Group – A : Portugal, Czech Republic, Turkey, Switzerland.
A1 – Portugal
A 2 – Czech Republic
Group – B : Germany, Poland, Croatia, Austria
B 1 – Germany
B 2 – Poland
Group – C : France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania
C 1 – France
C 2 – Italy
Group – D : Spain, Russia, Greece, Sweden
D1 – Spain
D 2 – Russia
Quarter finals:
1. A1 vs B2 : Portugal vs Poland : winner Portugal
2. B1 vs A2 : Germany vs Czech Republic : Winner Germany
3. C1 vs D2 : France vs Russia : Winner France
4. D1 vs C2: Spain vs Italy : Winner Spain
Semi-finals
A) Winner of 1 vs Winner of 2: Portugal vs Germany : winner Germany
B) Winner of 3 vs Winner of 4: France vs Spain : Winner Spain
Final
Winner of A vs Winner of B : Germany vs Spain
My winner: Germany
Reason:
Michael Ballack will get his revenge of losing the Champions League final to Manchester United, beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, in the semi final.
He is yet to win a big trophy and he will win it this time by beating Spain. Spain will be playing well, they have to face the same opponent they had faced two years earlier in the world cup and this time, without Zinedine Zidane, France will bow out.
Ballack versus Torres, once again and this time, Spain will fail because of the sheer weight of expectation in the final match of the tournament.
Germany will lift their fourth EURO trophy.
Player of the Tournament:
Michael Ballack
PS: I shall be the last one to be happy, if my predictions are proved right. You can ask why. I just do not like to watch a German football team on a football field. But, I respect their abilities and their fighting attitude. My football sense says, Ballack has to win it this time in absence of an individual of his stature to rock the tournament.
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I was awfully wrong, I accept!
And I am happy, my two finalsists had made it to the final of the EURO 2008!
Not only that, Germany did beat Portugal in the quarter final (not as I expected in the semis, though) and Michael Ballack took his revenge against Cristiano Ronaldo.
But, if he is not playing in the final, Spain is favourite to win it, no questions.
Even if Germany does manage to win without Ballack, it will be their greatest win, I believe.
I am speechless thinking about Ballack's ill-fate: As if missing a world cup final due to two yellow cards was not enough, he is now scheduled to miss another final in EURO!
It's amazing that two of your favourite teams had made it to the final of EURO 2008! It shows that Germany will win the EURO of this edition. But like most of the football crazy people of this land of football(kolkata), I beg to differ. Even before the kick off of this EURO, it may sound very ambitious though, I put my money for Spain, for the first time. It's very satisfying that Spain emerged victorious and I find the value of my money.And don't forget , Spain maintained an all win record in this EURO 2008.
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