Euro 2008 Predictions
Posted by damianf on 07 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Posts, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

So which team do you think will win Euro 2008? How about the dark horses? Which team will underachieve and who will be the player of the tournament? Simply click on the comment link at the foot of the post and tell us your predictions for Euro 2008 which we will then add to the table below.









Winner: Spain
Dark Horse: Czech Republic
Player of Tournament: Torres
Flop: Ronaldo
Winner: Italy
Dark Horse: Croatia
Player of the tournament: Ronaldo
Flop: Germany
Winner: Germany
Dark Horse: Croatia
Player of the tournament: Torres
Flop: Spain
Winner: France
Dark Horse: Russia
Player of Tournament: Benzema
Flop: Italy
Winner: (almost a home nation) Germany
Dark Horse: (almost pitch black) Turkey
Player of the tournament: Torres
Flop: Holland
Winner: Spain
Dark Horse:
Player of the tournament: Torres
Flop: France
Winner: Spain
Dark Horse: Poland
Player of the tournament: Casillas
Flop: Italy
Winner : Croatia
Dark Horse : France ( really )
POT : Podolski
Flop : Germany
Winner: Portugal
Dark Horse: Italy
Flop: Spain
POT:C. Ronaldo
Winner: France
Dark Horse: Holland
POT: Benzema
Flop: Portugal
Winner: Germany
Dark Horse: Greece
Player of the tournament: Ballack
Flop: Spain
Winner: Portugal
Dark Horse: Romania
Flop: Spain
POT: Ronaldodcast
Why do people keep slagging off Portugal for not having a CF? How little they know of tactics! Nuno Gomes is not a CF that scores goals (though he does) he makes space, works hard against DFs and is super intelligent allowing players in deeper positions with speed and craft to take advantage (Ronaldo, Simao, Quaresma). The thing is that’s how Man Utd have played over the past two seasons - ‘Can’t win a title without a CF’. Good teams obviously have good players but great teams know how to get the best from their good players.
Winner: Portugal
Dark Horse: Romania
Player of the tournament: Ronaldo
Flop: France
Winner: Germany
Dark Horse: Holland
Player of the tournament: Podolski
Flop: Italy
Winner: Netherlands
Dark Horse: Portugal
Player of the tournament: Van der Vaart
Flop:France
Winner:Czech Republic
Dark Horse:Croatia
Player of the tournament: DE ZEEUW
Flop: Turkey
Well, perhaps, after watching Villa´s three goals on tv, we could say that this time, yes, we can!
Winner: Germany
Dark Horse: Romania
Player of the tournament: Klose
Flop:Engl….oh wait, France
Hey
thanks to everyone for posting. Some really interesting choices, some clearly mad ones and others simply jumping on the bandwagon!!
Maria: I agree. Portugal play to the strengths of the players they have not sticking to a rigid formation.
Javier: Great win for Spain last night against Russia (Spain light?). There will be sterner tests ahead. Can they do it? Hmm, they might.
Paul M: Humble apologies for my attack on your choice of Podolski as player of the tournament before the Poland game. Kudos indeed!
Winner: Germany(3 times champion,ever)
Dark Horse: Russia(Hidink magic)
Player of the tournament: C.Ronald(Nobody can touch him.)
Flop:France(the group of death)
Do the best for every game!!
Winner: Portugal (we are playing at “home†– the support from the fans has been amazing, and it is time to win a competition)
Dark Horse: Turkey
Player of the tournament: Cristiano Ronaldo (this is his year – and the guy is quite ambitious)
Flop: Italy
Winner: Italy (they will be back!)
Dark Horse: Croatia
Player of Tournament: Luca Toni
Flop: France