 Spain Germany Euro
2008 Final Betting
Odds
It's Spain and
Germany in the Euro
2008 final Sunday
with betting odds
favoring Spain (4/7)
and the
betting payout
favoring Germany.
David J. Warner of
the AOL Fan House:
Spain had the better
run of play for 45
minutes but came up
empty against a more
solid Russian
defense. That all
changed in the
second half -- a
strike by Xavi
Hernandez in the
50th minute, a nifty
one-touch lob from
Cesc Fabregas to
Daniel Güiza in the
73rd, a
counterattack goal
by David Silva in
the 82nd minute, and
that was that. By
the time the smoke
cleared, the Spanish
armada had yet
another 3-goal
victory against
Russia and a date
with Germany in
Sunday's EURO 2008
Final.
The result was never
in doubt. Spain had
the better of
possession (65% to
35%), had more shots
on goal (12 to 4),
and simply looked
stronger and faster
than Guus Hiddink's
kids, who had looked
pretty strong and
fast themselves in
their last two
Guus Hiddink's
streak of never
reaching a European
Championship or
World Cup final
continued Thursday
when his Russia team
lost to Spain 3-0 in
the Euro 2008
semifinals.
In a fairy tale run
at the tournament,
Russia conceded only
one goal against the
Netherlands in the
quarterfinals and
none against Sweden
or Greece as it beat
them in group play.
But it let in seven
in two matches
against Spain and
could score only
one.
"It was their plan
that they were going
to make us tired so
we couldn't make a
fist of it in the
second half,"
Hiddink said.
"However, we can be
proud of reaching
where we did and of
coming third. We
faced really strong
opposition tonight
and they deserved to
win."
----
Alistair Prescott,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
June 26, 2008 7:17
pm EST
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