Euro 2012 Latest Odds
- By A.J. Ryder on May 21, 2012 16:36 GMT
As a football-starved populace begins to search for their "what's next?" solution after the Champions League Final and the championship play-offs are now done, the eyes begin turning to Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. It is shaping up to be a fascinating encounter and the political turmoil enveloping Europe at the moment will serve as an interesting contrast as to how the entire event plays out.
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A Greece/Germany final would certainly be a tantalizing one for a variety of non-football-related reasons.
Spain are trading as the definitive favourites for this one with Germany just a shade behind them and likely to take some serious money for this tournament. Spain are the defending Euro and World Cup Champions and there are several interesting contenders who look set to challenge their current period of supremacy.
Punters will find Spain priced down at 5/2 with Germany slightly off that mark with a 3/1 listing. Odds-wise, we are looking at a Spain/Germany Final which would likely be a cracking encounter if it lived up to the billing.
Perennial challengers Holland are in the mix as always and they're trading at a 7/1 price tag to get the job done this time. That's good quality odds on a talented team that is always capable of stringing something great together.
England are priced at a 9/1 listing and that's likely a bit shorter than they deserve to be. Roy Hodgson, as steady as he is, could certainly outperform his odds and there is also the possibility that the team is going to tank. An interesting, though entirely devoid of risk, line-up was named by Hodgson last week. Many England fans would have preferred Stuart Pearce to take the helm here.
France are an 11/1 price while Italy trade at 12/1. That's good odds on an Italian side who may not play the flashiest of football, but can certainly grind out results and frustrate the opposition.
Punters will be keeping a close eye on the friendly warm-up fixtures ahead of this one and England are set to kick off in just a couple of days. Devoid of Wayne Rooney for the first three matches of the tournament, if they can slide through into the knock-out stages, the prospect of a fully-charged Wazza could be enough to deliver the biggest win in recent memory for English fans.
