deliver his best.
The pre tournament performance of the Greek side was satisfactory. They beat Latvia, Malta, Israel and Croatia in style. The team is filled with confidence and they are ready to face any high voltage clash. This team is so unpredictable in nature, and they can beat any team on their day.
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Vicente del Bosque, Spain Manager is aware of the fact that it is not going to be easy for his team to win the Euro 2012.
Winning it for the first time in 2008, Spain followed up that victory by lifting the World Cup in 2010. And now Spain is working overtime to become the first country to win three major football championships in row. In terms of betting, SBOBET outright Euro market, SBOBET odds of Spain lifting Euro 2012 is 3.95.
There is no doubt about the fact that the Spain has a talent to handle pressure situations and on a day can beat any side. But this time around, other teams are more prepared to nullify the attacking play of a Spanish side that has so many superstars in the attacking front.
Majority of the teams are going to follow a strategy of packing the midfield and ensuring that Spain does not able to play their natural game of free passing. If teams are able to frustrate Spain through this strategy, counter attacking can pose serious threat to the Bosque side.
This strategy worked in the opening game of the Euro 2008 competition when Switzerland manages to beat Spain 1-0. After that match, Spain does not lose any match in the tournament.
And while they are favorite to lift the trophy once again, teams such as Germany and the Netherlands are not far behind them. Any relaxation on the part of Spain and they are going to be knocked out of the competition.
There are plenty of factors that make this Spanish side a tad weak. First and foremost, the overall fitness level of the team is not in the same level as was the case four years back. Lots of players are coming out of a tough and grinding season by playing for Real Madrid and Barcelona.
In addition, Spain is going to play this time around without two of their most influential players because of injuries. Carles Puyol is not in the fray and is going to be replaced by either Ramos or Albiol. In the attacking front, Spain is going to play without David Villa who is suffering from a broken leg.
Good news for Spain is that they have the best goalkeeper in the world in Casillas, while wide array of midfielders, including Fabregas, Iniesta and Alonso are going to create quite a bit of headache for other teams.
Italy is going to test Spain in the opening match of the competition while Croatia and Ireland can also give them a game but looking at the broader picture, they should qualify from this group.
Spain lifting this year Euro will be dependent on the kid of tactics that is going to be employed by the manager. If he kept on playing same players throughout the tournament, fatigue factor can come in, so he should rotate players and keep the energy going in the squad. Another important thing that Del Bosque needs to do is to make sure that team does not get over confident, as quality of opposition this time around is quite good.
Denmark team have to solve their internal problems immediately if they want to achieve the title or at least pass the quarter final of Euro 2012 cup which start nine more days. Marten Olsen have to bring new strategies to fix team’s failure which is obvious when they meet brazil on friendly match last Saturday 26 May 2012, in Imtech Arena Stadium, Hamburg. Danish Dynamite has lost with score 3-1 against Brazil Olimpic squad which is a very bad achievement considering that they were playing against non pro second liner. I will not put my money on them when I enter SBOBET if they can’t come up with prominent solutions. Martin should take a good look at his team formation based on that awful experience before they go into the upcoming EURO 2012.
Denmark team will face strong teams such as Netherlands, German and Portugal in Group B. It has been overwhelming for Denmark who just lost their goal keeper, Thomas Sorensen because he didn’t pass the physical test. He still struggling with his back injury when the team play against Brazil. Kasper Schmeichel will stand under the goalpost replacing Thomas but many of Denmark fans still have several doubts about this new goal keeper.
England, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, German and France have announced their twenty three players list that will play on Euro 2012. Next is time for Denmark-Danish Dynamite, Greece and Sweden to release their player name which they will bring in Poland. Greece will join Group A together with Poland, Russia and Czech Republic. The Greece still maintain their veteran players that succeed to bring the 2004 Euro cup such as Kostas Chalkias, Kostas Katsouranis and captain Giorgos Karagounis. Greece coach, Fernando Santos has eliminated two players from twenty five eligible players he had, they are Panagiotis Kone and Alexandros Tsiolis. In their first game, Ethniki- Greece team nickname- will face the host, Poland at National Stadium, Warsaw on 8 June 2012.
Euro 2012 – Denmark team is still have their touch and opportunity to steal the title although their golden time was ended a longtime ago because there are no longer Peter Schmeichel and Laudrup brothers who have brilliant performance to execute strategies. I will put some money on SBOBET if they can provide me good games. Nowadays the new Scandinavian squad has almost equal skill. Morten Olsen has announced his 23 players to the public recently for Euro 2012, they are namely
A. Goal keeper
1. Sthepan Andersen from Evian Thonon Gaillard FC.
2. Anders Lindergaard from Manchester United FC.
3. Kasper Schmeichel from Leicester City FC.
B. Defender
1. Lars Jacobsen from Kobenhavn FC.
2. Daniel Wass from Evian Thonon Gaillard FC.
3. Daniel Agger from Liverpool FC.
4. Simon Kjaer from AS Roma FC.
5. Andreas Bjelland from Nordsjaeeland FC.
6. Simon Poulsen from AZ Alkmaar
7. Jores Okore from Nordsjaelland FC.
C. Middle fielder
1. Christian Poulsen from Evian Thonon Gaillard FC.
2. Jakob Poulsen from Midtjyland FC.
3. William Kvist from Nurnberg FC.
4. Niki Zimling from Club Brugge KV.
5. Thomas Kahlenberg from Evian Thonon Gaillard FC.
6. Christian Eriksen from AFC Ajax
7. Michael Silberbauer from BSC Young Boys
8. Lasse Schone from NEC Nijmegen
D. Striker
1. Dennis Rommedahl from Brondby IF.
2. Nicklas Bendtner from Arsenal FC.
3. Michael Krohn from Brondby IF.
4. Tobbias Mikkelsen from Nordsjaelland FC.
5. Nicklas Pedersen from FC Groningen.
I think they don’t have enough SBOBET odds if they don’t get new strategies for upcoming game but I wish that I’m wrong. Good luck Denmark!