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Germany Euro 2008 Sports Betting Preview

• Charlie Boccanegra
• October 5, 2017

Euro 2008 odds makers have allowed tradition to influence the lines by making Germany early favorites to lift the trophy. Germany have not won a match at the European Championships since an Oliver Bierhoff goal in the final won the 1996 competition in London. No single statistic sums up the decline of the most consistent...

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Italy Euro 2008 Sports Betting Preview

• Charlie Boccanegra
• October 5, 2017

Italy’s odds to win Euro 2008 do not reflect the poor state of Italian domestic football and an international team in a transitional period but as World Cup champions, you can never right off the Azzuri. Italy’s four World Cups put them second only to Brazil on the roll of honour, but the Azzurri have...

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Russia Euro 2008 Sports Betting Preview

• Charlie Boccanegra
• October 5, 2017

Euro 2008 odds makers rank Russia as outsiders to win the competition but with the experience of Guus Hiddink at the helm, do not right the Russian challenge off just yet. The collapse of the old Soviet Union removed one of the giant figures of European football from the Great Stage. The USSR won the...

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France Euro 2008 Sports Betting Preview

• Charlie Boccanegra
• October 5, 2017

France’s odds to win Euro 2008 were dealt a blow when they were grouped with Italy and the Netherlands in what is surely the toughest group of death in the competitions history If France were considered too old at the World Cup, they have hardly got any younger in the two years since. Will Euro...

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Euro 2008 Betting Preview

• Charlie Boccanegra
• October 5, 2017

Football Betting was turned upsidedown in 2004 when Greece lifted the trophy but can the Greek heroes do it all again in 2008? Greece arrived at the European Championships four years ago as 150/1 outsiders – an Angelos Charisteas goal saw them sink hosts Portugal in the final and pull off the greatest sports betting...