EURO 2012

… of Wojciech Szczęsny from Arsenal London – midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Prior to Euro 2012 England’s team is going on May 21 on 4-day training camp to Spain and will play two friendly matches – on 26th of May, with Norway in the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo and six days later with Belgium in London’s Wembley.

During the tournament, Roy Hodgson’s protégées will be accommodated in Cracow.

At the group stage, they will be playing in Group D. On June 11, they will measure their …

… Portugal’s European football championships roster consisting of 23 players. The lineup does not significantly differ from that nominated by the coach to take part at the match with Poland in February.

Just as before the match in the National Stadium in Warsaw, the team lacks the injured striker Danny and the defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Bosingwa, who were excluded from the team last year after a conflict with the coach.

The footballers nominated by Bento are mostly foreign club players….

… the campaign at Sunderland, a match United are 10/1 with bet365 to win.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed: “Chris has suffered a bad injury. It is a groin muscle injury and he will miss the European Championships.
“We are assessing what to do at the moment but it is a bad injury.”
Phil Jones will play alongside Rio Ferdinand at the heart of United’s defence at the Stadium of Light.
England are 10/1 to win this summer’s European Championships which are being held in Ukraine and Poland.

… interim manager Terry Connor, who is expected to stay on at Molineux in a coaching capacity, set to lead the team for the final time in their game against Wigan Athletic on Sunday.
Wolves are 6/1 with bet365 to keep a clean sheet at the DW Stadium and are 7/2 to make an immediate return to the Premier League next term.
Solbakken led FC Copenhagen to five Danish titles between 2006 and 2011 before joining FC Koln 12 months ago.
However, he was axed by the Bundesliga side in April and the club…

…at Stoke City on Sunday as they bid to secure Premier League survival.

The Trotters, 7/4 with bet365 to win at the Britannia Stadium, must take all three points in the Potteries and hope that QPR are beaten at Manchester City, who would clinch the title with a victory.
However, Davies has urged his colleagues to forget about events at the Etihad Stadium and ensure that they do their jobs against a Potters outfit who are unlikely to make things easy for them.
Davies said: “We…

… relegation from the Premier League, manager Roberto Martinez’s next task is to convince Victor Moses that his future lies with the Latics.

The former Crystal Palace starlet, who will hold contract talks with Martinez after enjoying a superb season at the DW Stadium, is being linked with a summer switch to the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.
Moses’ last game for Wigan could be against already relegated Wolves this weekend. It is a match that the Latics are 7/1 with bet365 to win 2-1…

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Oranje is the team that always has excellent footballers, but they seldom manage to succeed. An indication of the possibility that the Dutch can stir up on top, is their vice-championship, the title won by them in 2010 in South African stadiums. In bookies’ opinion, the English are granted the fourth position among Euro 2012 favorites. The Three Lions have in fact some superior footballers, but as a team they fall behind the previously mentioned teams. The chances of Poles at Euro 2012 are…

… Gelsenkirchen striker will take care of goals. Results of first matches are sometimes surprising, but I think that in this case, a surprise is not possible.

Netherlands – Denmark Betting Odds

Netherlands win
1.57
1.44
1.60
1.65

Draw
3.60
3.75
3.80
3.75

Denmark win
6.50
6.00
5.75
4.80

Group B
Our bet: Netherlands win
Match: Netherlands v Denmark
Stadium: Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Time/Date: 19:00 9th June 2012

…soon as the match between Poland and Greece finishes, two other teams from our group, i.e. Russia and Czech Republic will enter the stadium in Wrocław.

The unquestionable favorites of this match will be Russians who surely will want to repeat the result from the previous European championships, …3.25

Czech Republic win
3.75
3.30
3.60
3.15

Group A
Our bet: Russia win
Match: Russia v Czech Republic
Stadium: Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw
Time/Date: 20:45 8th June 2012

…this match the White-Reds.

In our opinion, the match will be very balanced with Poland’s predominance, and the final result will be decided in consequence of one crucial action.

Poland – Greece Betting Odds

Poland win
2.00
2.15
2.10
2.15

Draw
3.10
3.10
3.25
3.25

Greece win
4.20
3.00
3.60
3.25

Group A
Our bet: Poland win
Match: Poland v Greece
Stadium: National Stadium, Warsaw
Time/Date: 18:00 8th June 2012