Teams ranked by FIFA: 1. Spain 2. Germany 3. Netherlands 4. Portugal 5. England 6. Croatia 7. Denmark 8. Russia 9. Italy 10. Greece 11. France 12. Sweden 13. Ireland 14. Czechia 15. Ukraine 16. Poland Germany or Netherlands has the best winning chance. I think Germany will take it. Italy, England France or Croatia could be a big surprise. Spain will mess up in quarter or semi finals.
France or Italy would hardly qualify as a "big surprise". Indeed, Les Bleus have impressed me of late.
This is one of a rare tournament that I would say "wide open" for any teams from home owner Ukraine to previous winner of Spain ... I meant no particular teams would get a big odds vs the rest
Alas, I don't think Germany will take it, the defense is too weak. Same with the dutch. Spain is still my front runner, also expecting France to bounce back. Hopefully there won't be another Chelsea....ehm, I mean Greece.
I had a dream last night. In that dream, Portugal beat Sweden 3-1 in the final. So Portugal? Leaving that aside I think Germany-France final. how about Ireland for the euro 2012?
What do you mean...we always have the least goals against of all the top teams. It's only always the last goal that spoils our party
Look here, it's in Dutch, but that shouldnot be a problem with the sheet itself! http://www.computeridee.nl/download/ek-2012-pool-excel-bestanden
Thanks do much ... I have found one online with MULTI Language and TIME zone: http://exceltemplate.net/sports/uefa-euro-2012-schedule-and-scoresheet/
I see I'm not the only one that went with Germany. They just have such a talented team and the depth of the team is just amazing. Even if several of their key players got injured, they still have world class reserves. Also, I really don't understand why some people here are talking about Ukraine. I think that the Polish side have a much better chance of winning than the Ukrainians have. Poland have at least one great player in their defense, midfield and attack. First of all they have a great keeper in Wojciech Szczesny. Then they have a dangerous right side consisting of two very dynamic players that are already used to working with each other as they are both Dortmund-players: Lukasz Piszczek and Jakub Blaszczykowski. And then at the very top they have one of the finest strikers around at the moment in Lewandowski. So personally I would rate the Polish chances of winning this much higher than the Ukrainian chances.
The EUROs (until 2016) are a shorter tournament than the World Cup. That alone makes underdog champions far more likely than at the WC. Me too. Next to Poland's strong Borussia element, they have a doable group, whereas I don't fancy Ukraine's chances against any of Group D's sides. But that will only take Poland so far. Quarter-finals exit is a respectable outcome, methinks.
Exactly. I don't really believe in Greece. Regardless of their success back in 2004. Sure, they have some extremely experienced players and a couple of young talented guys, but I just don't see them delivering anything near the same results as in 2004. As for the Czech Republic ... as Raphael Honigstein mentioned the other day on Football Weekly: Their top goalscorer in the qualification was Michal Kadlec. A left back who scored 3 of his 4 goals on penalties. I just don't see who's supposed to score their goals. Russia will most probably win Group A, but I don't even begin to question that Poland will be one of the two that progresses from that group.