Friday, March 25, 2011

UEFA EURO 2012 for this weekend!

Looking at the matches today, Friday the 25th of March, Austria face off against Belgium especially more confident if striker Marc Janko gets over injury and is present. Either way, I think the Austrians will be victorious in a good game. Serbia will be fighting Northern Ireland, a harder match to call now that Danko Lazovic is out. Factoring that in, I could see Northern Ireland actually winning despite the fact that Serbia will be at home. Slovenia at home against Italy will be a challenging match for both sides as Italy will be missing a couple of players and Slovenia will be at home. Based on performance up to this point, I'd tip Italy to win but I could see a draw happening if Slovenia play it right. Luxembourg v.s. France should be interesting as well, with the French at the top of the table despite getting only 9 points from their first 4 matches. Regardless, this should be another 3 points for Le Bleu as they won the last game the two sides played in qualifying 2-0. Hungary's big match with undefeated-in-qualifying Holland should be really good despite the 6-1 victory the Netherlands had the last time the two sides met. Either way, both sides make up the top 2 of Group E so there is quite a bit on the line, especially as Sweden and Moldova are just three behind Hungary at the moment. Undefeated Spain's Group I meeting with the Czech Republic will be another good game largely due to the fact that Carles Puyol, Cesc Fàbregas and Pedro Rodríguez will be missing from Spain's line-up. Victory for the Czech Republic would mean the two teams are tied 9 points each on top of Group I. Meanwhile, on the 26th, Germany will be hosting win-less Kazakhstan to a match which the Germans should win hands down. Armenia will be looking for something when they face Group B leaders Russia as they are only two points off from them. Ireland's match with Macedonia will also be quite intense as Aiden McGeady looks on form and Ireland's performances up to this point have been better than Macedonia's own. Under-performers Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania will be playing as well with my vote tipping against the Romanians who should be beaten by Bosnia and Herzegovina's at home performance. Albania v.s. Belarus is the last of the Group D matches and one which the away side should also win given their performances thus far. Georgia's fight with Croatia will be interesting as Georgia have the home field advantage while Croatia look more comfortable. Israel v.s. Latvia is a Group F match-up which may just end in a draw, but if I had to pick a winner, it'd be Israel as Latvia will be missing Aleksandrs Cauņa and the Israelis will have the crowd on their side. Malta v.s. Greece shouldn't hold many surprises with the Greeks my choice to be on top when the final whistle blows. In Wales' game with England, it may a meeting of the old-schools but that won't stop England's new guns from tearing the Welsh apart. Bulgaria's Group G clash with Switzerland will be harder to call. I could see the game ending in a draw but taking into account the Bulgarian's home field advantage, that might just seal the deal for them. When Cyprus welcome Iceland to Nicosia, I'd be inclined to favor Cyprus, but the U-21 talent Iceland may call up could be enough to even the odds between the two sides. Finally, on target Norway's big Group H match with Denmark should be a fantastic affair. The absence of the likes of keeper Jon Knudsen and and striker John Carew may be too much for the Norwegians to handle though.

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