Poland? Been twice. Ukraine? Very nice, I'm sure, but I'll be staying near my armchair and fridge for this tournament thank you very much, making wildly inaccurate predictions and passing comment on the games and the telly coverage.
Monday 4 June 2012
Euro 2012 Quarter Final Predictions
I'm not sure you can get away with saying Dark Horse any more these days, so I won't, but a team to watch has to be RUSSIA. They beat Italy in a tournament warm-up game, in Italy and by 3-0, so deserve to be taken seriously. And I think they will beat HOLLAND in the first quarter final.
POLAND I'm putting into the quarters on the back of a wave and surge of passion and emotion from the home supporters, playing host to a major tournament for the first time in their history. But GERMANY will be too strong for them, and ex-pat Podolksi will almost certainly score against them.
I'm backing CROATIA to be the surprise package of the tournament. I like the look of their squad, on and off paper. Even on a blackboard it'll look pretty strong. FRANCE are on the way back, but they're not the force they were 10-15 years ago, so it's a CROATIA win for me here.
And in the final quarter final (it's awkward, but it's right), the other host nation will take on the holders. And lose, I think. SPAIN are still too strong for most nations, and although UKRAINE can expect vocal backing, and all the pressure to be on their opponents, I think SPAIN will edge it, on penalties, mind.
So that'll leave me with a semi-final line up that looks like this:
RUSSIA v GERMANY
CROATIA v SPAIN
Apologies to supporters of these nations if my usually wildly inaccurate predictions put the mockers on your team.
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